And so the birth of skynet starts off with 2200 ps3s, ps3 it only does everything including skynet lol

maverick40 said: Spankey said: poor sony. 2200 PS3's gone and not a game or accessory sale to show for it lol im sure sony don't mind!!2200 more consoles sold for sony oh yeah!

2200*$x loss they make per sale of a PS3...I wouldn't be too happy.

good press though

http://www.ultimateps3.fr/news-ps3-3908-quand-les-marines-americains-detruisent-la-xbox-360.html

That s the only reason.

lol they had to use a sledge hammer to break the classic ps3, shows how strong the ps3 was, not too sure about the slim thou, i bet that breaks easier.
xbox360 can be broken oh too easily as well.

Spankey said: maverick40 said: Spankey said: poor sony. 2200 PS3's gone and not a game or accessory sale to show for it lol im sure sony don't mind!!2200 more consoles sold for sony oh yeah! 2200*$x loss they make per sale of a PS3...I wouldn't be too happy. good press though

Good Press? Thats not nearly enough....the US is one of the most patriot countries in the world. Air Force is the Elite there, so, this is much better than simple 'good press', and thats why Sony really isnt caring that much (Specially if they want to use the PS3 that can install Linux, cuz those ones - if they want to pay for the Slim model - have to be custom made by Sony - I think... - wich would gain some extra....nah....they'll problably buy some old models that Sony may still have).

PS- the vid where some marines destroy a X360 is also a good PR stunt against MS and pro whatever else.

It's not old news man. Lol

That's retarded... how could cell processors alone cost more than the actual PS3... the army researchers are not too good at research...

Maybe 2 years ago... and even then...

But now that the processors are 3 years old... pfffft.

Maybe this is not old news but there was a damn similar one 2 years ago indeed...

The PS3 is ready to use, it even allows them to use Linux out of the box (well if they're getting the older models that is).

If they built the systems themselves they would have to order the Cell CPUs (probably at a higher price than Sony pays), memory, boards and to make a customized linux for their system. Then they'd have to hire employees to design assemble and test the stuff.

Compare all of that with just placing an order for 2200 PS3s and hooking them up to a network...

There's a reason why most companies buy made PCs instead of designing their own. If you're going to have a huge amount (like Google does), it may pay off to do your own design, for a few thousand units it's simply too expensive to create a special design.

Sony gets the Cell cheaper because it has deactivated one Spu (that makes the CPU a lot cheaper) And Sony invested money for Development. So it gets the Cell again cheaper. And Sony is selling the PS3 at a loss. While the Server manufacturer sells lesser units then Sony and wants probably a lot money for the work. And taxes are higher the higher the Product price. And the Cell which is used for servers has still some differences and they said in that report that a Server which is configuered with 2 Cells costs 8000 Dollar and 3 PS3s have the same power as this Server so its about 8 times cheaper. Weird but Sony has different components, you just dont know which things are in this server. And Sony produces the PS3 in masses. So they get a different price for the parts.

A PS3 is much much cheaper to produce then a server because of different reasons. And the Airforce just benefits from this.

The Cell might be old technology but for number crunching Cell has a perfect architecture most other Cpus dont have for the same price it beats in one disciplin still the most other CPUs. You dont know what they want to do with them.