News: Merrill Lynch: Sony to Spend $900 Per PS3, Tight PS3

**Capper** · February 19th, 2006

Sony may spend up to $900 per PS3. But how much will the PS3 cost in the end, and will Sony be able to meet demand?

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Captain Crunch · February 19th, 2006

I work at a computer retail store and lets just say we have (NO) mark up on the xbox360. Were not making a damn thing off of it. I was kinda surprised to learn that.

But 900 for the ps3 that seems way high to me.

fps justin · February 19th, 2006

yeah. i agree. I doubt very many people would buy a console for 900 dollars. I mean sure you got extremeists. However, MOST of us are dead broke.

**Capper** · February 19th, 2006

I'm not sure they are saying people will pay $900 for them (hell, people easily paid that for an XBox around Christmas).
Ther XBox is losing money for M$ in that it costs more for the components than what they are charging, at least initially. When the technology ages a bit, the costs will drop dramatically.... it like us buying a new CPU as soon as it hits the market for $350...then a week later AMD announcing 30% price cuts......
don't feel sorry for Sony, they wouldn't take on a losing venture....even if they lose money initially on the console....they are making up for it on games and accessories.

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fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	yeah. i agree. I doubt very many people would buy a console for 900 dollars. I mean sure you got extremeists. However, MOST of us are dead broke. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

February 19th, 2006	#4
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,664 Blog Entries: 6	I'm not sure they are saying people will pay $900 for them (hell, people easily paid that for an XBox around Christmas). Ther XBox is losing money for M$ in that it costs more for the components than what they are charging, at least initially. When the technology ages a bit, the costs will drop dramatically.... it like us buying a new CPU as soon as it hits the market for $350...then a week later AMD announcing 30% price cuts...... don't feel sorry for Sony, they wouldn't take on a losing venture....even if they lose money initially on the console....they are making up for it on games and accessories. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

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February 19th, 2006	#2
Captain Crunch Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Right side of middle Earth Posts: 662	I work at a computer retail store and lets just say we have (NO) mark up on the xbox360. Were not making a damn thing off of it. I was kinda surprised to learn that. But 900 for the ps3 that seems way high to me.