A nice article over at Fudzilla.
Sony is still losing money on the Playstation 3, but less now than when it first came out.
The Build of Materials cost has more than halved over the past two years. The original 60GB PS3 set back Sony US$840 per unit, but eager for market share they sold them for US$599. Today, things aren’t as bad. The current 40GB PS3 model is costing Sony just US$400 a unit.
Several hardware changes have been made since then. Gone is the PS2 Emotion Engine as well as some other bits that weren’t deemed cost effective. Rambus has also helped tweak Sony's costs, as they’ve been heavily involved with the PS3's bus and memory architecture.
Despite all this, Sony has still managed to sucker convince 12.81 million people into buying one. However, they still have a long way to go before they can even think of breaking even.
