Ps3 May Cost $900 Or Twice As Much As The Xbox 360

It will pwn so hardcore tho

 

The ps3 is not $900, i read this article the other day. It will cost sony 900 dolars per console. That is the price is will cost sony to put out each ps3. The ps3 should only be about $500 bucks. Which means sony loose's 400 bucks per console.

 

THis is flase, the PS3 will cost around 300-400 dollars NiG!

 

The ps3 controller look ugly .. But when u feel it and hold it ... It should feel comfortable ( Good )

 

There is no way sony would sell a console for $900+. That would be the equivalent of marketing suicide. I'm sure those projections are a little high, and as was stated earlier, there is nearly always a loss on consoles that needs to be made up in game sales.

It wouldn't surprise me if sony got an incredible deal on the blu-rays, and maybe the cell-proccessors as well. The blu-rays have a lot of stiff competition for next gen data storage (HD-DVD, and later the holographic storage disks, and some other things) so they need all of the publicity they can get, and the ps3 provides that. The cell processor could also be obtained cheaper for similar reasons, but that isn't so likely

 

thats ---- who wud buy that?

 

Its true I read another article 2 weeks ago saying it is expected to retail for $950 USD when first launched due to the high cost of the blu-ray and cell-chip development.

 

Sony sucks anyways 900$ just buy a new PC lol or get a 360 and some games...

 

Is that the price that it would cost now because the componet prices will come down by the time its released.

 

Pffft im too poor.

 

Everyone is going to wait until the price drops.
Unless they're crazy about it.

 

wow that stinks...


im stil nto getting an xbox 360

 

Sony does not suck ... They want their console better than xbox 360 , So that why they add so much good stuff and the price are that high , They problably must losse couple of hundreds dollar for dropping the price lower

 

This is the story

A team over at the investment firm Merrill Lynch took the liberty of breaking down the component costs of the PlayStation 3, concluding that the PS3 will cost Sony $900 per unit at launch. The figures which are based upon estimates and predictions, show that the lion's share of the parts costs come from the Cell processor and Blu-Ray drive, which total $580 alone. Fortunately for Sony, the firm has also estimated that the console's cost after 3 years could drop to $320.

What these figures show is that the fate of Sony's console lies in the circuits of two components: the Cell processor and the Blu-Ray drive. It's in Sony's interest to make sure that Blu-Ray drives and Cell chips are sold in vast quantities, which will lower prices and limit the amount of money that Sony will lose on each console. Of course we still don't know how much Sony will be willing to subsidize PS3s. Previous rumors have hinted that the PS3 will launch at $500. In other words, a $400 loss on each console.

For a little perspective, lets take a look at a similar example in the same industry, the Xbox 360. Earlier estimates suggested that the Xbox 360 costs $715 to make which means Microsoft is willing to lose around $350 per console sale based on a $299-399 retail price. If Sony wants to remain competitive with Microsoft (does it?) and rival the Xbox 360's price, it could lose as much as $500-600 on each PS3. Finally, it's worth noting that these companies have money to lose: as Yahoo finance indicates, Microsoft and Sony both have mountains of cash at their disposal. Although Microsoft happens to have a lot more.

 

i dont even like consoles... thats why i do all my gaming via my pc, cause if i want i can later emulate the gaem.