DonFerrari said:
At a very big cost and several corrections. And you do understand the point =p May it launch at 599? Sure Sony can make mistakes, but the reasoning of OP and people agreeing is very off. PS3 had the advantage of BD and being more powerful, plus it was loosing 200 per unit so it was as low as possible. With the PS5 BOM estimative 450, it would make zero sense to launch it at 599 and leave MS to smack them on price while also more powerful and with essentially the same features. |
Honestly I missed the article about the PS5 BOM, if that's accurate maybe we could be looking more at $499 for the digital only edition and $549 for the phisical version.
Though the BOM doesn't consider production, delivery and intermediation costs, for $499 they would still be taking a loss, maybe even for 549$ they would barely brake even.
About PS3, the BD wasn't much of an advantage...console players didn't really care about it. Also, as mentioned before PS3 actually started in a far worse position, launching 1 year late with a weak lineup while the X360 already had an impressive library.
But most importantly, Sony at the time didn't have the brand reputation it has today in terms of 1st party content. 1st party reputation is their most important differentiation factor VS the XB. It's true that MS has invested a lot opening new studios... but it in any case it will take them some time to build that kind of reputation.
Last edited by freebs2 - on 13 June 2020
