Andrespetmonkey on 18 January 2013
| disolitude said: Lets do a theoretical current retail parts price summary for this imaginary console: AMD 8 core cpu = ~$150 7970m = $300 4GB DDR3 memory = ~$40 (GDDR5 = DDR3 tuned differently) Motherboard = ~$50 120 GB SSD drive = ~$100 Bluray drive= ~$40 Controller, ports, PSU, cables, packaging=~$100 So like $800 dollars worth of retail parts. Maybe they are able to get down to 500 dollars with direct OEM discounts and sell it for $399? |
That would make sense. A pretty steep loss but it wouldn't cripple them provided the console performs well (as in its games and services do well)
