Graphics Horse
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oh, that. a couple of things:
1.) Those two are known/widely assumed to be selling for way more than they should be. The PS3 in particular has undergone a significant cost reduction and redesign lately, but the price actually went up. They will price drop that soon- likely when the PS4 launches, but right now the price on it is fairly high and has pretty big margins on it.
2.) Those two platforms are coming to the end of their lifespans, and the market is pretty much saturated at their current price points. Sony and Microsoft won't be relying on new sales of them as revenue drivers. They'll still sell units here and there over the next couple of years, but the vast amount of software sales are going to be coming from people who already own units.
I think it's fair to say that Amazon can sell at a lower margin than Sony is currently doing. PS3 will continue to be sold for the next couple of years at least and there's nothing wrong with competing against that rather than a new top end device.
Assuming it's based on an arm/tablet model, the model should involve higher performance versions being released every 1 or 2 years.
Amazon's next tablet is thought to be announced/released in a month or so, if the console rumour is true it'll probably be announced at the same event, although it's kind of weird to imagine a console launching the same way.