Anyone concerned about possible launch price for the NGP?

[ElGranCabeza]

greenmedic88 said:

ElGranCabeza said:

ameratsu said:

ElGranCabeza said:

Anyone expecting less than 500 bucks for this type of technology is just setting themselves up for disappointment IMHO.

Please elaborate on why you think the NGP will cost $500 or more at launch.

OLED screen, 3G, 4 core CPU, 4 core GPU, proprietary formats, etc...the technology here is huge, Sony cannot take another U$200 loss per console sold, so 500 bucks sounds fair to me.

You do realize the breakdown on all those parts are unlikely to total over $400, right?

Conservative estimate: $350. At most. And I'm willing to wait for iSupply estimates to confirm this.

I'm even willing to step out on a limb and say that the parts total estimate will be at or under $300, which is to say SCE will still be taking early losses after all related costs per unit are factored in, but nowhere near the $200 you suggest, and not at a $500 MSRP.

Feel free to refer back to this in the future.

Even if I'm dead on here, I won't.

The BOM is probably close to U$400-450. Add in box, manual, packaging etc and you have a U$500 machine with Sony making a small loss per console.