Spec speculation on new system - $300 limit though, perhaps even $200.

[Squilliam]

gumby_trucker said:

Squilliam said:

Well I said it wouldn't cost significantly more when the royalty costs were removed from consideration. They would save some money if they chose not to have backwards compatibility with the Gamecube. As for the rest of the components the only major increase in cost is likely the I.P. of the components rather than the actual cost of the machine. Infact I would bet real money that the NES 6 will cost less to manufacture than the PS3 when it is released, controllers inclusive.

LOL are you comparing it to PS3 cost now, or at launch? cause the latter is kinda duh...

The former though... I might take that bet...

Im comparing it to the PS3 as it will be in 2012, whether the PS3 has been shrunk for the 2nd time or not.

• Every PS3 has a HDD.
• Both the PS3 and NES 6 will have flash memory (PS3 uses for OS).
• PS3 has two 128 bit buses using legacy GDDR3 and boutique XDR whereas NES 6 will use common and low cost GDDR5, and at that it will have fewer chips.
• They will both have Blu Ray drives.
• The cost of the chips to physically manufacture will be the same or lower for the NES 6 CGPU.
• The NES 6 will be physically no bigger and use no more power than the PS3.
• The motherboard complexity of the PS3 will make the NES 6 look extremely primitive by comparison, complexity = cost.