I still have no idea what you're trying to show.  Again you're including the week ending 31st Dec 2006 twice.

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 31st Dec 2006 to 31st Dec 2006:

That would explain for your differences in the first table.  The second table merely shows that the 3rd week(the week after the common week) had less sales than the first week(the week before the common week). 

Of course you think that, that way the PS3 might actually win. It's the same "Oh if we discount the fastest selling system of all time then hey we're winning!" argument we've heard over and over again.

If you want proof PS3 is still losing money just check out Sony's financial reports.

Are you of the opinion that Nintendo was beating Sony back when N64 launched because if you combined it with the SNES then more Nintendo consoles were sold? That statement is just as ridiculous.

The PS2 outsold the Xbox360 last year, while sales of the PS3 have pulled even with the 360 since November. Sony's software sales are fine - the PSP is a bit low, but they also sell media content, so it's a wash.

As far as price goes, iSuppli's list included the startup costs for BluRay ($125 for the laser diode) as well as  the backwards compatibility chip ($25). The diodes are down to $20 or less, and the EE chip is gone. All the other components will get a 30% annual cost reduction, which is standard in the electronics biz. Net result: close to a 40% cost reduction, which means the PS3 is close to breakeven. Here's the math:

$804 - $105 (BluRay savings) - $25 (EE gone) = $ 674 X 0.70 = $472.

Throw in the appreciation of the euro (the 399EUR model = $599 US) and the PS3 is close to breakeven on manufacturing costs.

Thank you for your bull$hit rant.

I agree they're getting closer, but there are other costs such as distribution, marketing, etc., etc.  My guess is Sony will be making money on each unit by 4th quarter, assuming they don't drop the price again before that time.

All's fair and well with Sony breaking even with the PS3, but when people talk about earning the extra money in Europe does anyone bother to count how much money Sony lost in Japan selling the PS3 there for a mere 400$ while the rest of the world had it for 600 $ or above?

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061116-8239.html

one place where they talk about the production cost of a ps3 but that was over a year ago and prices have gone down but prices for ps3 also have come down so that may off set the lower prices for hardware to some degree, also people saying that they took out a few things (which is bad, I would want everything...) which reduces the cost as well.

Few months ago there was talk on how sony lost all the profits from ps2 in making ps3 (promotions,production costs, etc..), so sony is losing money on ps3 but maybe not so much anymore.

@SlorgNet

If you add VAT, import taxes to EU, distribution, marketing budget, already wasted money on development and ongoing development costs for e.g. new SKUs, PS3 is anything but breaking even .....
That 30% annual cost reduction might be the case for some components but for sure not in general.
According to your calculation, $472 manufacturing costs would be around 79 percent of the EUR retail price which sounds anything but healthy ....
They can only break even if they sell massive amounts of software imho, that's where the profit is.