criminalminds on 19 October 2009
| joeorc said: if any thing that caused the reduction in the cost of the PS3 Blu-Ray was One of the Big one's because the more Diode's that Sony can Sell the faster they could lower the Cost of the PS3's Blu-Ray optical Drive. which by the Cost of the Blue laser diode was a big cost. |
I have a feeling the real cost reduction came from 45nm Cell and RSX chips as well as shrinking the overall cooling and casing. If Diodes were already just $8 as of 2007, they can't have reduced the price overall by much more than $6 from the BD drive...
