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rafichamp on 24 November 2009

^^@kowenicki, it does make sense and Sony has said it before, but however I can not explain it fully, it is hard to explain. Ill give it a try tho, say Sony lost $40 on each fat ps3 before slim came out, then the ps3 slim comes out, they still are losing $40 on each ps3, but since the units are smaller, keeping them in places cost cheaper. The bigger the PS3, the less you can put in one box, the more you can put in one box, the more money you save.



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rafichamp on 24 November 2009

@koweniki, I didnt say Sony is making a profit yet, I just said that its losses are coming down due to the slim



kitler53 on 24 November 2009
leo-j said:
pastro243 said:
rafichamp said:
Sony has stated the more they sell the more they make in profit due to manufacturing costs being reduced tremendously


This may be true, in mass production the more you produce you can reduce the costs, I dont remember the explanaition though.

neither do I but its something I leanred in economics

when you make a cake you need two types of things: the ingredients -  like flour and sugar, and the equipment - like a mixer.

the total cost to produce a cake is the cost of the ingredients AND the total cost of the equipment divided by the number of cakes produced.

if you make 1 cake then to be profitable that one cake must account for the total cost of the mixer.

if you make 1 million cakes then each cake must account for one millionth the cost of the mixer thus each cake is cheaper to make.



rafichamp on 24 November 2009

^^someone has been doing their homework



slowmo on 24 November 2009
rafichamp said:
^^someone has been doing their homework


Looks more like hes been baking to be honest



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V-r0cK on 24 November 2009
kitler53 said:
leo-j said:
pastro243 said:
rafichamp said:
Sony has stated the more they sell the more they make in profit due to manufacturing costs being reduced tremendously


This may be true, in mass production the more you produce you can reduce the costs, I dont remember the explanaition though.

neither do I but its something I leanred in economics

when you make a cake you need two types of things: the ingredients -  like flour and sugar, and the equipment - like a mixer.

the total cost to produce a cake is the cost of the ingredients AND the total cost of the equipment divided by the number of cakes produced.

if you make 1 cake then to be profitable that one cake must account for the total cost of the mixer.

if you make 1 million cakes then each cake must account for one millionth the cost of the mixer thus each cake is cheaper to make.

I want cake XD



rafichamp on 24 November 2009

^^ROFL



kitler53 on 24 November 2009
V-r0cK said:
kitler53 said:
leo-j said:
pastro243 said:
rafichamp said:
Sony has stated the more they sell the more they make in profit due to manufacturing costs being reduced tremendously


This may be true, in mass production the more you produce you can reduce the costs, I dont remember the explanaition though.

neither do I but its something I leanred in economics

when you make a cake you need two types of things: the ingredients -  like flour and sugar, and the equipment - like a mixer.

the total cost to produce a cake is the cost of the ingredients AND the total cost of the equipment divided by the number of cakes produced.

if you make 1 cake then to be profitable that one cake must account for the total cost of the mixer.

if you make 1 million cakes then each cake must account for one millionth the cost of the mixer thus each cake is cheaper to make.

I want cake XD

it's a cake.  it's a cat.  it's the end of this thread as we knew it. xD



rafichamp on 24 November 2009

^^wat kind of a name is Negar roflrofrofl, RACIST RACIST



supercat on 24 November 2009

Sony has said that they are losing about 15% of the price of the console, which I assume is after the expected PV of future software purchases is calculated in, so the console itself probably costs sony in the high $300's but on an income statement they are currently losing about $45 per console. Also, Sony has said that they expct a profit sometime in 2010, so stay tuned.