16Groucho said:
konnichiwa said: Sorry but on their last financial quarter they showed they were in red if they are making profits with every PS3 sold what is them making losing money? |
Was the 80GB PS3, with the improvements I mentioned, present in that quarter?
How about the 160GB PS3 bundle?
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The 160G bundle is identical to the 80G bundle except for the harddisk. Technologcally, the 80G is a two platter longitudinal drive, the 160G is a single platter perpendicular drive, so the 160G PS3 costs about $3 more to manufacture than a 80G PS3. Contrary to what most people seem to take for granted, neither the manufacturing of the PS2 nor the PSP are profitable on the manufacturing level for units ordered now (mostly due to the current exchange rate turmoil). The PS3 is not profitable either (with current manufacturing costs of around $350), except possibly in PAL regions where it still sells around $550.
The last quarter report showed a massive increase in the deficit compared to the previous quarter. All logic would have indicated exactly the opposite behaviour, so there is a mystery involved here (massive inrease in R&D (PSP 2?, more bad-stuff writing off?).