Modified PS3 coming to North America
Sony's plans to shave a few bucks off the production costs of the PS3 are going to get bigger, if a report by Japanese-language newspaper Nikkei is to be believed.
The report says that the European PS3 will be the first (not the only) PS3 to have the Emotion Engine tweaked—a decision we reported on a few weeks ago. As it turns out, Sony has removed the Emotion Engine, leaving that to be emulated by software on the powerful PS3.
Sony also announced its intentions to move to a 65nm fab process for the Cell processor, which will also reduce the cost of producing the PS3.
The moves will reportedly help Sony "break-even" on the PS3 sometime during the winter months of 2007-2008. Nikkei reports that bringing the PS3's modified configuration to North America and the Japanese market is necessary to achieving that goal.
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