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Squilliam on 09 March 2009
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Rob6021 said:
Squilliam said:
reask said:
Squilliam said:
@Reask the PS3 has other problems to deal with. Sony doesn't own the I.P to the CPU/GPU and must always pay royalties for their use. For this reason the PS3 can never be as cheap as the Xbox 360, because Microsoft has more options in terms of cutting costs and minimum system requirements.

 

So squill we are now depending on Sony been unable to cut prices?

Cmon lets be honest here  if thats all MS can depend on they are in trouble.

If Sony can price the PS3 @ $200 and Microsoft can price an Xbox 360 @$100-$120 incl 20gb flash drive who is the winner here long term?

 

 

First of all I'd assume Sony is a lot better at cutting hardware costs quickly, because they've been in the hardware buisiness for a long, long time (is that not logical?).  Its also likely the cost between making a blu-ray drive and a dvd drive will narrow to be very little in the next few years (like DVD did in comparison to CD).

Second of all: ps3 at $200 and xbox 360 at $100-$120????? Now no one here actually knows what it will be like, you're stating a really, really big 'what if'.  Microsoft may seem to have a very large price advantage right now, but that may change very soon.  And assuming MS is selling at a loss for the arcade right now(who knows if they are), can they really sustain a loss when selling to the more casual market ($100-$120 is really casual) - who are less likely to buy as many games?

 

Firstly: The Xbox 360 doesn't need a HDD or can get away with a very small one. Theres a bunch of money saved right there.

Secondly: Sony is paying more for licensing of technology, the GPU, CPU and Blu Ray playback costs them more money than Microsoft pays. Furthermore they use XD ram whilst the 360 uses GDDR3 which is much more common and based of a fairly common standard (DDR2)

Thirdly: Microsoft can combine the Xenon + Xenos and actually have a roadmap to do just that. Sony has a much trickier job as they don't own the I.P for the RSX or Cell.

Lastly: When it comes down to it, once the next generation is out the PS3 is going to look pretty vulnerable if next gen hardware with full BC is only $50-100 more expensive.

 



Tease.