| Pemalite said:
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Why? I'd guess exactly the opposite could be true.
We know the ssd in the PS5 consists of 12 generic 512Gbit chips and a custom design controller, and hardware inside the SoC. Development of the custom controller and the hardware in the SoC falls into general development costs. If Sony actually has the ssd controller manufactured, then the only ssd-specific costs would be some generic copyright levy to whoever "owns" the basic controller. (If Sony made the controller all by themselves, zero additional costs. That is not entirely impossible, given they had several years to develop this system).
On the XSX, we actually know almost nothing on the hardware specifics, other than the generic "12 TFlops! 12 TFlops!" shouting from the rooftop. We only know the ssd is a generic nvme 2.4GB/s drive (probably Seagate) of higher capacity (=more expensive). So MS pays full price for the controller, and pays more for the chips as there are more chips around.
If the rumours are true and MS developed (at least) two new consoles, then the general development costs will be higher than that for Sony. On the grand total, the "ssd costs" could be (and probably are) higher on the XSX than on the PS5.
