Cost of UHD Blu Ray - Is MS subsidizing Xbone S, or is Sony just milking it?

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mutantsushi said:

As per the title...

Many forum posters have put forth the conceit that 4k capable Blu Ray drive is a substantial cost,
specifically Kerotan has put forth $50 as the extra price of that feature (vs. standard Blu Ray),
some posters have even put forth higher numbers than that, I beleive.
Clearly, this claimed higher cost has been used to justify non-inclusion in both Pro and Slim revisions of PS4.

This thread is for substantiation of that claim, i.e. discussion and evidence of actual OEM bulk order costs.

AND for dicussing it's implications, which seem spectacular to me:

Because if the additional cost is $50 as claimed, that would seem to mean that either
MS is subsidizing Xbone Slim to the tune of $50/unit to achieve price parity to PS4 Slim,
or Sony is actually just making $50 pure extra profit/unit for each PS4 Slim sold...

Thoughts?

My opinion is that Sony is making more than $50 / PS4 slim while Microsoft probably not a penny on their own slim because of the bigger overclocked APU, bigger motherboard and UHD drive instead of bluray one.

I think Sony will lower the price of their slim once all the 1200 models will be phased out, probably starting this december, maybe temporary only. Finally I think Sony must not make a profit (or very small) on the PS4 Pro and the $399 price is there to stay for a long time, no temporary price cuts for the Pro for the next holiday either.