Based on a quote by Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda the actual cost of the PS3 is still 10% higher (~$40US) than it's retail price (at least up to the start of April 2009). Now this is obviously better than last year when it was losing over $100US per system but considering the speculation that there might be a price cut this year it does beg the question, will Sony ever make money off PS3 hardware?
It's an especially interesting question since Sony is obviously willing to make money off their new PSPgo system. So why would they be willing to make money off the PSPgo hardware and not the PS3? Unless the PSP is doing better than the PS3 is seems like a pretty odd decision to make. Anyways I'm curious to find out if anyone else can make sense of Sony's current business decisions and if you think they'll ever make money off of PS3 hardware sales.
Source for 10% figure: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/report-sony-losing-about-40-on-each-ps3/
