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Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price, reports Andriasang.com. With the console's price differences in each region, if Oneda is talking about Japan, that would be approximately ¥4,000 ($42). In North America the same $40 loss would also hold true.

As bad as losing money on each console manufactured sounds, it used to be worse. Just a year ago the estimate was that Sony was losing over $100 per system. Losing a couple Jacksons (four Hideyo's in Japan) per console isn't great, but it appears that Sony's costs and sales on the console are slowly finding equilibrium. Unless, of course, there's another $100 price drop in the PS3's near future.

Source: www.joystiq.com

[ALPhA]

put the damn prices back up on 599$ and get all the nooby 10-year olds outta that PSN

PS is for hardcore gamers anyway, the kiddies should have fun with PS2 also

[boomdog]

If only the console was 18+ then I would buy one

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boomdog, on 16 May 2009 - 06:54 AM, said:

If only the console was 18+ then I would buy one

18+? you mean the people who have them?

Well there was a survey a while ago that's suggests that people who own a ps3 are older that Xbox 360 and Wii.

Here it is.

According to a recent console usage report compiled between October and December of last year by Nielsen Media Research, the Wii appeals to quite the broad spectrum of people, being especially popular among boys age 6 -11 and women age 25 - 34. Most interesting is the Wii's ability to captivate the older women audience, as the console's use by women over 35 is much higher than that of the Wii's competition. And they're apparently playing Wii Fit, Guitar Hero and Rock Band, games cited as favorites among that group.

Of course, as much as the younger audience and older women flock to Wii, it still has trouble captivating that coveted 18 - 24 demographic, where the Xbox 360 and PS3 fare a lot better. For Microsoft's Xbox 360, the group getting their game on the most is males aged 12-17, and females aged 25-34. The PS3, it would seem, has the oldest male audience locked down, as the report notes that gamers who may have owned a PSOne or PS2 in the past "may have 'graduated' to the PS3 in their assumed adulthood." For both males and females, the highest usage came from the 18 - 24 group.

As far as average playtime, the Wii trailed behind the others. On the Xbox 360 side, males used the console almost twice as much as females (10.2 vs. 5.4 in December), whereas usage between genders on the PS3 and Wii was much more balanced.

Source: www.joystiq.com

[boomdog]

Yeah if only everyone who played the hardcore games were over the required age then all would be well

[Stevles]

boomdog, on 17 May 2009 - 12:01 AM, said:

Yeah if only everyone who played the hardcore games were over the required age then all would be well

Who gives a shit how old the competition is? If you are talking about multiplayer gaming then all that matters is if you can think of good insults to shit stir the kiddies that annoy you.