What should Sony do for the next Playstation?

[EricHiggin]

curl-6 said:

EricHiggin said:

Who said TV's were consoles? TV's are consumer electronics.

Nin always sells hardware for a decent profit. They also only increased prices $50 and not $100 like SNY did. MS don't get the same deals SNY do for mass manufacturing, especially based on unit sales.

Maybe a pipe dream late 2027, perhaps, but I've also said I could see a year delay for PS6 (assuming the hardware remains as leaked).

PS6 selling well is a pipe dream if it costs $700+

It's unlikely things will be drastically better in 2028; even if the Iran War and the memory crunch are over by then, and neither is certain, inflation won't be reversed; $500 in 2020 is nearly $650 today, and that number will be even higher by 2028.

Maybe, maybe not. Who saw the pandemic coming, or 2 weeks becoming 2 years, or the quick retreat from the new normal back to the old normal?

PS6 Lite would not be anything close to what PS5 was at launch in terms of performance.

$399 late 2013 is about $575 today. That was mid tier hardware. PS6 Lite would be low tier hardware (with mid-high tier software tech).

$499 seems quite doable without a loss. $399 would likely require around a $100 loss per unit at launch.