...a year and a half ago? Already well into the Cube's lifespan?PC-Engine said:
My point of the statement was merely to classify that the $99 drop forced them into a loss, not to specify a dollar sign attached to that loss. The particulars would still be undetermined, but said relative extra factors would be about even between all the consoles concerning their profit/loss-per-console as well. Hence if they PSTwo was set to still be profitable at $99, chances are its construction cost would be less than the Cube's as well. (Provided, of course, that the Cube's cost hasn't gone down itself.)
That's also why I was asking Sonic what information he had and/or what had changed since 2004. You know, that long time ago.
...but two components make it obviously more expensive despite not knowing who's worked out what deals with whom? You do recall my whole comments, "in house" being only one of them, concluded with us not being able to be certain of anything, since we're not privy to these companies' financial wranglings, and they're notoriously tight-lipped about it most of the time?
It's not hard to believe, numbnut, but it certainly seems impossible for you to believe the opposite, so I guess your disparaging comments should instead be directed inward?Why is it so hard to believe that GCN with only two chips costs more than PSTwo to manufacture? Because it's being outsourced?
I explained myself pretty completely, and since we have scant information to go on, we basically have to build all of our guesswork and estimation off the scant information we get. Frankly I'm surprised we actually got a comment like that from a Nintendo exec, or I'd still be doing a lot more guessing about the Cube.
For the PS2, one can mainly put together profit comments from their annual statements and estimating from there. For myself, I've also been throwing out my expectations as regards their future business plan as well.But here I am forgetting that slim DVD drives instantly more than cancel out any other cost benefits, and that one doesn't really have to look at anything else at all, because the sum total of an entire system can be instantly revealed by that! And maybe something else, but who cares? Done and done!
Or wait, perhaps that's why I don't present my conjecture as matters others would be idiots to disagree with, and actually ask questions and want to track down what information is available out there?
Oh, and lest I forget, let me cover up any harsh or pointless comments with a few laughing smileys so that people know I am just a nice man with happy feelings all of the time! You know, so anyone who might take issue with me is shown to be a grumpy ol' sourpuss and totally off their rocker. 
