EB Games Employee Spills Some Info?

[JimRune]

Perhaps most interestingly, the store manager revealed that they already have a SKU for the new console. When asked what price tag will be attached to the SKU, he replied $389.99(CDN). Considering the costs of manufacturing the PS3 are enormous, a price tag under $400 seems rather surprising. According to the Eb Games store manager, “each PS3 sale is being subsidized by the big Blu-ray backers including the big movie studios, so at the end of day Sony can undercut Microsoft and not lose massive of amounts of money per unit.”

Source:http://www.ps3news.ca/03232006/21/ru...ail_for_389_99

Mind you, this is coming from an EB Games employee, so take it with a grain of salt.

Also, $389.99 Canadian is about $334 US.

[Makaveli_786]

They could afford to sell it for less than the Xbox 360 and gain more than Microsoft.

Don't forget the PS2 alone sold approx 100 million pieces of software yearly and there are probably quite a few movies bought for the PS2 exlusively too.

If Sony can replicate that success they'll be making money off every single movie and game on the PS3.. now that will MORE than cover for the additional cost of each unit!

For Sony PS3 is an ENORMOUS money making machine, with emulation of PS1 and PS2 games theyr getting another way of mass income for little output.. I think no matter which way you look at it the PS3 is going to make a LOT of money for Sony.

[JimRune]

Well Kuturagi said that the PS3 will cost no less than $50,000 yen, which is $434 United States dollars. In Japan, things are more expensive (The Hisaishi Joe CD I bought there was $30 bucks) so that would be a $399.99 price point here in the United States.

$334 US would most likely be a $349.99 price point rather than that odd number, but I'm more inclined to think of it as $399.99 at this point. If it really is $349.99, that would be pretty awesome, but I highly doubt it at this point in time. Just gotta wait for E3 now.