WW Up!

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justinian said:

Demotruk said:

Sorcery said:

Not necessarily. Just because unit sales are up doesn't mean revenue is up.

 

Excellent sales for the PS3 though, $300 really is the magical price point. With the PS3 still matching 360 sales after the holidays in NA, is Microsoft starting to feel any pressure to cut the price of the 360? I wouldn't be surprised if the Elite drops in price by $50 before too long.

In fact, in terms of revenue, PS360 are slightly down YoY. Wii is down much more though, thanks to that price cut...

That's true...I think.

@Sorcery

However a x360 price cut by $50 is doubtful although possible.

I think all x360 price revisions will wait 'til natal.

Even IF MS is making a profit on each x360 I doubt it is anywhere near $50.

Not even Nintendo makes that much on each wii and they are the Hardware profit kings.

After 4/5yrs from launch the plan is usually to sell your HW for profit until it's death...or so I was lead to believe.

 

 

From the information that has come out over the Wii's lifespan about the cost to produce the console itself was supposed to have been around $160 at launch and have dropped by 45% sometime last year.  Throwing in controller and marketing cost and the profit margin might be as low as $40 right now (current controller cost and initial marketing estimates) but it seems more likely that they're still making in the realm of $70 per console.