Comments on: Priced to Move PS3’s Cost Sony 3 Billion

By: nostars

nostars — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:18:00 +0000

I dunno, at $500, I feel like I got my money’s worth out of it as a blu-ray player alone. Add in that the games are starting to get very good and it’s a worthy buy.

By: Str8Nasty

Str8Nasty — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:17:33 +0000

i wish these shits were $300, then i might buy one..

By: Doc

Doc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:57:09 +0000

How much were the (fuckin gimped) 20GB SKU’s?

By: El Cid

El Cid — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:51:15 +0000

@Keith - Blu-Ray movie sales may eventually justify these losses, but to date, Blu-Ray is also driving losses at Sony as they had to absorb the losses of building new production facilities while sales are still stagnant at less than 1% of DVD sales.

By: nostars

nostars — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:45:15 +0000

Str8Nasty, I was going to ask the same thing. I paid $500 for mine on New Years just after launch.

By: Str8Nasty

Str8Nasty — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:07:02 +0000

when the hell did they sell PS3s for $300??

By: EHT

EHT — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:37:08 +0000

I read somewhere that the chip they had to enable backwards compatibility was too much so they had to exclude that out and it GG’d them. Then the lack of sales impacted them even more.

By: Toe2Toe

Toe2Toe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:59:29 +0000

thats a bigger loss than anticpated,
good point keith on bluray movies

By: keith

keith — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:36:33 +0000

But how much was in earning from the Cell processor via the STI arrangement?
And also realize the “razor blades” are also in the form of BluRay movies?