The race to 45nm... PS3 vs. 360

[DMeisterJ]

rocketpig said:

DMeisterJ said:
But if Microsoft cuts the Pro/Premium 100 bucks, they may not be making profit... 360s are sold at a loss as of right now right? And they make their profit off of their astounding Software sales?

I think once Jasper comes out, there will be a price drop, but I don't expect them to profit that much, seeing as that they will likely chop 100 off of each sku.

I have a hard time believing MS isn't making a modest profit from the 360, at least in NA.

It was reported that it cost them roughly $550 to make a Pro in November of 2006 IIRC... Over 18 months later (and one chipset reduction), it has to be nearing half that cost given the state of your average technology price point.

One thing that is really baffling is the 90nm GPU... You would think that 30 months into the life cycle, it would have been reduced by now.

Isn't the falcon 65nm?  Isn't that out now?  The ones with HDMI?