PS3 To Cost Twice As Much As Xbox 360

According to Merrill Lynch, because of the cost of hardware components, the PS3 may cost twice as much as the Xbox 360 by the end of 2006. The report includes estimated breakdown of hardware costs by component at the time of launch and 3 years from now.

The new figures show that the majority of the cost are from the Blu-Ray drive, and the Cell processor which total $580 alone. After three years, the manufacturing cost of the two will drop to $180 total.

Several months ago the same team released data which compared the cost of the PS3 to the Xbox 360 (see below). As you can see, the estimated costs of Blu-Ray and the Cell Process have increased dramatically.

On the cost of goods side, Merrill Lynch believes that the Cell processor will initially cost $230 to make which is more than the Xenon CPU which currently rings in at $100.

Though price reduction will eventually drop to approximately $30, both the Nividias RSXand the ATIs cost about $70 each to produce.

iSuppli, a well know Market researcher, did a break down on the cost of all the components used by Microsoft in the Xbox 360 and found that the cost per console is roughly $525, or almost $400 dollars less than thn the Sony PS3.

The results of the report are based on the assumption that Sony will have to sell at a loss due to the estimated costs of hardware. However, if Sony is willing to be aggressive on pricing with PS3, the report concedes that many of these numbers are likely to change.

Memoryprice28091
Fracturemovie
Pny512memory
Simpletechmemory
Memorydisk
Pc3200memory
Thehitchermovie
Flashmemorycard
Computerramupgrade
Memoryupgraderam
333ddrmemoryram
256mbmemory
256mbpc133sdrammemory
512mbpc2100ddrmemory
Iraqinfringementsmovie
Viewsonicmemory
Memoryprice10253
Simpletechddrmemory
Memoryprice42212
Umaxmemory
Molieremovie
Misspottermovie
Musicandlyricsmovie
1gbddr2
Sonypicturesclassicsmovie
Lucentmemory
Thelookoutmovie
Rockthebellsmovie
512mbddr2
Macg4
Samuelgoldwynroadsideattractionsmovie
Mpcmemorycard
1gbflashmemory
Presarionotebookmemory
Ddr2667
Thecondemnedmovie
Thewindthatshakesthebarleymovie
Curseofthegoldenflowermovie
Acermemoryram
Xdcard
256mbsdmemory
Adaptecmemory
Goodluckchuckmovie
Pc2100memory
G4laptopmac
Psionram
Diggersmovie
Macg4computer
Edgememoryreview
Extradad
Deadsilencemovie
Laptopram1gb
Usbflashmemory
Aiptekmemorycard
Inthepitmovie
256mbpc3200400mhzddr
512mbmemory
256mbpc3200400mhzddr
Promotionalusbmemorystick
Disturbiamovie
Gp7memory
512mbddr
1gbsdmemory
Applecomputermemory
Faygrimmovie
Ddr333memorymemory
Miramaxmovie
512mbsdmemory
Vaionotebookram
Memoryddrram
Captivitymovie
Rushhour3movie
512mbram
Knockedupmovie
Kickinitoldskoolmovie
Memoryprice92584
Memoryprice73607
101sexytricks
Evanalmightymovie
Thehawkisdyingmovie
Usbflashmemorypendrives
Perfectstrangermovie
Thesimpsonsmoviemovie
Spider Man3movie
Licensetowedmovie
Winbookmemoryupgrade
Logitechmemory
G4memoryupgrades
Addingmemory
Thequeenmovie
Sdmemorycardusbadapter
Panslabyrinthmovie
Memoryprice22759
Gp6400memory
Pc2100
Livefreeordiehard2movie
Warnerindependantpicturesmovie
Mpcmemoryupgrade
Paprikamovie
Journeyfromthefallmovie