it costs $240 to manufacture, that doesn't exactly mean it only costs $240 per PS3, there are other costs to account for such as shipping.

^ With the possibility of PS2 backwards compatibility on all machines

Don't forget games.  And a neglible cost =p? That is 10 million cost with every million PS3's sold.

Oh yes i forgot about the software emulation for the Emotion Enginehas been patented. And for the guy who said Wii then Xbox, im not talking about sales. Im talking about overall which one will be more dominant. What does M$ have for my dusty Xbox?

that's what I said just a bit ago... it costs that to manufacture, with no other costs factored into that number. The cost to manufacture isn't the only cost that Sony has per Ps3, they also have to pay for shipping, R&D, advertising, etc.

Something like that. I couldn't tell if he was saying that a price cut would mean taking a loss, or if he meant they are already selling at a loss.

More dominant, what the hell does that even mean?

As for your dusty Xbox, a duster/cloth should fix that right up. Also, open a few windows and air out your room, all electronics would be getting dusty, regardless of use (unless it's an electronic duster), and that's not good for any of them.

The quarterly reports were from April to June... so let's say in June they reached 70% reduction in costs it wouldn't make a difference to the past.

Most of the PS3 they were selling were made before that and were being sold at a loss.

People are not speculating enough.

The 70% price reduction is for the slim model!!!

Oops. I tried to point out that even if it was a linear drop from in manufacturing costs they could still be in the red selling the PS3s for the quarter.

And I was responding to someone who said that they should have earned more in the last quarterly if they were earning money on every console sold.