Playstation 3 taking a hit with each unit sold

Market research firm iSuppli has torn down the PlayStation 3 to see what’s inside. In doing so, iSuppli confirmed what we reported back in February: the PS3 is expensive to manufacture and Sony is taking a serious hit on each console sold.

Sony loses approximately $240 on each premium console sold, and $306 on each “budget” system. Now that’s what I call a loss! Taking these into consideration, you’d think that it would still take a little while for them to make that money back on game and peripheral sales.