During a conference call for overseas investors following Sony's Q1 09 financials, Nobuyuki Oneda Sony Corp's CEO and Executive Vice President has revealed that manufacturing costs of the PlayStation3 have dropped by 70%.
“The cost reduction since we introduced the PS3 is very substantial and this is on schedule,” Oneda-san replied when asked about manufacturing costs. “We don't disclose how much of the PS3, specifically the cost deduction was achieved during the past two years. But that is on schedule.”
“About 70%, roughly speaking,” Oneda-san added when pressed further on the matter.
Although a precise manufacturing cost isn't known, it's widely believed that the PlayStation3 originally cost Sony approximately $800 (£485) per unit. In January 2008 reports surfaced that the manufacturing costs had been reduced by 50% to approximately $400 (£243). Although Sony wouldn't elaborate on exact figures, the 70% decrease suggests that costs have come down to around $240 (£146) per unit.
The 80GB PlayStation 3 currently retails for £299.99, $399.99 (£243), and 39,980 yen (£254) in the UK, US, and Japan respectively, which suggests Sony has room to make the widely rumoured $100 price cut.
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seriously homie, if you want it buy it. Sony is in business to make money, the cheaper they get their costs down the more they make. otherwise quite bitching!
seriously homie, if you want it buy it. Sony is in business to make money, the cheaper they get their costs down the more they make. otherwise quite bitching!
who you talkin to? I just posted this for FYI for the cost unit price for people to know how much a PS3 actually cost.
game developer David jaffe twittered about a price drop to 199(in japan) this morning. no idea where he got the info, can't find anything besides his tweet to back it up. no other details yet.
ps3 slim appeared shortly on Amazon Germany this weekend , no price listed , reports coming in from china that sony is stocking up on new components. new patent filed concerning ps2 backwards compatibility via software.
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