dbot on 04 August 2009
| nightsurge said: After the whole 70% figure came out, I did some thinking and even after reducing the chips to 45nm (RSX and Cell), and shrinking the mobo, the cooling system, and casing, I still could not see how they reduced the price by nearly $200 more all of the sudden. It would seem they are still about $50-75 short if those were the only reductions made. Adding a better blu-ray drive and removing the hard drive and Wi-Fi does seem very plausible as it would mean no need for installs. Not all games would work though, or would need patched as some games REQUIRE the install or the use of HDD as virtual memory. |
It's possible that the 70% was a comment referencing a design that is not currently in production. It may be a design that is dependent upon getting the GPU or Cell to a certain size before it's possible to produce. I don't think it's likely that Sony is currently manufacturing a PS3 at the 70% reduction (unless the slimline does exist).
Thanks for the input, Jeff.
