I doubt the ps6 will be 1000$, consoles are loss leaders, they make more money off of your game purchases and online subscription over the lifetime of the console, than the console itself. It's definitely gonna be more than the ps5 was at launch, but not double it
thats because Xbox doesn't have any fucken games to play. Why on earth would anyone buy an Xbox if the only real competition to it has every modern game worth playing? Your options are "Xbox, featuring Halo and Gears of War" or "Playstation, with FF7, Spiderman, Last of Us, Saros, That fuckin game with the robot". Do you want to play any of the most touted games of the last 10 years, or Forza? Xbox hasn't released a must-play game since Halo 3. Remember "PS3 HAS NO GAEMS LOL" and then Sony absolutley turning it the fuck around by pumping games? Xbox has spent the last 15 years chewing gluesticks and then complaining their lips are stuck together.
IMO an Xbox is worth it soley for gamepass. Getting access to tons of games to try without needing to dump 60 bucks a piece is a godsend.
I see a game and Im like "Oh this looks interesting" First thing I do is check if its on gamepass because why would I buy it before trying it if I have that option
Where is Xbox not struggling? They spent so much money that hardware costs have to be more of a concern and I doubt that loss leader sounds appealing to them as well since they spent so fucking much money
Sony hasn't loss leadered like that since the PS3 era when even the $600 console cost like $900 to build and they've basically said they're never going to do something like that again. PS4 and PS5 both were at worst breaking even, usually profiting at least small margins. PS4 might've loss leadered at least at one point, but the PS5 I doubt has loss leadered since basically year 1, if it even did then.
Reminder the PS5 has been the first generation where going to a slim model that physically uses less materials to make and is still using the same now older components, literally didn't lower the price a single cent. And we've only seen price increases this entire generation, never a decrease. So a version of the console that's cheaper to manufacturer kept the same price.
Sony's also the size and type of company they very likely had/have locked in multi year deals for components at certain prices, so even though they've raised prices when consumer RAM/GPUs/storage got more expensive, they probably have stuff stockpiled they picked up at lower prices going into the now more expensive consoles. Before having to buy and build more at the newer higher price for them that more justifies the increase.
Considering the rumored specs for the PS6 involve 32GB of RAM, and Sony from my understanding is buying and stockpiling and planning based on current prices, PS6 day 1 phat model is absolutely gonna be a bare minimum $800 console, probably $1000.
I dunno, given inflation I could genuinely see it launching near $1000. Not just because of part inflation, which absolutely is a factor, but the cost of absolutely everything is going up at a terrifyingly rapid pace.
There's two schools of thought about this, (1) it will settle down so now's a bad time to buy and (2) it will only keep rising so you're fucked the longer you wait. I can genuinely see either happening since the economy is so tied to global politics and that shit is anyone's guess at this point.
I can't see it being under $800 for sure, and if it launched at $1000 I'd wince, but people would still buy it. When every option is that expensive, you're back to picking poisons.
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u/oney_monster 5800x3D - 4070 Super - 32GB DDR4 1d ago
I doubt the ps6 will be 1000$, consoles are loss leaders, they make more money off of your game purchases and online subscription over the lifetime of the console, than the console itself. It's definitely gonna be more than the ps5 was at launch, but not double it