HappySqurriel on 20 November 2007
| Andir said: Nobody knows for sure. Sony could be making a profit on every console now. There's is really only one company that can give you that information. Sony. |
True enough, although Sony claimed to be losing money on the 40GB model when they launched it ...
Realistically speaking you have to consider that the differences between the 40GB PS3 and the 60GB PS3 is 20GB of hard-drive space, and the loss of the Emotion Engine and the Graphics Synthesizer from the PS2; I suspect that these changes probably don't add up to more than (about) $50 in savings. Beyond that the price reductions come from other hardware improvements (65nm process) and volume discounts; I think it wouldn't be reasonable to expect much more than $150 or $200 in savings from this.
So, basically I suspect that the 40GB PS3 is selling at a similar loss to what the 60GB PS3 was at launch.
