CosmicSex on 18 January 2015
| plip.plop said: Would the cost of these chips from Samsung cost more or the same as the current configuration? I have to believe that Sony would like to bring out a slim only when the cost benefits them. No one is complaining about the size of the PS4 makes no sense to rush this because of the cost involved, when the original design continues to sell well. |
Yes it would be cheaper to solder 8 chips to one side of a board instead of soldering 16 to 2 sides as is the case now, and typically, there is cost savings when purchasing higher densities of any storage medium. So they would definitely save both ways.
So yeah its definitely going to happen regardless of whether or not a slim comes out this year.
The safest bet is a price drop before a slim release.
I would also expect a 1 TB model of the newer and a 500 GB model for 299.
