WiiStation360 on 31 December 2008
| nightsurge said: Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but my solution that I came up with a while back would be to remove the wi-fi. I'm sure that would cut costs at least an extra $20-30 right there. Then offer an add-on for those that really need it. They could also make a version with a smaller hard drive. Bring back the 40GB model with no internal Wi-Fi and you have saved $20-30 more for a total of $60 cheaper model. Then all they need to do is finish shrinking the processors (GPU/CPU) and they will have shaved enough cost to afford a price cut, or offer a cheaper model. I can't think of anything else they could do to cheapen it without crippling it in a major way. |
When iSupply did their initial cost estimates of the PS3 at launch, the cost of the PS3 wireless module was $15.50. It has surely dropped since then.
The difference between the 20Gb and 60Gb was $11 at the time. Going from an 80GB to a 40GB will probably save you less that $10.
That is $20 at most savings for no wireless and half the size hard drive.
Initial Breakdown of PS3 component costs.
