http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Hence, why I said 'in general']]>Dec 23rd 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Thats what they want you to believe.

@Engadget
You're so MEAN!!!!!!!!
Yes, its my mistake for thinking PS3 gets some kind of price cut, but you're the mean one making it happen
/sarcasm

I'm happy that Sony now makes less loss per PS3 and I hope it will get a slim version in 2009 when IBM and Nvidia go 45-40nm techprocess. But till then all I'm about to buy is Xbox 360, its cheaper.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
You would have to be an idiot to think that the PS3 is somehow the "generation's underdog". Clearly it's much superior tech to that Microsoft white turd, and it's the best value console by a mile.]]>Dec 24th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
What sales figures are you referring to?

The PS3 only outsells the 360 in Japan, but as of September 2008 (before the 360 price cuts, which may alter things by the next quarter results) the PS3 was trailing worldwide by some 5 million units. In the UK (again, September 2008) the difference is some 900,000 units to the 360, and in the US (November 2008) its a whopping 5.9 million units.

And in Japan (Septemberr 2008), its actually 1.6 million, not 2 million as per your statement. And in Europe, it is only outside the UK it exceeds 360.]]>Dec 24th 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
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I'm no fanboi for either side though.]]>Dec 24th 2008 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
So I got a blu-ray player that for a bonus also plays games. Right now I'm playing Fallout 3 and thank god somebody finally figure out how to make a decent PS3 game you don't spend 5-10 minutes installing before you get to play it.]]>Dec 24th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
If you keep hearing about the amazing exclusives then I guess you should take that as a hint because they are amazing. It's not my fault those list of games happen to be the exclusives. Don't worry though, 09 is looking even better. I'm looking at you God of War 3.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
I'm a serious buyer, I swear.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
@ iofthestorm learn to read, I said proprietary extras, like the hard drive... you don't want to go there.

@gonintendo sorry your internet service/skills are not so good. I've had no problems with my PS3 and have played a lot of titles online. And for your information the 360 needs ports opened up for some games as well.

@zeus:god I can only laugh at your name...since you had nothing to offer otherwise.

]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Don't think you will save much after shipping to Abu Dhabi...]]>Dec 23rd 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
It took my dad 2 hours on the phone to me to guide him through the installation of his new wifi router.

It takes me 2 minutes

Speed is directly proportional to experience

I suspect you, sir are a noob, who knows jack shit about tech]]>Dec 23rd 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had
one son, Jack.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple
produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull
Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high
school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt
divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were
living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.

Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a
rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six
children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout
childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual
ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the
Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.

Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.
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This is not an open invitation for everyone to voice their opinions on WHY that happened. We've all seen/heard it 10,000 times before.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
PS1: Successful due to lack of competition. Sony saw a soft market and went after it. Where else was a developer going to go in the mid to late 90's? Saturn was DOA. N64 was technically crippled by insufficient storage to produce the type of titles the big third parties wanted to make. Sony owned the console gaming space for a period of 4-5 years and built up some big money making franchises that would hold over to the PS2.

PS2: Successful due to the momentum the PS1 built and also didn't face much real competition. Developers were already very happy making good money developing for Sony and weren't going to take a big risk on Nintendo & Sega -- both of whom were coming off failures and still fumbling around with non-standard DVD mediums in an era where DVD playback was a big console selling point. As soon as Microsoft got into the game offering a DVD based console Sony actually had some competition. Instead of facing the competition they decided to milk the PS2 for another couple years (as they did with the PS1 before it) and they just got caught sleeping. Which is inexcusable given Microsoft's quick development of the Xbox 1. It was no shock they could put together a new console quickly and they beat Sony to the punch with the 360 by a significant lead time. Developers have no loyalty -- they just want to make money -- so a lot of them jumped ship.


If you look at Sony's other products over the last 20 years this is a trend they have repeated many times. They get beat by upstarts, they retreat and try to own the premium (perception or reality) space where they eventually price themselves out of competition and then they give up or they become a niche player. Sony actually has a long track record of not being able to capitalize on being the first mover in a market. ]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Sony is like a schizophrenic being; part ingenious, part moronic.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
As far as the xbox is concerned, it wasn't as competitive as it could have been due to coming into the game late. It fared well for it's situation, but it never could quite catch the PS2. The 360 seems to have this similar benefit this round, such as PS2 did last time.]]>Dec 24th 2008 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 24th 2008 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
You know if it weren't for sony's nth proprietary standard you wouldn't have such wonderful things like vhs, cd, dual layer dvd, or blu-ray...(yeah sony had a hand in all of that... look it up) ...and u dont seem to wanna talk about microsofts downfalls like windows vista that everyone loves to hate... or all the shit u have to buy just to use your xbox.]]>Dec 25th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/Dec 23rd 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/
"We don't know how to make a $299 console that's not a piece of junk."

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