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According to the following site:

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=31427

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=31429

 

It only costs Sony £187,989/£56,246=£3.34 per memory card while Retailers sold it for £30 back in 2004 or so. (Essentially, Sony was charging £11.06 to retailers, thus earning over £7 per memory card)



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Yeah well that's not very surprising, they make lots of money off accessories.



this is one of the reasons why sony loved the PS2



I paid $50 canadian for one at launch.



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Im glad memory cards are a thing of the past...



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I never had to worry about the cost, as I got them for free.



Hmm i remember parents got me a Ps2 for christmas. i didnt bother getting a memory card for a couple of mouths since i had to get it



reptile168 said:

According to the following site:

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=31427

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=31429

 

It only costs Sony £187,989/£56,246=£3.34 per memory card while Retailers sold it for £30 back in 2004 or so. (Essentially, Sony was charging £11.06 to retailers, thus earning over £7 per memory card)

 

Thanks?

 



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Sony's always big on charging way more for peripherals than it costs to make. As anybody who's had to deal with waves of quick-failing PS1/PS2 controllers can testify. If it seriously costs anywhere near the $30 they used to charge to make one of those failure-prone DualShocks/DualShock 2s, I'd be amazed.



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jankazimierz said:
Im glad memory cards are a thing of the past...

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But at least it comes with one free, and if you don't care about demos and HDD game installs, it's a pretty good deal!



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