PS3 Cost Breakdown, Aug issue Electronic Product.

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Sqrl said:

ceres said:

Sqrl said:

WTH, they are claiming $45 for a HD????

80GB HD = $37 to $44

I expect sony to be getting far better rates than average consumers on those. Am I missing something here?

2.5 vs 3.5
Ps3 uses a lappy hdd.

That definitely helps, but it still seems a bit high to me ....

Maybe I just have completely unrealistic expectations but I would expect them to pay 10-15 for normal drives and 20-25 for laptop drives.

Bah whatever, not like there is any way to know for sure, it just stood out as a little wierd to me. Maybe sony is making a bit of cash and just doesn't want to tell us, nothing we can do about it either way...

 You have unreasonable expecations. Lower prices happen because of two reasons - huge orders and lowered costs due to supply chain. That accounts for usually around 10-20 dollars at the most when you are very close to the general market selling cost, such as the market is for lower capacity hard drives.