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JEMC said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Wouldn't this be the first time that a console's normal price would be adjusted upwards after release? Or did this happen before?

I knew there wouldn't be any price cuts this gen due to the inflation, but a price increase is not something I ever expected!

As far as I know, it's the first time it happened, but maybe someone has went through it and posted other examples in the thread about this price increase.

I have to say, tho, that the timing is quite weird. While inflation is rising, and rising everywhere included the US, the chip shortage is mostly a thing of the past and youI'd say that the cost is lowering a bit due to the lower demand of chips. So, with the chips being less expensive than one year ago, plus the usual cost reductions cuts that the console has seen in the almost two years since it launched, why are they increasing the price? And why so much?

In any case, if MSoft decides to not raise the price on their part, those extra 50 € could be a deciding factor to switch sides and go with team green.

It could be that the other parts (Motherboard, casing, cooling...) are getting more expensive and eating up the price reductions.

Another thing could be that the main chip is not getting cheaper. Afaik they have to make deals with AMD on a regular basis, who in turn have to make a deal with TSMC for the production. Considering that TSMC has raised the price by quite some margin during the pandemic and removed discounts for big customers, it's possible that AMD has to actually pay more than originally for the chips, and are passing those costs down to SONY.

Finally, it could just be greed or software sales being too low for SONY's liking to cross-finance the console.