Slimebeast on 31 July 2009
| nightsurge said: So, how exactly did they reduce costs of production by $200 in one year? Surely they must mean that they are on schedule to release a product in the future which will be 70% cheaper to produce than the original PS3? $200 cost reduction would have to have meant HUGE die shrinks across the board, casing shrink, cooling system shrink, motherboard shrink, and even then that's probably only about $100-125.... I don't see any possible way they could have taken out any more production cost unless they like remove the BD drive... but that would be stupid of Sony. Anyone actually have any educated thoughts on where the cost reductions could be coming from since the actual system has yet to change since the $450 cost to produce figure emerged. (if this was covered earlier, sorry, I'm not reading 7 pages of stuff to find out  ) |
Well, just as you are hinting, it's impossible of course.
I'd love to see an educated estimation of cost reductions, just to see how unlikely and ridiculous it would look in print.
There's obviously a good explanation to the 70% cost reduction claim, and my guess is that it's either a misquote, a misunderstanding or a slip of the tongue. I'm sure this number will be clarified within the next few weeks.
You can quote me on this.
