NJ5 said:
You'll have to provide a source for this one. Last I heard, they said that they were expecting to break even "later rather than sooner", and they weren't sure it would happen before the end of the fiscal year. This was on their latest fiscal report conference, where they wouldn't tell lies to their investors...
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Well both of you are missing something. The bulk of the 60GB PS3's were manufactured before Sony was able to bring the costs per unit down. Its the main reason they are clearancing those units. Its cheaper for them to manufacture the 80GB model. The units they are selling for $499 are the ones thats cost them over $800 to manufacture. Depending on who you believe Sony either makes a small profit, breaks even, or loses a small amount on the 80GB models. Taking out the GS, two usb ports, and the card readers may save Sony $40 to $50 tops. They are dropping the price to $399, which means they'd be losing more on the 40GB models than they would the 80GB models. Not to mention that removing the GS will mean that the 40GB models won't have any backwards compatiblity. It may be possible that sometime in the future they will be able to fully emulate the PS2 CPU (EE) and the GPU (GS) but the current software emulation only covers the EE (Emotion Engine).
