Al final es mentira el precio y fechas de salida de PS3

metateto en el otro hilo escribió:http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/21/technology/playstation_fortune_112805/

Businessweek has done a neat job analyzing the report that iSuppli put out on Microsoft's projected losses with the Xbox 360.

An up-close look at the components and other materials used in the high-end version of the Xbox 360, which contains a hard drive, found that the materials inside the unit cost Microsoft $470 before assembly. The console sells at retail for $399, meaning a loss of $71 per unit -- and that is just the start.

Other items packaged with the console -- including the power supply, cables, and controllers -- add another $55 to Microsoft's cost, pushing the loss per unit to $126. These estimates include assumptions that Microsoft is getting a discount on many components.

That's about the same as the hardware plus component difference on the first Xbox, which some estimates put at about $125 per unit. Overall Microsoft lost about 8% of their total sales by eating that cost. The payoff? Microsoft's Xbox is now a bona fide challenger to Sony.

Of course, that is par for the course for a console, and especially for a new console launch. The losses per unit will diminish as components get cheaper - but then we can also expect future price reductions on the console, as well.

The report also predicts that Sony's PS3 will cost nearly $600 to make and will retail for about $450. Ouch.

CapiXbox escribió:Perdonand si a alguno le hiere ... va sin mala intención.