Sony Computer Entertainment officials have stated to 3rd parties that the PlayStation 3 will launch in Japan at around the same price as the PlayStation 2 -- 39,800 yen. Merrill Lynch Japan doesn't seem to think that this will pan out, though. In the latest issue of Japan's Weekly Toyo Keizai magazine, the analyst reveals its expectation that the PS3 will launch in Japan at 44,800 yen. In America, it expects the system to launch at $399.<
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>Merrill Lynch also shares its expectations on hardware costs on Sony's end. Using a figure of 10,000 yen each in production costs for the PS3's Cell processor, the RSX graphics chip and the Blu-Ray ROM drive, the analyst figures it will cost Sony 54,000 yen to produce a single PS3 system. With this figure and the above retail prices, Sony's losses in the first year of PS3 business rise to 130 billion yen.<
>As a comparison, the magazine offers numbers from the PlayStation 2 era. Sony's games division posted a loss of 51.1 billion yen in the first year of PlayStation 2 business. This was quickly reversed, though, with the following year seeing 82.9 billion yen in profits and the year after that jumping up to 112.6 billion yen.<
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>Will the company follow this recovery trend with the PS3? Merrill Lynch states that it's possible Microsoft will cut the price of the Xbox 360 at the time of the PS3's launch. In such a scenario, the analyst expects Sony to incur second year losses of 80 billion yen, with third year losses coming in at 50 billion yen.<
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Yeah, there's no way I'll pay $400 for a game system. <
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>$300 is as high as I'm going to go, and if the Xbox 360 doesn't launch at that price, I'll be waiting for the Revolution, or just plain waiting another year or two to get started on this new generation of consoles. <
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>$300 is as high as I'm going to go, and if the Xbox 360 doesn't launch at that price, I'll be waiting for the Revolution, or just plain waiting another year or two to get started on this new generation of consoles. <
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soloist
Re: PS3 = $400???
The only way I would invest that much in a system<
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>alone is if there are over 10 launch titles that<
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That's way too much. I'll save my $ for the revolution thank you very much. <
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soloist
Re: PS3 = $400???
But what if the Revolution was just as expensive;<
>would you consider investing in it then or wo-<
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>would you consider investing in it then or wo-<
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Re: PS3 = $400???
Switch to PC gaming. >_> <i>There are many rules of<
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NOAImawario
Re: PS3 = $400???
Well, I just can't see Nintendo making it that high. IF they did though, I would wait until they dropped the price in about a year and then perhaps pick one up. <
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I don't believe Revolution will be as or more expensive as either the Sony or MS. If anything, expect it to be at least $50US cheaper. In the end, there can be only ONE!Only the
ave enter The PortalCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!"I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child. What I am going to talk about -- and I am going to say this consistently -- [is that] it is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is that I have learned from any mistakes I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that what Gov. Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."—George W. Bush<i></i>
ave enter The PortalCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!"I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child. What I am going to talk about -- and I am going to say this consistently -- [is that] it is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is that I have learned from any mistakes I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that what Gov. Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."—George W. Bush<i></i>
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Re: PS3 = $400???
I have noticed how Nintendo aims for affordability as<
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>well... and in my opinion, this strategy would wor-<
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>ience being parents seeking a safer (if t-<
>hat even be said) gaming unit and you-<
>ng children. With this being said, th-<
>e downloads should be affordable<
>too... and convenient enough<
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IJzebel
Re: PS3 = $400???
I'd only get it if the games/software is affordable. That is usually the problem, overpriced games. That is indeed why I like Nintendo, their games are up to 20 euro's cheaper. But..Nintendo is the accesories, get-more-stuff-to-plug-in-or-you-cannot-play-this-game company.<
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soloist
Re: PS3 = $400???
Understandable! I am certain I shall be investing<
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>f them, but anything can happ-<
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NOAImawario
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I've never liked X Box.... I've always been a Nintendo fanboy I guess. <
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I love my giant, probably bulletproof Xbox. <
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mcguppy
Re: PS3 = $400???
One thing I heard about the new XBox was that the games that were presented didn't look as good as games that have been released recently with the present XBox. I don't know if it's just because they tried to ruch something too quickly and not put enough effort into the games. "Dont' try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring, besides that, they're facist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic." - Crash Davis in Bull Durham <
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