I was wondering if  that due to the ongoing recession, does that in fact make it cheaper for sony to purchase the parts required to produce a PS3? Many things have come down in price, oil being one of them, i wondered if in fact the ps3 components had come down in price? just a thought.

LOL...maybe.

Yea, you are probably correct however the production cost reductions they may make are no doubt being dwarfed by the amount they are losing due to the strong Yen.

One thing to point out , is that it's also going to make the competition cheaper as well...which would allow them to look at price cuts and increased profit margins.

blazinhead89 said: SMcc1887 said: Yea, you are probably correct however the production cost reductions they may make are no doubt being dwarfed by the amount they are losing due to the strong Yen.   Every little helps though

 lol, you sound like the guy from the Tesco adverts here in the UK

I am well aware of that. The point of this thread was on how the PS3 production costs. Forgetting the competition, how much does it actually cost to Produce aPs3 atm.

SMcc1887 said: blazinhead89 said: SMcc1887 said: Yea, you are probably correct however the production cost reductions they may make are no doubt being dwarfed by the amount they are losing due to the strong Yen.   Every little helps though    lol, you sound like the guy from the Tesco adverts here in the UK

. Sainsburys FTW :P

Well I think they are approaching the "break even" stage. I think wikipaedia stated that it cost $400 to produce in summer this year as opposed to $800 at launch.

All of those figures ($800, $400, etc) are speculation from analysts. Sony never confirmed any production costs, all they said is they're not breaking even yet (and that was before the dollar/euro went down the crapper).