GProgrammer said:
You're miss reading the article, there they say "The biggest detail lacking in Screen Critics' report is any confirmation that Macronix's next fiscal year will include a ramping-up of 32GB-capacity chips—and selling such chips to Nintendo at a cost comparable to Blu-ray discs. " 'lacking' perhaps english isnt your native language bu they're not saying they're going to cost roughly similar to blu-ray. In fact the rest of the article says the ROMs are going to be more expensive than blu-ray, but they're speculating. I want actual data. I did go online with alibaba, the cheapest place on the web to buy stuff, and the best deal I could find were blank ROM's at smaller capacity to a blu-ray costing 500% more, not 5% more 500% more. 500% more for less capacity and they're blank, The bluray is with the game written onto it. I agree rom's are better for a portable device like the switch, but they're certainly not as cheap |
Ah, yeah I read over that too quickly.
But I do remember distinctly that there were reports Macronix was ramping up 32GB ROM chips and expected to sell them at BD price. I think it was around the time they moved to 45nm process. I think there is a correct link about that somewhere on this forum, but I'm too lazy to dig through it, honestly...
Like I said, this wasn't the article I originally read. I think the whole reason they even phreased it like that is that Macronix HAD in fact announced the 32GB/BD price expectation earlier and then they neglected to metion it again. Leading to my speculation that the price rise in NAND flash probably prevented that from happening.
You really can't compare AliBaba pricing to company bulk order though. A 500% mark up for consumer sales (wich is what AliBaba boils down to) isn't even that much, you see much higher margins. I imagine you also didin't find a ROM chip order of 10.000 units to be comparable to your earlier BD offer.
