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Playstation3 will cost $410 at retail ?
http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm
PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. The initial manufacturing costs for the PlayStation 3 are suspected to be around $494 USD. A recent report estimates that the launch costs for the three main components of the system are the RSX graphics chip, Blu-Ray disc drive, and the Cell processor. The cost is $101 USD each. In an attempt to beat Sony's new PS3 system price, Microsoft Xbox 360 could cut the $299 launch price even lower. Sony PlayStation 3 hardware will initially retail for $410 USD. Sony has traditionally taken large losses on its new hardware to gain a market share advantage, however, it may face a disadvantage if forced into a price war, as Microsoft and Nintendo are each making more conservative choices when it comes to hardwa Microsoft is using the currently-existing DVD spec for its own media, while Nintendo has eschewed support for high-definition video, in the interest of maintaining its own history of turning a profit with each console unit sold. Furthermore, Sony is currently still taking losses on its PlayStation Portable hardware in a continued, not yet successful attempt to beat the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance in the handheld game marketplace. The PlayStation 3 is currently expected to result in losses of over $1 billion in its first year of sales, in addition to the $1.83 billion already invested in R&D for the Cell chip, co-produced by IBM and Toshiba. Bring on the discounts. |
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Highlander wrote:
http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. Yeah Xbox360 is $299 + $50 DVD playback kit + $100 40GB hard drive sure will be a steal :*) |
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youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no
confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be "Velocity Girl" wrote in message .. . Highlander wrote: http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. Yeah Xbox360 is $299 + $50 DVD playback kit + $100 40GB hard drive sure will be a steal :*) |
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Yeah, when has MS ever given anything away for free? You can bet
everything will be additional $$. steven wrote: youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be "Velocity Girl" wrote in message . .. Highlander wrote: http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. Yeah Xbox360 is $299 + $50 DVD playback kit + $100 40GB hard drive sure will be a steal :*) |
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"Brandon Dieterich" wrote in message ... Yeah, when has MS ever given anything away for free? You can bet everything will be additional $$. steven wrote: youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be "Velocity Girl" wrote in message ... Highlander wrote: http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. Yeah Xbox360 is $299 + $50 DVD playback kit + $100 40GB hard drive sure will be a steal :*) You will need to connect you box to the internet, get you stuff valuated, registration number ...or the extra features won't work. xman |
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"steven" wrote in message ... youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be A detachable and upgradable 20 gig hard drive has already been confimred for the Xbox 360. It's a shame Sony doesn't include a hdd standard for the PS3. |
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"Brandon Dieterich" wrote in message ... Yeah, when has MS ever given anything away for free? You can bet everything will be additional $$. When does any successful company give anything away for free w/o making it up some where else? Brush up on Business 101 and then get back to us, thanks. |
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"Perfect" picture@perfect wrote in message ... "steven" wrote in message ... youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be It's a shame Sony doesn't include a hdd standard for the PS3. And that has been confirmed much in the way the story you just responded to has, hasn't it? |
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In article , "xmradio" wrote:
"Brandon Dieterich" wrote in message ... Yeah, when has MS ever given anything away for free? You can bet everything will be additional $$. steven wrote: youre wrong dvd playback is included no playback kit needed and there i no confirmation yet wether the hardrive will be included or not, my bet is it will be "Velocity Girl" wrote in message T... Highlander wrote: http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article1025.htm PlayStation 3 Initial Costs With a cost of $494 USD, this could be dangerous for the Sony PS3 since the Microsoft Xbox 360 is priced at $299 USD. Yeah Xbox360 is $299 + $50 DVD playback kit + $100 40GB hard drive sure will be a steal :*) You will need to connect you box to the internet, get you stuff valuated, registration number ...or the extra features won't work. xman In otherwords, everyone who doesnt have broadband and who buys a XBOX360 are screwed out of it. |
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"GMAN" wrote in message
... You will need to connect you box to the internet, get you stuff valuated, registration number ...or the extra features won't work. In otherwords, everyone who doesnt have broadband and who buys a XBOX360 are screwed out of it. No, a modem on the PC and connection sharing will work... but I think he was being facetious. |
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