GZ: Sony has reportedly cut PS3 costs by 70 per cent, but some websites appear to have forgotten exchange rates.
Following Sony's first quarter results for fiscal-2009, the company's executive vice president Nobuyuki Oneda claimed that the PS3's manufacturing costs had dropped by 70 per cent.
Many websites ran with the 70 per cent and applied it to the presumed manufacturing cost of the PS3 when it launched. The problem is that they applied this to the dollar price. This brought the current manufacturing cost to around $250 after the 70 per cent reduction.
However, with the current economic climate and the rising strength of the Yen, applying an original dollar price will not yield accurate results.
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I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
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People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,
But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.
As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.
Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.
I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.
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This is just another article pulling numbers out the arse. Just more speculation. Sony arn't gonna release the numbers too the public. So how can anyone know the exact cost.
I mean how can you reduce 70% off a start cost when knowone knows the exact cost of PS3 production at launch.
Ther are so many factors that have to be included from then till now.
Yet non of these sites know, only Sony does.
Still good enough.
300$ is still good enough to kick the competition right off the front.
Good Article, makes alot more sense than the rumored 240 number other sites were throwning around.
This takes account to the stronger Yen, which makes sense in context of the article.
The Question is, is Sony making a profit on PS3 sold now at 399/499, I ask, cause this uses the older 65 nm, which has less cost savings, than what will 45 nm chip.