Xbox One costs Microsoft $471 to build, according to IHS report

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Xbox One costs Microsoft $471 to build, according to an upcoming report from IHS.

The largest part of the cost comes from the Kinect camera which is packaged with the system.

According to the report, which via AllThingsD was gievn an early look at, Kinect’s manufacturing cost is $75 and the console’s combination CPU-GPU from AMD runs $110.

IHS releases its teardown report on PS4 last week, and followed it up with a video. The system, according to the firm, costs $381 to manufacture.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/26/xbox-one-costs-microsoft-471-to-build-according-to-ihs-report/

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undisclosedPosted:

CPU and GPU combo only cost $100!?!? WHAT. Thats very cheap. Now i know they arent paying consumer prices but still it is extremely low priced

TomNelson95Posted:

after development costs they will likely never make a profit from just the console

its everything else they sell that gives them profit

GotOverclockingPosted:

Hmmm, verrrrryyyy interesting!

CHPPosted:

thats a lot. not sure if i want to believe it. if it is the case then microsft went really cheap!

CaszechPosted:

This is interesting to find out.

Int_WolfPosted:

xxJENGAxx 110$ for CPU and GPU? Compared to good cpu's and gpu's that is next to garbage
Pretty sure it's custom. They also buy it for millions of consoles, which gives them a discount.

xxJENGAxxPosted:

110$ for CPU and GPU? Compared to good cpu's and gpu's that is next to garbage

I-DA-KINGPosted:

Was't it the same with the xbox 360? Though they were only making like $50 out of every xbox 360 they make & the real money is in the games not the console?

VPNPosted:

Lets see the comparison with the PS4.

CraigPosted:

lordlust Who gives a f*ck what it cost to make an Xbox One.


It's to prove MS don't care about money.

Yeahhh riteee......


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