HappySqurriel said:
Gilgamesh said:
HappySqurriel said:
Gilgamesh said:
Grimes said:
Gilgamesh said:
NiKKoM said:
Gilgamesh said:
To the people bitchin about over priced.
Could you post all the parts individually and how much they cost to see the total?
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How can we price the quad core ARM 9 when it doesn't exist? *starts his delorean*
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Be creative we know all the other parts don't we? I don't need an exact number.
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All the high end smart phones are around $600 retail. You can start from there I guess.
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The PSP2 is not a phone, the PSP Phone is a phone.
When the PSP released in 2004 it had high specs and was better then most phones and yet it was 200 bucks, so I wouldn't be shocked to see the PSP2 at $300 with those specs.
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It is possible for Sony to produce a system like this that would sell for $300, but it probably couldn't be released until late 2012; and leaving the successor to the market leading console for 18 months to build a userbase, develop a large library, and to reduce costs to a level where they can (significantly) undercut your price would be dramatically worse than releasing a $400 portable.
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The dev kits were only handed out late fall, you think there going to make a PSP2 (supposely HD) game in less then a year? I doubt it, I see the PSP2 releasing during the fall - holidays of 2011.
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If this turns out to be the case, and Sony really is using hardware like this, I would anticipate Sony launching this device at $400 to $500 while probably taking a $100 to $200 loss per system. This would put the PSP2 starting to be manufactured within days of the first quad core ARM processor that is energy efficient enough to put into a mobile device beginning manufacturing; which would translate into a massive premium, potentially up to $200 per system sold on the CPU alone.
Traditionally, console's have aimed for the sweet-spot where you get the best performance for the price because as you push performance higher costs begin to increase at an exponential rate; until you're at the bleeding edge where a CPU can cost upwards of $1500 (typically PC or Server CPU)
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That'd be pretty serious taking a $100 - $200 loss, that didn't exactly help them with the PS3, and I don't think they want to go through that all over again.
Either way this is ALL rumors and the truth will be told in a little over an hour so let's wait...hopefully I can stay awake!
