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iSuppli breakdown pegs cost of manufacturing $499 20GB console at $805, $599 60GB console at $840. By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot Posted Nov 16, 2006 7:52 pm ET When the Xbox 360 went on sale last year, BusinessWeek commissioned tech researcher iSuppli to take apart the console and estimate how much it cost to manufacture. The firm concluded that, including all pack-in accessories (hard drive, controller, cables, and so on), each premium 360 set Microsoft back some $126. Before labor, just the parts it took to make the console cost $470--$71 more than the full-fledged system's $399 price tag. This week, iSuppli conducted a similar cost-analysis study of the PlayStation 3--with even more shocking results. According to the study, the hardware for the 20-gigabyte PS3 costs $805.85 alone--$306.85 more than the stated list price of $499. The 60GB model hardware costs $840.35, $241.35 more than the $599 sticker price Sony announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo earlier this year. (Note: Sony did not announce price points of $499.99 and $599.99 at E3, although some retailers list the consoles' prices as such.) Neither of the iSuppli estimates includes the cost of the A/V cables, power cord, or Sixaxis controller that come bundled with both models of the PS3. The initial launch shipment will also come with a Blu-ray disc copy of the Will Ferrell comedy Talledega Nights. "The size of Sony's loss per unit is remarkable, even for the videogame console business," read the iSuppli report. However, despite the steep price, iSuppli still thinks the PS3 delivers plenty of bang for a buyer's buck. "The reason why the PlayStation 3 is so costly to produce is because it has incredible processing power," said Andrew Rassweiler, teardown services manager and senior analyst for iSuppli. "If someone had shown me the PlayStation 3 motherboard from afar without telling me what it was, I would have assumed it was for a network switch or an enterprise server." Though it had no breakdown of the Wii, this week's iSuppli study did comment on the cost of another next-gen console. Thanks to streamlined processes and ample component supplies, iSuppli estimates that Microsoft now makes $75.70 per Xbox 360 console. __________________________________________ They are getting owned...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_ent...pic_id=25633832 Bogus or not bogus?: Blizzard has been characteristically tight-lipped about its forthcoming announcement, expected Saturday. However, it is looking more and more likely that it will be Starcraft-related. SWEEET...its supposedly gonna be an MMO

Super Smash Bros. Brawl!!! The trailer ownzz http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supersmashbros/media.html So Far... + Meta Knight + Pit + Zero Suit Samus + Wario Source. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151290 + Bowser jr = Meh. + Ridley....now that is fvckin SWEEEEEEEET + Celda' Link 8) - Ice Climbers :) - Mr. G&W :( - Young Link

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congrats dude cant wait to be a senior next year

the mothership is baaaad ass

w.e dude people dont hvave to find it now..

haha im just lookin forward to everything well lets be serious...this is blizzard..this game isnt comin out till like 2010 at least

i saw some gameplay...holyshit dude...zergs armys are maassive and toss is lookin good

this is sooo sweeet hopefully my comp can handle it maybe ill be a beta tester :P

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prob not...i remember i was top 5 poster for a really long time...within like a month... i think it was ghozt...then viper...then me

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you serious? they are definately gonna pass 360.... and ps3 is teh suck

http://www.totalgamerzone.com/story-397.html Nintendo...dominating April 2007 Nintendo DS 471k Wii 360k PlayStation 2 194k PlayStation Portable 183k Xbox 360 174k Game Boy Advance 84k PlayStation 3 82k GameCube 13k Top 10 Software Items- April 2007 Units NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 1.045 M NDS POKEMON PEARL VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 712K WII SUPER PAPER MARIO NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 352K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 249K 360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR ACTIVISION MAR 2007 TEEN (T) 197K PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR ACTIVISION NOV 2006 TEEN (T) 142K 360 SPIDER-MAN 3 ACTIVISION APR 2007 TEEN (T) 117K PS2 SPIDER-MAN 3 ACTIVISION APR 2007 TEEN (T) 105K PS2 GOD OF WAR II SONY MAR 2007 MATURE (M) 101K PS2 MLB '07: THE SHOW SONY FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 79K LMAO AT PS3. GBA wins once again.

lucky...i have 2 weeks

yawn...this thread is never getting to 10000

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