| Onibaka said: Back then, sony wanted to put 2 cells but no gpu, and this proved to be worse in performance. They also wanted to put 2 HDMI and make it Dual-Screen o.O. The Cell is not THAT expensive. What really made the PS3 $200 more than x360 was Blu-Ray Wi-Fi HDMI Bigger HD Bluetooth XDR Ram Wireless recharchable controllers The Cell development costs(the processor itself is not expensive, but the cost do develop it...). Actually the 360's Xenon is a discarate copy of Cell. Xenom have 3 PPE that are almost identical to the PS3 one. Microsoft designed the 360 to be able to support everything what PS3 does, but at a lower price. |
HDD, Wifi, HDMI and rechargeable batteries all together add tens of dollars to a price at worst. Blu-ray was what jacked the price up so much. Stand-alone players retailed for close to $1000 at the time.
