Mathachew Veteran Posted January 14, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 14, 2008 Am I the only one who thinks a 50% decrease in production cost at this point a little early? The console is barely over a year old and the technology in the system is not much different than what's in the $500+ players. Maybe I'm missing something :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2008 Am I the only one who thinks a 50% decrease in production cost at this point a little early? The console is barely over a year old and the technology in the system is not much different than what's in the $500+ players. Maybe I'm missing something :/ $400 is still VERY high, when you think how the Wii made a profit on its price point from day 1. This is just a natural trend in technology. When Blu Ray came out, it had no market, was expensive to manufacture, and therefore cost Sony a lot - It's a no brainer the internal Blu Ray drive ramped up PS3 costs. Now Blu Ray is more widespread, been out for a year or so and is the dominant format, prices of manufacturing have come down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian- Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Good news (Y) Hopefully this will be the year the PS3 takes off :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'll get one when FFXIII comes out hehe, so hopefully it's cheaper by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted January 14, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 14, 2008 Am I the only one who thinks a 50% decrease in production cost at this point a little early? The console is barely over a year old and the technology in the system is not much different than what's in the $500+ players. Maybe I'm missing something :/ They took away a lot of features originally in the console, however it still pretty bold to have that much of a decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I bet this is mostly because of the cut in blu-ray production costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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