The cost of the PS3 is going down. At least that's the word out of Tokyo, where the Nikkei Business Daily spilled some new beans on the "down-graded PS3" and, specifically, the new, cheaper chip inside the European PS3.
"Sony Corp. plans to lower the production cost of its PlayStation 3 game consoles by using less expensive chips. Starting with the European version of the PS3 that is set to debut on March 23, the paper said Sony plans to use a chip that can handle only the graphics of predecessor PlayStation 2 instead of the current chips that can handle both the computing and graphics functions for the PS2."
It might seem like a minor change, but every penny counts in Sony's come-back plans... so don't expect any of that cost-savings to be passed on to you, me or Joe Gamer. These pennies are going straight into Sony's own pockets. Greedy bastards.
[Via thestar.com]
