HappySqurriel said:
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. |
you're both correct and incorrect. At this point a 40GB is not even in production, theoretically they could be the same price as a 60 or 80GB drive and thus little to no savings would be incurred. Honestly the 40GB drive confused the hell out of me. As far as a 65NM process compared to a 90NM process yeah there's savings in material per machine but initially cost of starting production etc and research to get them to 65NM without changing anything about how it actually works significantly cost more then the short term reductions. It actually costs a LOT initially.
