____/ Mark Kent on Friday 25 January 2008 16:42 : \____
> Arland Fritz <fritz@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>> "Linonut" <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:tOrlj.57961$vt2.21430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>* Tiki Weatherbee peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> Yet another COLA idiot who spews made up bullshit as if it were fact. You
>>>> and Roy Schestowitz are surely buddies.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061120132150.html
>>>>
>>>> [quote]
>>>> Playstation 3 20-Gig:
>>>> Manufacture cost = $805.85
>>>> Sale price = $499
>>>> Difference = $306.85 LOSS
>>>>
>>>> Playstation 3 60-Gig
>>>> Manufacture cost = $840.35
>>>> Sale price = $599
>>>> Difference = $241.35 LOSS
>>>>
>>>> XBox 360 20-Gig
>>>> Manufacture cost = $323
>>>> Sale price = $399
>>>> Difference = $75.70 *PROFIT*
>>>>
>>>> [-quote]
>>>
>>> Odd. Sony pays $125 for an optical drive, MS pays $20.
>>
>> One is a BluRay drive. The other is a commodity DVD drive.
>>
>
> Nope, the figures above are utterly misleading, as they clearly show
> zero comprehension of production economics. Furthermore, MS is buying
> extremely expensive HD-DVD drives, these are expensive because nobody is
> buying them. Apart from MS, of course. Still further problems, it's
> the late addition of the HD-DVD drive which resulted in the removal of a
> critical heatsink.
>
> This heatsink is what causes Xbox360s to overheat and set on fire. That
> being the lack of the heatsink.
>
> Anyone who *ever* posts a fixed charge against a mass-produced object
> doesn't understand production economics.
That's Scott Douglas you're replying to.
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