The cost of the technology to build them will have dropped in the three years....3 years ago the blu-ray stuff and an 80gb hard-drive was (reasonably) cutting edge...now they are much more readily available to the mass-market, hence the price drop.
The cost of the technology to build them will have dropped in the three years....3 years ago the blu-ray stuff and an 80gb hard-drive was (reasonably) cutting edge...now they are much more readily available to the mass-market, hence the price drop.
exactly!!! sony never lost any money making these....biggets myth ever, its like bugatti and they veyron, theres a reason to loose money their, not with sony though....just buy it for the blu ray player alone! theres 400 bucks right there.
I agree but they use to loose about $250AU when it launched. Only about a 3 weeks ago they where loosing $50AU.
"Sony narrows PS3 unit loss down to $49. " As the company approaches 2009, losses per unit have dropped from $190 to around $50" dvdtown.com
So point being if they are still loosing money (I know it is small amount) what makes you think they will sell new one at profit if they are going to drop the price by $200? you cannot save $50 current loss per unit + $200 new price drop loss by just releasing a smaller model. This is $250 dollars they have to save on production somewhere in order to break even.
it is not a myth read their financial reports and many news articles out there.
Yes they dropped $100.00 in the US. I just got laid off but I want one of these, I was thinking of getting the 80gig version but they don't make them that play the ps2 games anymore so I will get the slim which has 120gig for the same price of 299.99 as the 80gig. rumor has it sony is trying to make a ps3 slim with 250gig
nenjabin.
Most people don't buy games for $120. They buy them when they are around $90 (JB Hi-Fi launch most games at this price point for the first week or two).
Don't forget most HD games costs loads to make. They need to sell far more copies to break even. We have lost some great companies due to this over the last year.
The point is Sony will have to fight a lot harder this gen in order to even get close to the profits it made with the PS2.
does anyone know if the new slim ps3 can play ps2 games??? thats the only reason i havent gotten myself a ps3 yet! As they aren't compatible! which sux!! haha
And it costs $90 to make? When the retailers still end up covering their costs selling them at $50? Come on...
They are compatible Rhys. 40GB 1s arn't, but 80GB PS3s play I believe 90% of PS2 catalogue.
nenjabin.
Most people don't buy games for $120. They buy them when they are around $90 (JB Hi-Fi launch most games at this price point for the first week or two).
Don't forget most HD games costs loads to make. They need to sell far more copies to break even. We have lost some great companies due to this over the last year.
The point is Sony will have to fight a lot harder this gen in order to even get close to the profits it made with the PS2.
Man Sony gets like 5-10% on games sold. Australia is a small market. Profit margins are even smaller in the US. Some developers in EUR wanted games to cost a further $20US more then they are now due to development costs on HD consoles.
Also this 5-10% is before you factor in all the shipping costs and developer profits and break even sales.
No it won't. Sony took out the emotion chip that played PS2 games long ago.
just incase you want some said proof
"Will the new slim PS3 be have backward compatibility with PS2 games?
Tretton: No. We are three years into the PlayStation 3 life cycle. The library for PlayStation 3, both disc-based and network-based, is extensive. The consumer is playing PS3 games on the PS3. And given the fact that we have got a 140 million PS2s out there and it is currently available at $99, we really feel the PS2 serves the consumer who wants to play PS2 games. The PS3 is all about the PlayStation 3 experience."
Sony unveils $299 PlayStation 3 Slim - Game Hunters: In search of video games and interactive awesomeness - USATODAY.com
Cheers for the games info
However, RE: PS3 playing PS2 games, I was responding only about the 40GB and 80GB current large PS3s. I don't know anything about the slimline version, but I know my 80GB PS3, bought a month ago (dang nabbit!), plays PS2 games and apparently plays 90+% of the PS2 catalogue. 40GB plays none. Slimline, clearly doesn't given your other information
i buy my games when they are like $20.
only just got saints row
don't get me wrong I love my PS3, but the slim to me seems like there has been some sort of quality cutting. Only time will tell I guess.
I am not sure about the 80gb but there where two versions one that did and one that doesn't. Aus being so expensive chances are we will had the ones that did not.
In all honesty Sony pissed me off with all the different versions we have had so far. It just confuses normal consumers.
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