Kaz Hirai: "PS4 hardware is already profitable"

[ethomaz]

??CEO?PS4???

He said the PS4 hardware is already profitable and the business model is different from the previous platforms (of course he is talking about PS3 here ).

http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20140522_649764.html

The dream machine continue to surprise us.

[Legend]

I like that when a post is edited, it triggers the system to say "new"

[ethomaz]

I like that when a post is edited, it triggers the system to say "new"

Well I just fixed the "of course he is talking about PS4 here" and added my comment at the end... the content was not changed .

PS. Yeap... I wrote PS4 in the first time

Edit - This is a nice feature sometimes in VGC I edited OP to people see updates but after that I needed always to make a new post saying the OP was updated.

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

This is going to be a healty gen for playstation and hopefully sony as a whole.

[u4gReservoirDogs]

New models (PS3+ PS4) incoming;

The filing, listed on the official website of the Directorate of General Resources and Equipment of Post and Information Technology, bears the model number CUH-1106A. This seems to indicate an evolution of the console, but not a radical redesign like the passage from the PS3 slim to the super slim, for instance, which is normally indicated by an incremental change of the first number of the code (the slim was launched with the model number CECH-2001A, while the super slim started with CECH-4001A).

Currently the Asian version of the PS4 has the code CUH-1006A. The incremental change of the second digit to CUH-1106A seems to indicate an evolution akin to the passage from the first model of the PS3 slim equipped with a 65nm RSX graphics chip (CECH-2001A) to the second model eqiopped with a 40nm one (CECH-2101A).

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/05/21/new-ps4-and-ps3-models-possibly-outed-by-certification-request-filed-by-sony/

[7H3]

very interesting... hmm maybe I should have waited to get a newer model ps4 than launch... oh well

[ethomaz]

very interesting... hmm maybe I should have waited to get a newer model ps4 than launch... oh well

Well I had no issue yet... some friends said to me their PS4 are loud but mine is more quiet than OD3 Slim.

[u4gReservoirDogs]

Official announcement of the new (+ cheaper?) PS4 @ E3 2014?

[ethomaz]

Official announcement of the new (+ cheaper?) PS4 @ E3 2014?

They will be crazy if they do that

[Legend]

Official announcement of the new (+ cheaper?) PS4 @ E3 2014?

Oh, it first I read that as PS3 not PS4.


PS4 seems pretty steady as she goes.

[u4gReservoirDogs]

They will be crazy if they do that

Sony's presentation is after MS's, so I think it's possible.
If MS (tries to) steal(s) the show, Sony will kill that hype in an instant with a (small) pricecut.

[Dr. Pezus]

Probably just a minor revision that they won't mention officially

[ethomaz]

Probably just a minor revision that they won't mention officially

The reduction in PS4 costs was more about adjustments in production line (less waste of recourses) than a new revision I guess... it is not like they reduced the costs a lot... at launch they are at $10-20 ahead the price and now they are $10-20 below the price... that my guesses.

The quantity of good APU chips could be increased too... that make the APU a little cheaper... so these are expected reductions in the cost of manufacture... the launch units are always more expensive to produce.