PS5 build cost more than 450 USD , Sony probably having a hard time deciding the retail price

[sales2099]

victor83fernandes said:

sales2099 said:
It’s gonna be $499. Question is whether MS is willing to eat the cost and make Series X the same price

There is no question at all here, Microsoft has shown they are willing to take a bit hit on hardware, just look at the xbox X for example. And Microsoft can actually afford to take a loss, Microsoft is worth over 1 trillion dollars, that's more than 15x the value of sony. If there is any gaming company capable of taking a huge loss is only Microsoft.

Microsoft will be smart, they will release a top of the range console for most likely 550 dollars, and other console for around 400-450 dollars.

The cheaper model will be close to the xbox X in power, the higher end console will be more powerful than the ps5. If they do not include the vapor cooling from the xbox X, it would mean they could easily give as the cheaper console at 400dollars, 500gb SSD, slightly weaker than ps5 but still enough for all games to look amazing, in fact the xbox X already has the power to make games look amazing if they were build from the ground up to those specs.

My only reply would be that it doesn’t really matter how much a corporation is worth, that budgets do matter. Because a successful corporation Gets to where it is by not giving their money away. 

If the Series X matches PS5 at $499, they can make the pitch that for the same price you get more power. And then the $399 Lockhart console to undercut it.