PS3 to cost $613 to $736

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: AcidBath
That is one hell of a lot of money for a game system, bloo ray player or not.
And if HD-DVD wins this new VHS/BetaMax war then it will be an insanely expensive game system only.
Am I reading this wrong or is Sony going to hinge a huge part of the PS3 success on Blu-Ray beating HD-DVD?

Sony is betting on Blu-Ray as a company, not just on the PS3. It would be a big blow to them if it didn't take off.

 

[ZoomStop]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Revolution++

IBM's "Broadway" CPU is clocked at 729MHz, according to updated Nintendo documentation.

CPU Specs:
NES: 1.79MHz
SNES: 3.58Mhz
N64: 93.75MHz
GameCube: 485MHz

I wouldn't put too much into how fast the CPU is. Keep an eye on what ATI does with the GPU.

 

[ImageTroll]

Why would anyone want to pay that much for a games console? lmao!

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: AcidBath

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Revolution++

IBM's "Broadway" CPU is clocked at 729MHz, according to updated Nintendo documentation.

CPU Specs:
NES: 1.79MHz
SNES: 3.58Mhz
N64: 93.75MHz
GameCube: 485MHz

I wouldn't put too much into how fast the CPU is. Keep an eye on what ATI does with the GPU.

The difference is that those were all in the range for the generation they were in. This is wayyyy out of the range. Now I know, not all rests in MHz, but I think in this case its safe to say it is low...

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
500e would be like $500 or less.

500e = $606.25

 

[bigrash]

i really hope it doesnt cost that much.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Ameesh
when they miss the chirstmas season this year there is going to be a massive number of seppeku at sony hq.

If they do indeed miss the season, it's going to be absolutely disastrous for the company. Plain and simple, it's a move they cannot afford to make.

Even if the system does have some bugs, I'm sure they'll release it. I mean look at the 360 Fiasco.

what 360 fiasco?

With their first revision of the product, the infamous red light on the power button. Whether it was overheating issues or what, Microsoft released a sizable amount of defective consoles.

hmm i guess i got lucky i got my 360 on luanch date and havent had any issues, i would have been pissed to get a broken box after all that hassle of trying to track one down.

which is why you should have been more intelligent and waited a month to buy it. i will never understand why millions of people went bonkers and tried to get a 360 ASAP. holy sh!t people! it will be sold in the future as well! so people pay a premium, up to 1000 wasnt rare, and they could have waited 3 weeks and got it for half. friggin retarded.... :roll:

Quick economics lesson: Wage curves (after a certain point) are backward bending, the higher your wage, the more you value things other than money. If you're pullin mid 6 figures you don't want to wait in line and you want to have the 360 when it comes out, so you pay a premium.

 

[DaiShan]

Oh and for the record I do NOT want to support blu-ray.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: ImageTroll
Why would anyone want to pay that much for a games console? lmao!

to play games.

I'll be getting one for sure.

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

Why wouldn't it? The 360 costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-600 to manufacture.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

:roll:

Get yourself a clue.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Ameesh
when they miss the chirstmas season this year there is going to be a massive number of seppeku at sony hq.

If they do indeed miss the season, it's going to be absolutely disastrous for the company. Plain and simple, it's a move they cannot afford to make.

Even if the system does have some bugs, I'm sure they'll release it. I mean look at the 360 Fiasco.

what 360 fiasco?

With their first revision of the product, the infamous red light on the power button. Whether it was overheating issues or what, Microsoft released a sizable amount of defective consoles.

hmm i guess i got lucky i got my 360 on luanch date and havent had any issues, i would have been pissed to get a broken box after all that hassle of trying to track one down.

which is why you should have been more intelligent and waited a month to buy it. i will never understand why millions of people went bonkers and tried to get a 360 ASAP. holy sh!t people! it will be sold in the future as well! so people pay a premium, up to 1000 wasnt rare, and they could have waited 3 weeks and got it for half. friggin retarded.... :roll:

Quick economics lesson: Wage curves (after a certain point) are backward bending, the higher your wage, the more you value things other than money. If you're pullin mid 6 figures you don't want to wait in line and you want to have the 360 when it comes out, so you pay a premium.

