#Play station 3 vs xbox 360 ps3#
Upon release in November, there were 81,639 consoles sold but only 66,684 PS3 games sold for it, meaning some consumers did not buy any games for their system and presumably used it for other entertainment purposes, such as for Blu-Ray movies. The Japan launch was delayed from a "promised" Spring 2006 release to November due to finalization of the Blu-Ray specification. Only 3.68 million were sold, falling short of that mark. Sony expected to sell 6 million units by the fiscal year ending in March 2007. PlayStation 3 hardware sales figures Main article: Seventh generation of video games Upon the release of PS3 Slim, Sony executive Kaz Hirai stated they are still losing money on hardware alone. PS3 manufacturing costs have been greatly reduced as of 2009. Sony takes a 10% hit on each system sold in Japan, as of March 2009. The powerful Cell processor is rumored to have cost $400 million dollars and 5 years to develop. A new report in December 2008 by iSuppli states the PS3 now costs $448.73 to build while selling for $399 and the PS3 will probably reach the break-even point in 2009. The 60GB model, which has a $241.35 difference. iSuppli’s early analysis showed that Sony loses $306.85 per 20GB hard-drive equipped PS3 sold, not including packaging, controller or cables. Sony lost $3.31B due to pricing its console below production costs. As of January 2008, each unit costs around $400 to manufacture. Blu-ray diodes are cheaper to manufacture.
The cost of manufacturing Cell microprocessors has fallen dramatically as a result of moving to the 65 nm production process. Since the system's launch, production costs have been reduced significantly as a result of phasing out the EE chip and falling hardware costs. Production costs Main article: Production costs
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