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| The leak shows the expected price for the Sony PlayStation 5 platform |
On the subject, people familiar with it reported that the rare components increased the manufacturing cost of next-generation PlayStation platforms to around $ 450 each, making prices competitive with Microsoft even more difficult.
The Japanese company replaces the PlayStation 5 platform (PlayStation 4), which started around 6 years ago and is expected to launch in late 2020, as Microsoft prepares to launch its new generation gaming platform (Xbox Sires). Xbox X series.
Sony usually ends the price of fixed controllers in February of the release year, and then begins mass production in the spring. However, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg on (PlayStation 5), the company has a wait and wait method.
When Sony launched the PlayStation 4 platform in 2013 at a retail price of $ 399, market research firm HIS Markit estimated the manufacturing cost at $ 381. If the PlayStation 5 industry costs around $ 450, the retail price may be at least $ 470. As a result, it is difficult for consumers to upgrade to a new version of the platform.
According to Bloomberg, it's harder for Sony to provide reliable DRAM and NAND flash memory, because these memories are really a big part of the smartphone market in anticipation of the 5G era.
It should be noted that gaming platform manufacturers do not want to obtain higher profit margins than mobile phone manufacturers because they benefit from the lucrative video game market and participate in game transfer services.
When Sony tried to lower the price of the next gaming platform, Bloomberg cited sources that said: the ongoing epidemic of the Corona virus had had no impact on production readiness (PlayStation) 5). They added that the company has not yet decided how many units (PlayStation 5) will produce in the first year.
According to Bloomberg sources, Sony is also planning to launch a new version of PlayStation VR that can be released with (PlayStation 5).