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Slimebeast on 24 August 2009
johnsobas said:
Slimebeast said:
JEDE3 said:

Link

"The newly announced slimline PS3 offers a new form factor, a higher capacity hard drive, reduced noise output and a lower price point compared to the current system. There has to be a catch, right? For Sony, there might be."

"Today's episode of a general interest TV Tokyo news program called Pipitto! Keizai Koukishin covered Sony's Gamescom announcement of the new PS3 system. To help understand Sony's pricing strategy, the program turned to an analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research."

"The slide lists the material cost for the PS3 as ¥40,000. The announcer explains that a price drop to ¥29,800 means that Sony's losses will increase with each system they sell. However, if they increase their sales, the material cost will gradually go down, and so too will the losses."

 

 

 

Recreating the thread since the first one got locked for the title.

I don't know about this though. It kinda goes against what Sony is saying.

 

40,000 yen - 29,000 yen = 10,000 yen = $100

Hehe JEDE:

JEDE3 said:
Slimebeast said:
I estimate Sony is losing between $50-100 on every PS3 Slim.

But there's nothing wrong with that. They get that money back from periferals and software, overall breaking even on the PS3 business and thus keeping the brand alive and strong in hard times.


no... just no...

 http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=2519653

there's a lot of things wrong in that thread, but please don't start a flame war in here.


Huh? Read before you open your mouth.

1. I joked with JEDE about me being right about the loss amount

2. that thread ain't even closed. I dont know what flame war u talking about



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Username2324 on 24 August 2009

Big loss my foot.

Why does it even matter to people? It's just more indication of what a deal you're getting, so why do people act as if its a bad thing?