... or you have kids who absolutely must have it right away and you're a parent who gives in once in a while so they can be happy. We live in a world where it's not just us experienced 20-something-aged IT-smart folks... contrary to AT-belief.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: AcidBath

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Revolution++

IBM's "Broadway" CPU is clocked at 729MHz, according to updated Nintendo documentation.

CPU Specs:
NES: 1.79MHz
SNES: 3.58Mhz
N64: 93.75MHz
GameCube: 485MHz

I wouldn't put too much into how fast the CPU is. Keep an eye on what ATI does with the GPU.

The difference is that those were all in the range for the generation they were in. This is wayyyy out of the range. Now I know, not all rests in MHz, but I think in this case its safe to say it is low...

Because we all know that the more MEGAHURTS a console has, the more fun it is.

:roll:

PPC != x86

- M4H

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

Why wouldn't it? The 360 costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-600 to manufacture.

show me the report from MS on the cost

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: archiloco
that is damn expensive..........but if it has a blu-ray player it's kinda cheap for all of that. since they will be like over a thousand when starting out.

There is no way I would spend a single penny on a blu-ray device until after the comming format war is over!

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

Most, if not all the analysts I have read up to this point have stated a manufacture cost of 700-900 with the BR drive costing between 300-350+ per console. 2 for example;

$725-905 from ML and 790 average from Cnet

 

[theGlove]

Sega needs to bring back the dreamcast!!!!

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

Why wouldn't it? The 360 costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-600 to manufacture.

show me the report from MS on the cost

Ah yes, ask for an impossible piece of evidence to get.

How about you check out these links:
http://news.com.com/PlayStation+3+compo...s+Why+so+high/2100-1043_3-6042226.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/28/xbox-360-costs-715-to-make/ Citing Business Week as their source
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/23/xbox360_cost_estimated/ Tells you how the Console market works as opposed to other markets

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: FallenHero
maybe thats what it costs to make it per playstation...i highly doubt they would try to sell it at that price if they want to compete with the 360

Estimates are the system is going to cost anywhere between 800-900 bucks to manufacture.

i really hope you dont believe that it costs them that much to make one

Why wouldn't it? The 360 costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-600 to manufacture.

show me the report from MS on the cost

Manufacturers don't release that kind of info, dumbass, but there are companies out there that basically estimate those sort of things for a living.
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[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: theGlove
Sega needs to bring back the dreamcast!!!!

/hugs his Dreamcast and massive game library

From my cold, dead hands, I say!

- M4H

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: theGlove
Sega needs to bring back the dreamcast!!!!

/hugs his Dreamcast and massive game library

From my cold, dead hands, I say!

- M4H

Nintendo needs to figure a way to get Dreamcast games on Rev. :shocked:

 

[Koing]

This isn't that pricey for graduates who have avg paying jobs. Sure it will be pricey for sub 18-16yr with NO JOBS.

If you look around the office, notice the flashy phones people have?! They aren't cheap either.

It won't be e (euro) to $ conversion. It will be almost certainly the same e figure but in $ instead.

You guys have cheaper consoles then UK £ guys. This has almost been the case since they started to release consoles.

Koing

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: jlmadyson
Eh, I don't know but if it does I seriously doubt I'll be picking one up at launch.

People said that about the 360 too, and looks how well that's sold. And the Playstation is far more popular than the Xbox. I think people will buy it... consoles gaming has moved from a toy for kids to something for adults. The kids will just buy the Revolution, and the adults will buy the 360 and PS.

And i'm sure you're going to get a lot of first time console buyers who will simply buy it to see what their HDTVs can do... both with the Bluray and for the games. People were already expecting Bluray machines to cost $1k.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Koing
This isn't that pricey for graduates who have avg paying jobs. Sure it will be pricey for sub 18-16yr with NO JOBS.

If you look around the office, notice the flashy phones people have?! They aren't cheap either.

It won't be e (euro) to $ conversion. It will be almost certainly the same e figure but in $ instead.

You guys have cheaper consoles then UK £ guys. This has almost been the case since they started to release consoles.

Koing

Isn't that pricey for graduates that have average paying jobs? It sure as hell is. $600-$700 is a big purchase for most people that make less than 6 figures a year.

Throw in another $100 for the HD, $60 a pop for games, and $40-$50 a pop for an extra controller, and the system you're looking at is going to cost anywhere from $870-$970 + tax for 2 games, the HD, and extra controller.