PlayStation 3 costs Sony dear

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Huge losses will be difficult to recoup, admits games division

Each PS3 console cost $800 to manufacture when it was launched in 2006 Sony's games division is haemorrhaging cash because the PlayStation 3 console cost so much to develop and make that the comp...

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