Can Sony afford to make PS5 more expensive than PS4 launch price?

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drkohler said:

twintail said:

While I think the PS5 will obviously be PS4 BC

That is in no way obvious. Already adding a Zen-like thingie with SMT will break many of the current PS4 games. Toss SMT one out and you are safer with bc.

On another note, I see a lot of posts (in many forums) that want a $1000 gpu, a $400 cpu, $250 ram, $400 ssd drives in a PS5 "but a $499 price would be too high". I wish these nuts would get ome education before posting such nonsense.

I see a stripped-down custom Ryzen 2600 with an 9-10TF gpu in a SoC, 16GB gddr6 as a reasonable expectation by late 2020 for a new console with an affordable price point.

I think you are exagerating..... or you are oit of touch with whats really possible at $399/$499 in 2020.

Best advice I can give ia don't look at PC prices, and dont ignore the gains that come with smaller fabrication processes.