PlayStation 3's initial production cost is estimated by iSuppli to have been US$805.85 for the 20 GB model and US$840.35 for the 60 GB model. However, they were priced at US$499 and US$599 respectively, meaning that units may have been sold at an estimated loss of $306 or $241 depending on model, if the cost estimates were correct, and thus may have contributed to Sony's games division posting an operating loss of ¥232.3 billion (US$1.97 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 2007. In April 2007, soon after these results were published, Ken Kutaragi, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, announced plans to retire. Various news agencies, including The Times and The Wall Street Journal reported that this was due to poor sales, while SCEI maintains that Kutaragi had been planning his retirement for six months prior to the announcement.
In contrast to the production cost, what was the retail price for a 20 GB PlayStation 3?
US$499
However, they were priced at US$499 and US$599 respectively, meaning that units may have been sold at an estimated loss of $306 or $241 depending on model, if the cost estimates were correct, and thus may have contributed to Sony's games division posting an operating loss of ¥232.3 billion (US$1.97 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 2007.
However, they were priced at USfour hundred ninety-nine dollars and USfive hundred ninety-nine dollars respectively, meaning that units may have been sold at an estimated loss of three hundred six dollars or two hundred forty-one dollars depending on model, if the cost estimates were correct, and thus may have contributed to Sony's games division posting an operating loss of Y=two hundred thirty-two point three billion (USone dollar, ninety-seven cents billion) in the fiscal year ending March two thousand seven.
In contrast to the production cost, what was the retail price for a twenty GB PlayStation three?