bonzobanana said:
Why? You can get a ps4 slim in the uk for about £200 including VAT. That's £166 plus VAT. The shop makes lets say 8%, thats £153. Let's say the wholesaler gets 4% a unit thats £147. Then you have in the mix; transport costs from the port, shipping costs, import duty costs, profit for Sony, profit for foxconn, sony costs including money towards marketing costs, R&D etc. Then add an allowance for warranty costs and repair, maybe a 5% failure rate within the guarantee period. That would be quite a low figure but possible. All these costs add up. I saw a report that bicycles were coming out of a Chinese factory at $20-30. That's something in a box weighing 15-20kg with a lot of metal and labour involved. Ok that would be bottom end bikes I'm sure but staggers the mind how something can be made so cheaply. Yet the same bike will probably hit walmart at $80-100 although admittedly transport costs would be much higher. |
You could be right but it doesn't seem right to me.
I would need to know what the costs are for shipping and taxes. We are talking about a product that ships hundreds of thousands units a month, it can't add on that much per unit. How much do Sony sell them for to retailers? Being high volume I wouldn't of thought that the cut per unit from factory to customer for each middle man isn't $150 worth.
But honestly I don't really know. Just the way I perceived it. If you have good knowledge of that side of things I'm willing to take your word for it.
Note- we also have to consider the exchange rate. I don't think it's in Sony's favour.
