your mother said:
OK, it would make sense that Sony has managed to trim manufacturing costs by now for the PS3, but a whopping 50%? When it first launched, it was selling for something like 240$ under cost. That would be quite a feat. |
Correction: when it was launched, independent analysists guessed it to be selling for about $200-$240 under cost. We don't have figures from Sony confirming (or denying) that amount so I'd not be so quick to assume that number is fully accurate.
Besides, on the PSP. I recall reading in the Sony annual report (or the press release thereof, I forgot) that the PSP business was (together with the PS2 business) offsetting the PS3 loss. That would suggest the PSP business as a whole is profitable to me. Especially so because Sony specifically singled out the PSP when noting this.