ok who here thinks nintendo should make a ps3 for next gen,

[Squilliam]

HappySqurriel said:

Squilliam said:

You should know that the price of the GPUs in the laptops is dictated as much by the lack of 40nm TSMC fabrication capacity as it is by the cost of the raw silicon and chip NRE.

When I was talking about cost I wasn’t really focusing on direct manufacturing costs; in a large part because I believe this can be dealt with indirectly. Basically, when you strip away the unnecessary hardware (primarily the LCD monitor and battery), the hardware costs of the remaining components have to be in a similar range to a low cost console in order to cover the manufacturer and retailer profits; and to be able to cover the licensing costs of the operating system.

I understand. I was just saying that the costs of the present ATI DX11 laptops also reflect a scarcity in supply of these components so the effective cost when the market isn't supply constrained would be considerably cheaper than they are at present.