I'm just copying a thread in GAF / Beyond3D.

• APU (CPU/GPU) - 85-90
• 8GB GDDR5 - 110-140
• OS Chip (supposedly ARM based) - 12-18
• Video encode/decode chip - 8-12
• Blu-ray drive - 18-25
• Hard drive - 38-50
• I/O - 9-12
• Wireless chip + antenna - 4
• HDMI+HDCP - 11-15
• Other - 25-35

Total - 320-401

* These figures are preliminary, and do not include assembly costs, power costs, cooling or shipping as the final design has not been shown and can't be estimated at this time *

Thanks GAF@Hardknock

So what do you guys think about that?

Edit - For reference the PS3 estimated cost.

APU (CPU/GPU) - 85-90

Of course I don't know much about Sony's contracts with AMD, but $90 for an 8-core CPU and a DX11 GPU combined sounds a bit too low to be believeable.

Sounds about right. Add in production, shipping, R&D and marketing costs and it is probably closer to $450-$550 per unit. If Sony is smart they'll sell it for a lose and try to keep it at no more than $399.

I think the HDD ($20) and ARM ($5) is too high but they forgot the PSEye and the controls.

I seriously doubt the RAM is gonna cost more than the CPU, motherboard and GPU combined.

Even if that 8GB GDDR5 memory might be costly today it's not going to be by the time when PS4 launches.

According to the internet, the Wii U's parts costs are about $180. So my guess that this thing will cost at least $500 seems to be credible.

I can't see any GPU chip in 28nm costing more than $50... and the 4-core Jaguar is suposed to be cheaper (less than $20).

Anyway that's almost half of the $840 supposed PS3 cost at launch.

Sounds about right, but that isn't including, Production, shipping, controller, camera, etc. You are looking at possibly 500+

So it is like $500 from factory to store?