makingmusic476 on 29 March 2009
| ssj12 said: the PS2 has a good bit of life in it. Also the Ps2 is definitely going to be the bargain console now. I expect improved sales, I wonder though, how much profit do the make now on the PS2 to warrant this price cut. |
I'd assume it costs them under $50 to make. I know the EE+GS alone only cost ~$17 back when Sony removed BC from the ps3, and I'm sure costs have gone down further since then.
Let's say the ps2 costs $50, and they start selling it to retailers for $95, whiel they used to sell it to retailers for $125. They'd have to have a near 100% increase in weekly sales to make back the loss in profit per unit (going from ~60k a week to ~100k). That's assuming that they cost that much to make, however.
