TechReport:
"losing a more reasonable $126 on each of its $399 Xbox 360 (Nov, 2005)"

iSuppli:
http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919

"...Xbox 360 has a manufacturing and materials total of $323.30... This total is $75.70 less than the $399 suggested retail price of the Xbox 360."

In terms of features, the Xbox 360 is more expensive than the PS3.

Maybe this is why Sony is limiting their unit output because they don't want to feel that huge hit for every PS3 sold. :)

"reality synthesizer"
i wonder what nVidia calls it...

And MS is scheduled for a process shrink next year, which will drop their costs further (whether they just pocket that, use it to drop the price of the 360, and/or introduce a new version with some new features, is probably going to depend on how the 3-way fight goes this christmas).

So $125 is Sony's cost for a BluRay reader? I was at Fry's today, and bare Sony BluRay writers for the PC (P-ATA, still not SATA, sigh) are $750. Now, I realize it's wholesale vs retail, and writers always cost more than readers (especially early on the adoption curve), and Sony wants to get back its R&D investment somehow, but... that's crazy.

Too bad that scalpers get more of a profit then that figure. ;)

sucks to be sony baloney.

OK...here's what we do. Everybody buy a PS3, but then don't buy any games/ Blu-Ray discs for it. That'll fix Sony! ;)

"The Xbox 360 on the other hand, costs $323 to make, these days. "

According to the Gizmodo Article.

so why are they doing this

do u mean the xbox 360 will be 65nm next year

ouch