Soleron on 11 May 2013
| Zappykins said: With the yen lower against the dollar, at a 4.5 year low, will this help Sony keep the cost down on the PS4? Do you it will help them be more competitive against the Xbox∞? Or since AMD is a USA company it will hurt them. Increase their material cost. Or do you think it will not mater much? |
The vast majority of parts and assembly and hence cost for the PS4 is done in Taiwan/China/Japan, not the US. This is also true for the Xbox so will not favour one or the other on that front.
This mostly affects how much money Sony gets back when they sell a PS4 in the US.
I don't know where the PS4 APU is fabbed. It's either New York, Germany, or Taiwan. AMD is not involved in its manufacture though; they only get a fixed royalty rate.
