Switch 2 Price Rise (May in Japan, September WW) - $499/499EUR/59,980 Yen

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Zippy6 said:

Chrkeller said:

I could be wrong, but I don't see anything less than $900 even being remotely possible.  Not unless prices plummet.  

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The S2 is $500 with 12 gb of ram.  The ps6 will need at least 30 gb.  

I believe KeplerL2 estimated the bill of materials for PS6 at $760, as of a month or two ago. My bet would be an RRP of $799 if that remains accurate, because even at that price they'd still be losing money after factoring in other costs. They'll subsidise as they always do.

OFC if things get even worse then that's not happening.

Sure, if RAM prices are still at this level when the PS6 launches in 2027-28 then it will be expensive at first. But at some point RAM prices will come down again, maybe not to the same level as before but much better than now. An $800+ console is just not going to sell the kind of numbers that Sony needs.

Although, I suppose they could market the handheld as the ’base’ PS6 hardware if they can make it cheap enough.