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PlayStation 3 Delayed, Over $800?
AWhiteFlame writes "Cnet is reporting that a research report issued by Merrill Lynch suggests that the Sony PlayStation 3's American release may be postponed until 2007. From the article: 'The analyst firm proposed the idea that high costs and Sony's decision to use an 'ambitious new processor architecture--the Cell' is making it look like the company might not be able to meet its goal of getting the PS3 out in the U.S. this year.' Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment." The official report (pdf) would also seem to indicate that the console will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $900 when it launches.
doesn't it make sense that they will just lose the money on the console and attempt to make it back on the games, similar to what microsoft is doing with the xbox? i suppose the point is that they would lose more money per console than microsoft is losing per xbox?
But at $800, I don't imagine that they'll be flying off store shelves.
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