Anyone see this? Playstation 3 costed $448.73 as of October 08 to make

[NJ5]

Phrancheyez said:

 

I'm not saying that..I didn't say I thought it was $400 or anything, it could be just a little lower.  I don't think groups like iSuppli take into consideration bulk ordering..Sony doesn't pay the same for a component if they buy it singularly vs. if they buy it in bulk, and that site has no way to know how much they pay for each component bought in bulk.  They're either assuming/estimating or they're basing it off buying each part individually, the former which is very hit-or-miss and the latter which would be way off.

You could be right..I just don't think it costs that much.  That's also as of October 2008, and things could easily have changed since then.

If you are right and iSuppli ignores these things, their estimates are not even worth looking at...

Also, notice that this article is from the 29th of December, not October as you said.