numonex on 20 March 2009
http://au.gamespot.com/news/6202681.html
PS3 manufacturing costs have fallen 35% since Summer 2007.
PS3 manufacturing costs are around $449. PS3 retails for $399. Loss of $50 on each PS3 sold as of December 2008
Rassweiler thinks that the next revision of the PS3 hardware, likely due sometime in 2009, could see the console cease to be a loss leader for Sony. That would help it join Nintendo, which makes a modest profit on each $249 Wii it continues to sell at a staggering rate. It is unclear how much money Microsoft currently makes or loses manufacturing the problem-plagued Xbox 360, the hard-drive-less Arcade variety of which now costs just $199.
