PS3 passes two sales milestones since Slim came on the scene

[jarrod]

Wlakiz said:

jarrod said:

Wlakiz said:

It has to do with your refusal accept the fact that 250gb cost more to produce than 120gb. You have the notion that they lose a lot from the 120gb and make a lot from 250gb so it averages out to be 6cents/dollar overall.

But they don't cost more?  Outside the HDD, they're identical, and going from a 120GB HDD to a 250GB HDD is a negligible cost in the sort of orders Sony's likely dealing in... I'm not sure why you aren't getting this tbh?

Obviously, it is because I am not convinced that 250gb does not cost more produce than 120gb. You can accept the fact that it would be more costly to produce PS3s with 512mB ram but it would not cost more to build 250gb PS3s considering that the price scaling suggest that both upgrades would be 'negligible'? 

I don't think you understand how these things work exactly... in terms of memory you can't compare RAM to a HDD, it's like comparing carts to CDs.  With a HDD, most of the costs are fixed and for the case/drive/laser/moving parts themselves.  The disc platter can change costs, but by a tiny, tiny amount comparably.  Doubling your HDD, isn't a large cost increase, unlike doubling your RAM.

The production cost between the 120GB PS3 and 250GB PS3 is likely less than a few dollars, if even that.