Graves said:
Well the 360 is actually successful so they get away with charging a little more for accessories. Had the PS3 been success like they were hoping do you think it would be $400 right now? |
An HDD isnt an accessory. The original Xbox had a built in HDD standard like the PS3. So pretty much Microsoft took a step back in their system's standardization.
I personally think that PS3 is finally making profit...
The recent amount of games that SONY has announced has made me belive this 
Plus, when the new Cell chip is added it will reduce costs a LOT and SONY will be in the Black
The Cell is probably under $100 by now.
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| Brun2003 said: I just don't get why the ps3 is losing money. From everything i can find it is basically because Blu Ray is so expensive. Blu Ray has been the market for 3 years now and it has come down in price but why not more. A standard blu ray player is around 200 but with how fast technology advances why are the blu ray components not much cheaper by now. How many revisions have we had with processors and hard drive sizes in the last three years now? How is it that it doesn't cost like 300 or less to make the ps3. These machines are being made in Asia it's not like they are made here in the us were have minimum and benefits to pay to employees. Does any know why it is not cheaper to build a video game system. Blu Ray is great but its not holograms walking in the living room its just bigger storage space for hd content. Please if anyone knows anything about why it is so expensive let us know. |
Blu Ray should've never entered the gaming world. It only existed because Blu Ray shareholders got Sony to use the PS3 system as a booster tool to manipulate its value in the market; The PS3's awaiting fanbase was used to house and boost the Blu Ray product into relevance. That way, if it sold a considerable amount, they could drop the price for the normal stand-alone models outside of the gaming industry. Technically the PS3 was intentionally sabotaged this gen for the survival of a product that people thought was irrelevant, not only because of price, but because it was just another DVD player with more space.
| FinalEvangelion said: From what I've heard, Blu-ray drives are anywhere between $50-$100 to produce, and constantly falling. This holiday, there will be $99 BD players on the market. |
Hmm, that's going to be quite the drop in price in ~6 months time. I'm assuming these will be small time companies making junk players like the Norcent's and other cheap DVD player makers of the world if that's the case. Seeing a Blu-Ray player at $199 in Canada is a hot deal. Check out current pricing:
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| kowenicki said: @carl... sony will be in the black?? what the PS3 making a light profit alone would put Sony Corp in the black? I doubt that. |
Not straight away, plus... the cost of Cell will be cheaper. Will also produce less heat, which means less fans needed. So really im betting it could be a pretty big profit, and could lead to the Slim model very soon.
Anyway, PS2 and PSP(if there are any) profits will help
dejavu....oh wow..i remember hearing the same exact thing during the dvd era...why hasn't it come down in price even more...rofl...i feel like i'm back in 1999...
I would just think with like 40 or so million blu ray players sold ps3 and stand alone it would have been cheaper by now thats all i really want ps3 to exceed and have more exclusives
ssj12 said:
An HDD isnt an accessory. The original Xbox had a built in HDD standard like the PS3. So pretty much Microsoft took a step back in their system's standardization. |
Well for the 360 a HDD is not a necessity. The $200 machine comes with a 256MB memory card so you can play games with no problem. You only need the hard drive for online related stuff and most people probably don't take their console online.
Sony on the other hand forces wifi and a hard drive on people who may never utilize them. BluRay isn't a necessity either considering most people watch movies using DVDs or a PC. Talking about a step back you should mention PS2 compatibility on the PS3 is a thing of the past.
ps3 is using all new technology which is why it is vey expensive, the blu-ray itself is $200
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