My prediction on PS5 is that it'll be $500 & $550.
Sony so far is unable to get the manufacturing cost for a PlayStation 5 below $450, Bloomberg reports, which may result in difficulty for the company.
A difference of a dollar here and a dollar there does indeed add up. Sony could theoretically decide it's worthwhile to sell the consoles at a loss and make up the cash elsewhere. Far more likely, though, is that whatever Sony has to pay in order to get a console manufactured, consumers will pay more than that to buy one. The current-generation PlayStation 4 reportedly cost $381 per unit to manufacture originally. At launch in 2013, units sold for about $20 more than that—a thin margin, to be sure, but a margin nonetheless. If Sony took a similar tactic this time around, the expected launch price for a PS5 would be around $470.
Report: Sony can’t build a PS5 for less than $450
Sony may be waiting for Microsoft to blink first before it names a price tag.
arstechnica.com
It won't go over $500, and that's the disc model. By Sony removing the disc drive, it gets them closer to the $400 mark. Whether the smaller SSD (825GB) affected this, it may likely fall closer to a break even mark or just in range for them to sell it at a small loss. In addition to this, maybe this is why Zero Dawn ended up on the PC when it did.
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