| itsnotme said: I know what your saying but the smaller components are cheaper to make. They use less materials to make the PS3's now. Yes the initial costs to bui;d the plant for the PS3 slim would have been expensive but the actual production of the PS3 slim's not so much |
True, but that is all factored into the cost. Also, they definitely didn't buy a new plant, it's probably a contract based on quantity. As quantities continue to go up prices will drop. You have to realize that all the parts are different as well. The BD drive is different, the HDD is different, the boxing is different. The prices of these things are going to be pretty high now, but, if they do end up making 10M consoles in the next 5 months, those costs will drop considerably.
Remember, a few months ago manufacturing was only costing about 240$ + other things which ended up as 448. The analyst said that manufacturing has doubled since the slim. Taking a 400$ price point, the doubling would refer to a 200$ manufacturing price. Sony cut about 50$ moving to the slim for now. THat's a big deal. In a few months, it could be another 50 or more.
