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.