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Originally Posted by Immortal Goat
Paying a lot isn't so bad, but it is when you're paying a fortune, and it STILL doesn't cover the cost to produce. Here's a few PS3 facts to look over:
PRICE: Will most likely range between 500-700 big ones
COST TO MANUFACTURE: Closer to 900 bucks
BLUE-RAY: New technology, causing spike in prices, and difficulties in programming
GAME PRICE: Games will most likely cost between 60-80 dollars on the PS3, as compared to the 50-60 on XBox360 and Revolution
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Another reason it is delayed is that the developers need to use a special compiler called the "octopiler" to compile their game's code to run on the cell processor. Last I heard, IBM couldn't get this compiler to work properly.