PS3 will never beat 360 this generation.

[joeorc]

criminalminds said:

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...

Yea those also quite a bit, but as i was pointing out, Sony is one of the largest Blue laser diode production companies, an so other CE companies buy their diode's off of Sony,the optical drive Diode alone is $8.00 not the whole optical drive!

remember that's the cost for Sony per/Diode not for other Companies

Sony has been investing into Blue laser development since 1997.

Blu-Ray is quite a big factor in the reduction of the cost of the PS3 along with the other component's you just stated.