Tomshardware - Xbox Series X hot chips 2020 Deep Dive.

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JRPGfan said:

kirby007 said:
499 book it

Xbox One X, launched at 500$.
Now every part of the Xbox Series X is more expensive, and you expect the same price?
If it happends, its because a loss is taken on each unit sale, thats in the order of probably 50-100$.

I think this is more likely to play out:

Xbox Series X: 549-599$   (50$ loss or breakeven)
Playstation 5 (disc) : 499$  (break even)
Playstation 5 (discless) : 399$ (this will be sold at huge a loss (~70$), digital returns to recoupe some of it)
Xbox Series Y: 299-349$  (breakeven, not quite sure how much cheaper you can get it, by makeing a 4TF model)

*edit: Hell maybe even the discless version is only 50$ cheaper than the PS5. So 449$ instead of 499$.

What makes you believe the Xbox will be more expensive than the Play Station (100$ is a lot...)?

If anything it is probably the opposite. Other than the APU, the rest seems to be more expensive on the Play Station side (box, SSD, Controller...). So maybe we can talk about a tie or very close tie in terms of production cost. But I have high doubts the Xbox will cost more to produce or at least certainly not 100$ difference...  

I expect both console to be at the same price (okay, maybe the second one to announce its price will be 49$ less cause they are both waiting to undercut).