"Yeah the original isuppli page from 2006 is gone but other websites mention that it had RSX at 129 dollars and Cell at 89 dollars at launch. I think the Bluray drive in the PS3 cost Sony around 200 dollars at launch."
Wow, that is a crazy high price. Remember Sony doesn't sell the PS3 directly to many consumers - they sell it to store which usually want a nice markup. So Sony had to subsidize the cost.
Additional Question - should Sony have just kept the PS2 for another year till the prices went down on the PS3 components? (And say launched at a lower price in 2007 with something more like the '09 Slim?)
With just some the money they subsidized on the PS3, they could have undercut both the Wii and the X360 to keep the PS2 sales super high - then lead people into upgrading to a PS3 when it was more cost effective.
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Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon! |
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