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Xoj on 23 July 2009
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Squilliam said:
Xoj said:

RSX was shrink to 45nm on march so nvidia said.  and sony its not preachy yet doing better what they were doing.

from loosing 300 million then turning a small profit. if the chips are shrink production cost profits are likely to happen.

microsoft actually it's in price point that they are the cheapest, they are cheaper than PS3 Wii PSP and about the same the DSi. while their sales are decent, but if they price cut it wil have a smaller impact.

remenber the 99$ Gamecube price cut? and even 199$ 360 dropped fast, going for 169$ in some place in EU.

I hadn't heard anything about a 45nm RSX. Since it would be big enough news for me to hear about, I doubt it because I haven't heard any mention of it.

You know the idea is to be profitable, not break even or lose money for all eternity right? Cutting the price pushes the profitability frontier further into the future.

Microsofts ASP is higher than the Wiis in the U.S. for which I know of the ASP numbers therefore the Xbox 360 is not the cheapest console in that country at least. I also know that Microsofts revenue per console per year is higher than both Sony and Nintendo due to Live.

I remember the $99 Gamecube, I also remember how people like to oversimplify subjects to push their agenda. People don't pay for Live or buy HDDs or buy Premium Xbox 360s whenever the PS3 is mentioned in the same sentence. Then people have to buy a Premium and they have to buy Live and Wireless when the PS3 is mentioned in the same sentence in a 'should I buy X console' thread.

 

Toshiba to manufacture PS3's 45nm RSX chips by 2009, 65nm chips by next month
Nov 27, 2007

Toshiba to manufacture 65nm chips by next month, 45nm chips by 2009

Japan's Nikkei financial paper has just disclosed Toshiba's upcoming plans for their RSX chips for the PlayStation 3. According to the report, Toshiba will begin manufacturing 65 nanometer chips by next month (December). As the readers will recall, the 40 GB PlayStation 3 that was launched last month makes use of the aforementioned chipset.

By comparison, the 20 GB and 60 GB SKUs are running on a larger 90 nm chip. The smaller component is reportedly one of the factors in the console's price drop (currently US$ 399), and lower power requirements, albeit it does lack backwards-compatibility.

Further along, Nikkei also reports that Toshiba plans to manufacture an even smaller 45 nm RSX graphics chips for the PS3. No details have been announced regarding this, although the report states that the electronics manufacturer will begin production by March 2009.
http://ps3.qj.net/Toshiba-to-manufac.../49/aid/108503

sony it's know to reengineer they console every six months to save on cost. we shoud have smaller motherboard ps3 by september october =).

 

microsoft entertaiment divison includes zunes and windows mobile license, unless you can proof me microsoft it's actually making a huge profit that will recoup 7 billion lost in the xbox 360 it's hard to call the console a success.

but of course microsoft it's  funding it whole gaming divison with windows/office money.

seriously only nintendo it's doing good, the rest. it's just fighting.