letsdance said:
jarrod said:
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letsdance said:
jarrod said:
letsdance said:
isupply just came out with another estimate...
Ps3 cost reduction > Ps3 price reduction
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That's materials/assembly for the console only (which is all iSupply teardowns cover), being a $37 loss. Doesn't include controller, cables, boxing, manuals, etc, so overall production costs are likely closer to say a $45 loss. And that's in terms of MSRP, retail buys in the consoles slightly cheaper.
They'd probably be breaking even on the 250GBs though.
We do have 2 legitimate estimates now though, and iSupply's is more recent (Dec 2009), so it's probably the better one to go with.
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actually... it does include that stuff... the controller is down for 15 dollars.
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Er, can you link me then? Because the links I'm looking at don't have that, and iSupply teardowns are always console only.
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http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/40745-land-in-sight-sony-cuts-ps3-production-cost-by-35 "iSuppli believes that Sony pays $46.46 for the Cell processor (down from $64.40 for the 90 nm model) and $58.01 for the Nvidia GPU, down from $83.17 previously. The market research firm estimates that the PS3 console has a material cost of about $415.74; the controller (with 189 individual parts) may cost $14.84, while manufacturing is estimated at $18.14." I'd assume those parts you list are under "other components. I know the controller is.
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Er, you're citing an old estimate, and even still you'll notice their controller tear-down estimate is separate. That's how iSuppi does their teardowns, it's always console only. Going by this it'd be $15 for the DS3 on top of the $337 slim (though I doubt the DS3 costs $15 honestly).
