| FPSrules said: sony selling cell production to toshiba???, wat are you talking about?. Toshiba, IBM and Sony otherwise known as STI made cell. they all came together and made the cell processor. each of them have the rights to produce and distribute cell in their products, Toshiba doesn't need to purchase cell from sony cause they helped make it
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Yes they have the IP rights. But the fabs that Sony used to produce CELL and which they also owned has been sold to Toshiba. So every new CELL ship that is being produced for PS3 in done in former Sony fabs that is now owned buy Toshiba.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071018-sony-to-sell-ps3-chip-fabs-to-toshiba.html
Hench. Sony sold the fabs to get some free cash quick. So instead of owning their won production they now buy from Toshiba.
So even if Sony shares the IP right of CELL together with Toshiba and IBM they don't produce them any more since they have sold out their chip fabs for CELL to Toshiba.
Predictions for 2009:
360: 39-42 PS3: 31-34 Wii: 67-70
Future projection
Wii will hit 100 million before christmas 2010 (made december 2008)
NDS Family will have sold and shipped more then PS2 at the end of 2009 (made january 2009)
