Why do people think the Ps5 costs more to manufacture?!

[yvanjean]

Fei-Hung said:

yvanjean said:

How stupid do you think Sony is as a company. At $399 for the all digital edition PS5, Sony will not be able to keep up to demand. Why would they hurt their bottom line when at least for this holiday season they will sell out every unit produce. 

The $399 price point is only possible if Sony is taking a loss on every unit sold. I think Sony will eventually go with $450/$499 for PS5-D/PS5. Based on current demand and popularity there simply no need to cut costs. 

Not sure how this helps the thread. Consoles generally launch at a loss with the exception on Nintendo consoles probably. What grounds are there to think sony won't be able to keep up demand or will be making such a heavy loss at $399 that they shouldn't go down the route?!

We won't know what demand is until we start seeing preorders or start seeing narrative changes that heavily favour one or the other. So far it's been back and forward, especially after the series S price reveal along with gamepass ultimate with EA. 

I think both Microsoft and Sony if they price the console at $499 are already selling at a loss. I do think that there a good possibility that Sony will go with the $399 for the digital edition. I only think Sony goes $399 if they truly feel Xbox one S is a treat. On the other hand, Sony knows they are the market leader and PS5 is by far the most popular next-gen consoles right now. If you can sell the same amount of units for $50 extra, it makes more business sense. 

Sony as a much bigger worldwide demand compared to Microsoft consoles. In Japan alone they will have to ship a million more units than Microsoft.

Besides, I was responding to a post claiming all digital PS5 would release at $299 & PS5 at $349.