PSVita consists of $159 worth of materials? PSVita's Guts Inside!

[Shinobi-san]

thekitchensink said:

Shinobi-san said:

thekitchensink said:
This may be true, but they are still losing money. It still costs them money to ship it, and the $250 is how much customers are charged--the store pays Sony less than that.

Plus, if Nintendo's taking a loss at $170 on the 3DS, Sony are definitely taking one for the Vita.

You can't really claim that with a 100% certainty though...sony have also said themselves that they do not plan on selling the vita at a loss. However the more latest comments suggests that they are selling it a loss but only slightly for the wifi model at least. I dont see them selling the 3g model at a loss though.

Also, as far as i know the 3DS has not been confirmed to be selling at  loss, or has it?

You do make a fair point, but I just can't see them making $110 profit per system--there is just no way.

3DS was selling at a profit at its launch price of $250, but Nintendo stated that they're now taking a loss.  It's the main reason why they posted their first annual loss ever in the history of the company.

Not for a second did i think Sony were making a profit of $110! But my original post was to say that there might be a slight chance that sony were profiting slighlty on the 3G units. However as many have said in this thread it seems as though, in western regions atleast, that they are not making any profit. I think they would have announced it at some point if they were.

I wasnt arguing against the fact that there are other costs involved though. I was also unaware that it had been confirmed that both PSV and 3DS were being sold for a loss, my bad :)