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krimoz911 on 30 July 2009

it could be that the 70% cost reduction is from the production of a new and redesigned ps3 model, like maybe a slimmed down ps3 and not the current model

 

edit: like carl said



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superchunk on 30 July 2009
Carl2291 said:
I think the 70% off will be a slimline version.

It has to be.

This would be my guess as well. The current model probably is ~55% off original costs, so they are making a little on them over the last year or so.



yo_john117 on 30 July 2009
Carl2291 said:
I think the 70% off will be a slimline version.

It has to be.

Thats what I was thinking, It couldn't possibly be for the current models.



V-r0cK on 30 July 2009

Well i guess it seems Sony is on the right track for making profit afterall.



tedsteriscool on 31 July 2009

Report: Sony losing about $40 on each PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 15th 2009 at 9:15AM }

Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price, reports Andriasang.com. With the console's price differences in each region, if Oneda is talking about Japan, that would be approximately ¥4,000 ($42). In North America the same $40 loss would also hold true.

As bad as losing money on each console manufactured sounds, it used to be worse. Just a year ago the estimate was that Sony was losing over $100 per system. Losing a couple Jacksons (four Hideyo's in Japan) per console isn't great, but it appears that Sony's costs and sales on the console are slowly finding equilibrium. Unless, of course, there's another $100 price drop in the PS3's near future.

 

Same CFO, just 3 months ago...

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/report-sony-losing-about-40-on-each-ps3/



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AE86 on 31 July 2009

^ Just lends more to the fact that he was talking about the Slim.



FinalEvangelion on 31 July 2009

There is marketing, game development and other things besides just hardware cost. That's probably what is dragging the game division more than hardware costs. The last report was $40 per PS3 lost, which can easily be made up in software and accessory purchases.

This sounds about right for the slim model. Blu-ray drives have become exponentially cheaper to produce since it's debut.

More of the losses probably have to do with Sony not marketing their excellent (IMO) lineup of software well enough to sell enough copies.



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Necromunda on 31 July 2009
tedsteriscool said:

Report: Sony losing about $40 on each PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 15th 2009 at 9:15AM }

Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price, reports Andriasang.com. With the console's price differences in each region, if Oneda is talking about Japan, that would be approximately ¥4,000 ($42). In North America the same $40 loss would also hold true.

As bad as losing money on each console manufactured sounds, it used to be worse. Just a year ago the estimate was that Sony was losing over $100 per system. Losing a couple Jacksons (four Hideyo's in Japan) per console isn't great, but it appears that Sony's costs and sales on the console are slowly finding equilibrium. Unless, of course, there's another $100 price drop in the PS3's near future.

 

Same CFO, just 3 months ago...

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/report-sony-losing-about-40-on-each-ps3/

3 Months is allot of time when it comes to electronics...



tedsteriscool on 31 July 2009
Necromunda said:
tedsteriscool said:

Report: Sony losing about $40 on each PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 15th 2009 at 9:15AM }

Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price, reports Andriasang.com. With the console's price differences in each region, if Oneda is talking about Japan, that would be approximately ¥4,000 ($42). In North America the same $40 loss would also hold true.

As bad as losing money on each console manufactured sounds, it used to be worse. Just a year ago the estimate was that Sony was losing over $100 per system. Losing a couple Jacksons (four Hideyo's in Japan) per console isn't great, but it appears that Sony's costs and sales on the console are slowly finding equilibrium. Unless, of course, there's another $100 price drop in the PS3's near future.

 

Same CFO, just 3 months ago...

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/report-sony-losing-about-40-on-each-ps3/

3 Months is allot of time when it comes to electronics...

Yeah but nearly HALF the manufacturing cost in 3 months? Color me skeptical.



Carl on 31 July 2009
tedsteriscool said:
Necromunda said:
tedsteriscool said:

Report: Sony losing about $40 on each PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 15th 2009 at 9:15AM }

Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price, reports Andriasang.com. With the console's price differences in each region, if Oneda is talking about Japan, that would be approximately ¥4,000 ($42). In North America the same $40 loss would also hold true.

As bad as losing money on each console manufactured sounds, it used to be worse. Just a year ago the estimate was that Sony was losing over $100 per system. Losing a couple Jacksons (four Hideyo's in Japan) per console isn't great, but it appears that Sony's costs and sales on the console are slowly finding equilibrium. Unless, of course, there's another $100 price drop in the PS3's near future.

 

Same CFO, just 3 months ago...

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/15/report-sony-losing-about-40-on-each-ps3/

3 Months is allot of time when it comes to electronics...

Yeah but nearly HALF the manufacturing cost in 3 months? Color me skeptical.

When did the first leaks of a Slim PS3 appear?