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drkohler on 17 June 2011
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Carl2291 said:
nightsurge said:

I really don't think the PS3 can get much slimmer, if at all.  I think this revision is focusing more on anti-piracy and less on actual cost reductions of the build materials.

The timing for the price cut sounds about right, though. I am predicting a $50 cut on all PS3 model


Really? External power supply, less/smaller fans, smaller chipsets (If possible) would all help, could trim quite a bit off the console itself.

 

Please explain why an external power supply, which adds

-a separate encasing

-a second power cable with plugs

-two power connectors

to the manufacturing costs/inventory chain would _reduce_ the manufacturing costs. This logic is really puzzling.

And don't even go the *reducing chipset" blather. A reduction from 45/40nm to 32nm would result in next to nothing in savings. Given that the 45nm process for the cell is now fully optimized after 2-3 years of use, the yields are probably >90% now and noone in his right mind would switch to a process that gains next to nothing in space (40 to 32 is completely pointless), but reduces yields considerably (as long as the process is not optimised).

Let's not forget that Sony has to repair a few manufacturing plants in Japan.. easily 500mio to fork up so they will hang on to the prices as long as they can.

There certainly is enough room for some PS3 price reduction (currently comparable XBox systems sell for around $100 less in Europe and MS pretends to be profitable on its hardware).