Hon Hai Precision to manufacture cheaper PS3s |
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Big Taiwanese consumer electronics company Hon Hai Precision (otherwise known as Foxconn in the PC hardware market) has reportedly sealed a deal with Sony to manufacture low-priced PlayStation 3 consoles. This move by Sony is similar to the pact it has with ASUSTeK in an aggressive plan to compete with rivals Nintendo and Microsoft.According to website EMSNow, the alliance between Sony and Hon Hai will result in the cheaper manufacture of SKUs which will be introduced in the market some time soon.
This contract is a synergy to Sony's bid to ship a target number of 10 million PS3s worldwide in the next few months. This will also supposedly bring down prices for the high-end console. Pricing is a key seen by many analysts to boost slow sales of the product in order to make it more competitive against Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360.
Hon Hai is one of Taiwan's biggest and most respected players in the electronics industry, setting revenue records almost on a yearly basis in the island. Not many may know it, but Hon Hai caters even to giants such as Apple, Dell, Cisco, and Nokia. Recently, it has added Sony to that list.
The PlayStation 3 has had a US$ 100 price cut prior to this year's E3 show in the United States, and new cuts are expected by industry insiders on the road to 2008, Sony's earmarked year when its PS3 will come of age. The Hon Hai deal could be an indication that analysts may be right with their predictions.
Via EMSNow
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I suppose this means that the ps3 will gain in popularity. Personnally, I think the ps3 is slowly moving faster and faster (good titles for a change, and a lot of killer app for 2k7 end to 2k8), if the ps3 get a big price cut (a 40g model for 399$) I suppose it'll sell pretty well since the lineup is better than M$ or nintendo.
what linup the ps3 got like 2 GOOD exclusives everybody know microsoft has the best lineup this year ppl wud wait untill the ps3 have another $100 price cut $299 that's a good price the ps3 isn't worth $599,$499 or $399 n they don't have no console buying games that's the main reason the Wii & Xbox 360 is outselling it the price is a issue too but most dont wanna buy a console with a limited amount of games i do look forward to sony's games next year but i think i should of waited b4 i bought mine i had 2 buy a 360 three months later shud of got that in the 1st place n waited till 08 2 buy my ps3
not in japan and europe. the ps3 already gaining great sales even without triple A games. and when the classics hit the shelves it will be sony generation all over again. anyways i have a launch ps3 and im proud of it. anybody who says a console has no games should open their eyes, even the flopular virtual boy has games and few great ones too.
so what your saying is people in japan and europe like turd nuggets as long as it made by sony. VIVA LE BETA RAY
Move Sony, another point as to why PS3 may get up to 8 million sales b4 the end of this year. I think this is the deal that will help Sony big time.
I think it's great that Sony is securing deals like these. Lower prices are always good. I'm sure things will get a lot better when the bigger games come in time with the price cuts.
yay cheaper ps3's now i might be able to get one for Christmas yay
at last, there's a chance that people will stop complaining about the price.
Yeah i was thinking, would the PS3 hardware be different than the current ones. I mean in terms of Failure rate percentage. I think its going to be the same but you can never know.
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