SONY lost 3.31 Billion on initial PS3 costs; May never see that money back.

[Krusnik]

@ like one guy said in the comments section-- its the effects of putting bleeding edge tech. and multiple HW revisions in one year, I think he hit the nail right there. That said it still boggles the mind why they removed BC from the 40GB sku when the 60 GB was selling better at the same price.