1) your shipping costs are way to high. the average cost of a 40ft container to america (the most expensive ) is about $4000. if you devide that by the number of ps3s you can fit inside, you will get a more accurate shipping cost.
2) didnt sony sell of the cell shares to ibm or toshiba? if that is the case then sony dont need to wait for recovering costs to get a smaller chip. why would they buy a smaller chip at the same price? besides previous reductions saved money, more than likely further reductions would to.
3) isupply based costs on assumptions and some of the costs seemed a wee bit pricey. everyone knows bulk buying saves money and bulk buying with a +5yr agreement might save more money.
4) the ps3 maybe breaking even in some regions or making a little profit or loss, but you forget to look at the bigger picture. the ps3 devision has merged and the BR costs which were part of R&D costs are making decent profit. a lot of little factors are aiding ps3 costs, savings and or pprofit making.
imo they maybe making little profit on the 160gb, and breaking even on the 60&80gb. after all, something is paying all the sony devs or they wouldnt be on fire this year the way they are. if they were still losing so much money, 2009 wouldn't be shaping up as well as it is so far.
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