Squilliam on 25 June 2009
alephnull said:
Never? why is that? |
I suspect its due to how the PS3 is made.
They have to pay:
- Blu Ray playback license will likely always cost between $5-10 (My deviant word I never spell right)
- For the XD ram/memory controller royalties along with increased cost due to it being more specialised.
- For a compulsary HDD in all models, especially considering the number of 5GB installs. Microsoft could get away with much cheaper slow flash without a specialised controller and thats just for DLC and Arcade games.
- Nvidia RSX royalties. It was a significant enough expense for Nvidia to mention it in their financial report and its paid per PS3 made as Nvidia mentioned it in their financial report in reference to lower than expected PS3 sales. Also they may not be able to combine the RSX and Cell on the single die as Nvidia may not want another company snooping around on their chip. A leaked Xbox 360 roadmap indicates that a combined Xenos/Xenon is on the cards.
- For a more complicated PCB as they have dual 128 bit buses so they will likely need a larger board and or more layers long term than the Xbox 360.
- The Blu Ray player will likely always be at least a little more expensive that the DVD player in the Xbox 360.
- They don't own the Cell patents so they must also buy the chip rather than have it fabricated on contract.
Also they don't get those lucrative Xbox Live revenues.
Does this sound reasonable? I understand that you know 30* more than me! 
Tease.
