Sony to break even in 2009

When the Playstation 3 launched Sony admitted that they are losing money everytime they sold  one. Nowadays the PS3 cost half as much to manufacture bringing it to approx $445 from $840. According to a number of analysts including iSuppli, it could make Sony break-even next year.

Back in 2006, Sony sold a $840 PS3 for around $600, along with another model (possibly the 20GB version) $805 for $500. This means Sony has made a loss on every PS3 sold to date.

Sony has took a number of measures to bring the cost of making PS3’s down, these include; using smaller chips, taking out PS2 chip, reducing size of HDD, removing USB ports, removing card readers and more.

That said, Sony will begin to gain a profit soon. Good move? Only time will tell.

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