SNY may very well be making a strategic move and could be killing 2 birds with one stone with near future PS5 sales, maybe. The cost of parts and assembly isn't shrinking like it usually would, so it's more difficult to drop the hardware prices while making profits.
PS is also now in a content war with MS and others, and they need profits badly to make sure they don't fall too far behind going forward. When MS is spending 100 billion over the course of a few years like it's not really a big deal, because for MS it mostly isn't, a company like SNY isn't just going to sit around and watch or they're going to pay dearly in due time.
As for the weak outlook for 2024, this could partially be on purpose. The longer SNY waits to make more PS5's, the cheaper it should be for them. If leadership in the world, especially the USA, changes this year, odds are good that inflation will be lessened more quickly since that will be a major focus for that admin and that would ripple worldwide.
If PS5 has poorer sales this year, but things start to change, and inflation starts to lessen, than selling 25 million PS5's in 2025 would be better for SNY, and could totally be doable if they've got enough first party titles ready, along with GTA:VI. If things don't really change, then SNY will have to bite the bullet and break even or subsidize the hardware a bit, while also moving more games to PC.
With the way things are going for XB right now, PS likely isn't too worried about losing customers for the rest of this gen, so when exactly those customers buy a PS5, doesn't matter that much as long as PS5 sales remain steady enough, which they still are. If Pro launches this holiday, then we've probably got an 8 year gen on our hands, so there's lot's of time to sell plenty more PS5's.
