French Rumor: PS5 Price Bump PS5 Slim: 649,99€, PS5 Pro : 899,99€, PS5 Portal : 249,99€

[BraLoD]

Soundwave said:

BraLoD said:

Sony CFO said last month that they were securing components to last until the year's end and that they would combat rising prices by "monetizing the installed base".

I expect PS Plus to raise in price, not the PS5.

If the PS5 does raise in price, unless there was some major mistranslation or reports were putting word in her mouth, Sony is due some really hard bashing.

Well, if price raises they are due to that regardless, that's shameful.

Playstation is a small potatoes product in the grand scheme of thing, they're likely not getting much of a discount on component costs or any priority on those at all. A company like Apple can push their weight around but they ship more iPhones in a quarter than Sony does Playstations in 2 years+. 

If I'm a RAM or HDD supplier, I want my full quote for each and every unit given that I could sell those things at a premium to a dozen AI vendors. 

Did you read my post?

The issue is the CFO reportedly hinted to no price hikes for the PS5 just last month.

So unless the reports were wrong, that would be a big issue, saying something one month and doing the exact opposite the next.