What your Gadget really costs

[Soulburner]

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07...n_id=msn_intel

Summary:
Apple
iPhone

Date: June 2007
Retail price: $499 (4GB) $599 (8GB)
Cost of components: $230 (4GB) $265 (8GB)

Apple
First-Generation 2GB iPod nano

Date: Sept. 7, 2005
Retail price: $199
Cost of components: $98.18

Apple
Video iPod, 30GB

Date: Oct. 12, 2005
Retail price: $299
Cost of components: $151

Microsoft
Xbox 360

Date: Nov. 22, 2005
Retail price: $399
Cost of components: $470

Toshiba
HD-A1 HD-DVD Player

Date: March, 2006
Retail price: $499
Cost of components: $700

Motorola
Q

Date: Early 2006
Retail price: $349 (one-year contract); $199 (two-year contract)
Cost of components: $158

Apple
iMac, 17 in.

Date: Jan. 10, 2006
Retail price: $1,299
Cost of components: $898

Apple
Second-Generation 4GB iPod Nano

Date: Sept. 12, 2006
Retail price: $199
Cost of components: $72.24

Sony
PlayStation 3

Date: Nov. 17, 2006
Retail price: $599 (60GB) $499 (20GB)
Cost of components: $840 (60GB) $805 (20GB)

[hawkeyefan]

wow MS and Sony are both eating it

[an0nym0us]

wow MS and Sony are both eating it

how much money are they making off of licensing games?

[nn_step]

how much money are they making off of licensing games?

not much yet but they expect much more to arrive shortly

[hawkeyefan]

how much money are they making off of licensing games?

I was aware that they always make up for lost revenue on consoles through the software side.

I just never realized how much they actually lose. PS3 losses are total insanity.

[safan80]

more money microsoft loses the better.

[kemist]

more money microsoft loses the better.

MS is making money on 360 now.

[thunderstruck!]

more money microsoft loses the better.

why?

[OmegaMerc]

Toshiba
HD-A1 HD-DVD Player

Date: March, 2006
Retail price: $499
Cost of components: $700

If this is true how can they sell the xbox 360 HD DVD player for so cheap? I got mines off a sale from bestbuy (I think) for a buck fifty as soon as it was released.

Sony PSP should be added in there for some extra bashing

[couppi]

Toshiba
HD-A1 HD-DVD Player

Date: March, 2006
Retail price: $499
Cost of components: $700

If this is true how can they sell the xbox 360 HD DVD player for so cheap? I got mines off a sale from bestbuy (I think) for a buck fifty as soon as it was released.

Sony PSP should be added in there for some extra bashing

I have a feeling that many of these figures have been pulled out of someone's ass...

[Sy[N]tH]

It's not secret that companies lose money on console sales, but make up for it with the games...

On the other hand though, I can't see why the DVD player sells for less than the cost of building it; I mean, do these guys make royalties off the movies that are sold in that format?

[m0da]

I have a feeling that many of these figures have been pulled out of someone's ass...

no, I'm sure this is true. the consoles losses, like synth said are patched up by the sales in games. and yes, almost all (wii is such an oddball) consoles are sold at a loss.

[squilliam]

more money microsoft loses the better.

Gah... Microsoft isn't all that evil. Damn fanboys.

[xlink]

who wants to buy an xbox 360, dissect it for parts and sell the parts?

[eddieate]

Haha, If only the PS3 was modular, I could make a fortune buying them retail, taking them apart and selling the components back to sony
Ed.

[DesertShooter]

Haha, If only the PS3 was modular, I could make a fortune buying them retail, taking them apart and selling the components back to sony
Ed.

[eBoy0]

Sony
PlayStation 3

Date: Nov. 17, 2006
Retail price: $599 (60GB) $499 (20GB)
Cost of components: $840 (60GB) $805 (20GB)

OUCH!!

[Vapor]

Moral of the story....invest in Apple?

[safan80]

Moral of the story....invest in Apple?

and Nintendo.

[Vice]

While this is interesting and all, it is common knowledge that most companies, excluding sony , sell their products for more than it cost to make them.

I mean, Nintendo makes what, $50-$100 profit per console sold?

And thats not even including software profit...

[yaddam205]

I'd be more interested in the cost of computer hardware. Like a 680i or an 8800GTX.

[nn_step]

damn iPhone is a massive rip

[turbox997]

Now...I'll refrain from bashing apple... but i can't stand it when i see anti corporate mac users lash out on MS users and such for being corporate fuelers... but Apple and Steve Jobs are amoung one of the most capitalistic duos out there.

...sheesh..talk to me about evil corporations....
Nothing wrong with making a buck, but too many pple who claim to be "hippies" not realizing what and where they are buying from.

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Now...I'll refrain from bashing apple... but i can't stand it when i see anti corporate mac users lash out on MS users and such for being corporate fuelers... but Apple and Steve Jobs are amoung one of the most capitalistic duos out there.

...sheesh..talk to me about evil corporations....
Nothing wrong with making a buck, but too many pple who claim to be "hippies" not realizing what and where they are buying from.

QFT

[Hooker]

I wonder what impact R&D has on these prices. I'd imagine some of those machines costing a lot more when manufactured in those costs