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Originally Posted by SoccerDude28
(Plus technology wise, people claim that the cube is more powerful, which most probably means it is more expensive to manufacture one than a PS2).
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That probably has little to do with it, the most obvious reason the gamecube is more powerful is because it's newer and as a result has a higher frequency CPU, I doubt that makes it any more expensive. Another likely reason that the PS2 is so weak is because it has some sort of weird convoluted-design CPU, but that probably contributes a lot to making it cheaper because sony makes it themselves while nintendo has to give IBM their cut(so for that reason it probably is actually true that the cube is costlier because it's more powerful). Besides the CPU, most of the other PS2 components are probably made by sony themselves, cutting the cost of the PS2 more. There's also the DVD costs, AFAIK most of that is actually royatlies to the DVD consortium. Lack of dual layer disc support might also cut gamecube costs a bit. Fanlessness is likely increasing the cost of the new PS2's.
