Bloomberg: PlayStation 5's Bill of Materials have been pushed up to $450 due to scarce NAND and DRAM components

[Deleted member 13560]

Someone earlier was wondering about income not going up with inflation. In 1995 the median income was $34,000. In 2019 it was about $64,000.

I'd say $600 for a console wouldn't be ridiculous in today's economic landscape.

 

[mugurumakensei]

You clearly have not been in the next gen speculation thread.

Former gamefan writer "klee" has said ps5 is more powerful, so has game informer writer Andrew Reiner has said the same.

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it doesn't line up with the BoM(Series X being more expensive and the price of the components for a supposedly 13TF machine)

 

[meenseen84]

I think $500 for a PS5 is really no big deal considering PS4 will be their moneymaker for a couple of years. Look at hardware sales vs PSN. Also, I think Lockhart will definitely be 300$ or less as Phils has said in the past that he very much wants a price difference between a $500 Xbox One X and a $249 Xbox One S. While he said those things a few years ago, he does like to forecast with some stuff.

 

[Anthony Hopkins]

it doesn't line up with the BoM(Series X being more expensive and the price of the components for a supposedly 13TF machine)

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The XSX BOM being slightly higher does not prove the PS5 is not more powerful, the savings on the PS5 could be from other components like bd drive, ram, PSU, etc

 

[MajesticSoup]

This thing will be $475-500 all day long, people thinking they will stick with last gens price point will be disappointed!. Last gen used out of date mobile based tech, this time round there using more modern desktop based hardware

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Correct me if I'm wrong but this gen was an anomaly in that it was the first time consoles(not including wii) launched at close to manufacturing cost. Before that even the 360 lost $200+ per console.

Also, look at the op. Why would dram prices matter if it was meant to launch at $499? The option was never gonna be 499 or 599.
$399 is obviously the 'planned' price.

 

[delete12345]

I'd say $600 for a console wouldn't be ridiculous in today's economic landscape.

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Does that take into account inflation rates (meaning the $600 is an adjusted inflated cost)?

 

[VariantX]

This thing will be $475-500 all day long, people thinking they will stick with last gens price point will be disappointed!. Last gen used out of date mobile based tech, this time round there using more modern desktop based hardware

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Probably. Most of the shit going in to these consoles are new tech or relatively new and theres only so much of a hit you can take even when you can get the components cheaper because you're buying them in the millions. I would expect thanks to the mid-gen refreshes we've had that its going to take a bit longer than usual for the current hardware to die off. I do expect the base PS4 and Xbox One to go away much sooner and the Pro and One X to be the new baseline.

 

[Wulfer]

The XSX BOM being slightly higher does not prove the PS5 is not more powerful, the savings on the PS5 could be from other components like bd drive, ram, PSU, etc

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Isn't it wonderful to be in a SPECULATION thread.

 

[Anthony Hopkins]

Isn't wonderful to be in a SPECULATION thread.

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Come again?

 

[hubertuss03]

So this report is true or not? Someone else said something about it?
Is it Sony problem (NAND and Dram shortages) or Microsoft too?

 

[Deleted member 44371]

Sony Is Struggling With PlayStation 5 Price Due to Costly Parts

Scarce components have pushed the manufacturing costs for Sony Corp.’s next PlayStation to around $450 per unit, forcing a difficult price-setting decision in its battle with Microsoft Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

www.bloomberg.com

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" the people said. " ????? Who said that about the new VR headset?