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blog.us.playstation.com - 12/18/2008

PlayStation.Blog » PlayStation Home System Maintenance

— blog.us.playstation.com — Sony Computer Entertainment will conduct system maintenance for PlayStation Home on Thursday, December 18, 2008. At this... time PlayStation Home will be updated from ver. 1.03 to 1.04. The system maintenance is scheduled to start at 12 midnight (PST), ... (more) PlayStation.Blog » PlayStation Home System Maintenance

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designlaunches.com - 12/18/2008

Playstation Compact, the camera for the future

— designlaunches.com — sony_psc_2.jpg Cross branding is a given when you have so many different items in your basket. We... all have been waiting on the news for a PSP phone from Sony, but Petros Stambolis has gone ahead and given us the Playstation Compact, a digital camera ... (more) Playstation Compact, the camera for the future

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engadget.com - 12/19/2008

PlayStation 3 Wireless Keypad review

— engadget.com — As hard as it might be for you wizened, Atari-era gamers to understand, there are plenty of... people out there who think that today's gaming controllers need even more inputs; even more buttons. That's largely thanks to the inclusion of in-game ... (more) PlayStation 3 Wireless Keypad review

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PS3 Cheaper Than Ever to Make, Sony Still Losing Money on Every One [PS3]
Gizmodo — Making a PS3 today costs Sony less than half of what it did at launch—$445, down from $840. And Sony, wouldn't you know, still loses a bucketful of money on every system. So, at launch, the PS3 cost Sony about $840 to make, according to iSuppli, and they sold them for $599, resulting in a tidy loss of $200 a pop. By stripping out over 1200 parts and features like PS2 backward-compatibility, Sony has cut their costs to just $445 per PlayStation 3. Which they sell for 400 bucks, meaning they still lose about $45 a system. That, friends, is why ...

PS3 teardown: 30% less parts, $300 cheaper
Engadget — ... When the gang at iSuppli first tore open a PlayStation 3 back in November 2006, they pegged the cost to build the $500 model was $805 in materials. Now they're back and looking inside the $400 version, which they estimate is $448.73 in parts -- still a loss leader ...

PS3 Now Cheaper To Produce
Ubergizmo — ... manufacturing process with Sony slashing the production cost of its PS3 to a mere $448.73, they're still making a loss on each console sold as the highest priced model in the market is retailing for $399. At least they aren't bleeding as much as when the PS3 was first launched - back then, it cost $840 to build a single PS3 despite being sold at $599. Guess it will take a fair bit more time for Sony to learn from Nintendo as the latter is making money off every single Wii it sells. [Press Release] ...

iSuppli Tears Down New PS3 and Finds it Cheaper to Build
I4U News — ... it builds. Today's Ps3 costs much less to build at about $448.73 for the model selling for $399. Sony is now losing only about $50 per PS3 it sells. Keys to the significantly lower production cost are smaller nanometer scale cell processor and graphics hardware that have moved from the 90nm original parts to 65nm parts today. The Sony Cell chip is estimated to be cheaper at $46 today compared to $89 in 2006. Sony may actually see a profitable PS3 in the not too distant future. Via BusinessWeek Posted on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...