[BNM] PS3

[Barry Bloye]

On 25/01/07, Alex Studd wrote:
>
> It does seem very very expensive to me, perhaps Sony are actually
> looking to make a profit on the console itself unlike the Wii and i
> suspect the 360 is sold at cost or very near to.


Nintendo are making a profit (R&D aside) on each Wii, while Microsoft are
now about breaking even on each 360. Sony are making a considerable loss on
each PS3, even at £425/€599.

on 25/1/07 2:15 pm, Thayer at wrote:
> >> As a really avid gamer (it's what I do with most of my spare time,
> apart
> >> from drinking with mates) I am wondering if Sony has just really
> ballsed
> >> this one up.  Their timing is just awful.  A year after the 360 so lots
> of
> >> us now used to that and have a nice games catalogue, and just a few
> months
> >> after the Wii - where a lot of us are still loving the novelty of the
> >> jumping about malarky.  And much much more expensive.
>

No way I'd consider paying much more than £200 for a console, let alone over
£400 (and *then* there's convincing the missus ;)).

Sony have tried to position their product as a high-end, 'grown-up' device,
while relying on the PlayStation's existing reputation and popularity to
shift units. Unfortunately, they seem to have not noticed that a large
proportion of PS2s are in kids bedrooms, and not all underneath 40" high-def
TVs...