PS3: a new design saves 35% of the cost of manufacture
Sony has redesigned the design of its PlayStation 3 console to save as much money on its manufacture. Is that sales of the last console Sony is not so successful than anticipated deal with the Xbox 360 and Wii, while each machine is sold to the public at a loss for a price below its manufacturing cost.
Indeed, the bill for the PS3 is 690.23 dollars from its factory output, particularly because of great complexity in its design, which meets at least 4048 components within the cabinet. The new revision of the PS3 compresses the note and therefore does not gathers more than 2820 components, according to an estimate of analysts iSuppli.
As a result, the invoice production is down 35%. The latest PS3 does cost more than 448.73 dollars. A boon for Sony, the Japanese continue to sell its consoles at a loss, for 399 dollars, tariff general public. Sony says still officially not to provide lower prices for its console, it sympathizes …
