Pachter has a point: Sony blew it with the PS5 digital edition

[elazz]

kazuyamishima said:

A 4K driver is around $40/50 not $10.

Rumours suggested that Sony reduced the BOM to less than $450 for the disc version.

Also, they receive around $36 for every first party digital game priced at $60 and around $10 for every third party game.

You also forget the subscriptions like PS Plus.

And just like the PS4, the BOM will be reduced after a year or so.

Sony receives 70 USD per full price first party game they sell digitally. Studio's get salaries and funding for licenses and equipment, actors etc.

Sony receives around 48 USD per first party physical release. 2 digital games offsets the BOM. 3 games is extra profit.

Based on the price increase. For third party games they get more like a quarter so around 15 to 18USD.

In Europe it is similar but tax is included so digital would be around 65 euros revenue and third party around 16 euros.

Last edited by elazz - on 02 October 2020