Sony loses how much per PS3?!

November 17, 2006

GI.biz is carrying a [url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=21166]story[/url] that states that Sony is losing about $300 per PS3. They have pegged the manufacturing cost to be about $805.85 US without accounting for cables, controllers, and packaging. The estimated loss for a 60GB console is about $306.85 and $241.35 for the 20GB version. These numbers really mean nothing to consumers as they are never factored into the price, but they mean something to investors. The cost of doing business in this next generation of gaming is a costly one as Sony is finding out. I sure hope they are already working on streamlining that manufacturing process to get those costs down.