PS5's Price Could Depend On One Specific Factor

Neither MS or Sony will announce the price before the launch.
Both of them will price their console on stage (November?)like they always did.
These kind of articles makes no sense to me.

"You announce first."

"No YOU announce first!"

"....We have no comment about the price at this time."

"We also have no comment about the price at this time."

With Xbox one X, and ps5 I cannot see a strong difference, why well (yes it's true ps5 will offer a quick access point for ssd's) and so can the Xbox one X, it can also access a ssd bay but you'll need to open the console, where that could be the tipping point for most consumers.

Either way I cannot see anyone rushing out for 8k TV's unless we are talking about the Papper wall TV 8k sure, but that's way to expensive to factor in buying a Xbox series X(that is if it can achieve those speeds) but back to my question in-regards to ps5 and Xbox one X, yes it will be powerful then the xbox1x, but compared to what each console can achieve is also marginal because the output will be the same for many TV's in 4k, let alone 1080p still widely used.

So yes the Xbox one X will still be a powerful competitor towards the ps5 depending if your willing to go down that path.

But the elephant in the room is Xbox series X pro.

My guess they will have several models to avoid losing any price war to Microsoft. Top version will likely sell for 499. Stripped-down version 399 or lower depending on xbox. They'll lose money on the stripped-down version but they can write it off as needed to avoid losing to micro on price.

499 will sell fine since consumers have been hit with 1000 phones and havent balked, so they have been conditioned.

Smart move on Sony’s behalf.

Playing the waiting game may actually play out in their favor. No doubt another repeat of the infamous 2013 E3 price unveiling would translate into a recreation of the events that have transpired currently in this gen.

Something tells me however that Microsoft has learned a lot from these last 7 years and isn’t willing on making the same mistake twice.

Will be extremely interesting to see how things play out in the next few months.

-WAIT & SEE NINJA APPROVED-

In other words it will be more than $400.00 because they can't afford to take a serious hit on this thing in the first 3 or 4 years. I do believe Microsoft and Sony will as far as price wise be the same this time around at $500.00.

Lol so Sony is pretty much waiting on Microsoft to reveal the price for Xbox series X first so they can price theirs lower. I don't think that will honestly matter if the leaks are true that Microsoft has 2 versions coming out this Holiday. Series X being around $500 while the Lockhart Veri will be around $300 to $400

I'm a Sony investor and a PS4 gamer. They will lose money on the console hardware sales initially; that's just the nature of the beast. They make their money on the back end with games and subscriptions.

They want to hit a sweet spot - a competitive price vs. Microsoft but not so low that its a prohibitive loss. I don't know how much it will cost to make and ship a PS5, but I would be surprised if the price is much over 500 dollars. Prices rise over time. When I was a kid, a candy bar cost ten cents.

Prediction

XseX = High end = $500

ps5 = mid range = $400

XseS = Low to mid range = $300

Like I said in my other post I believe Xbox will sell a lot more consoles this time round something comparable to the X360 sales. Probably more.

They still won’t beat playstation in sales though as ps has a much larger fanbase and always have and probably always will.

BS. These consoles are built around a price point not the other way around. Sure some things may not line up being a little more costly or may actually be somewhat cheaper by the time they line up the manufacturing contracts (like memory or chip yields). But, not drastically one way or the other. Sony either built the PS5 around $499 or $399. And Microsoft did the same with Xbox Series X.

Neither is taken a large hit on the build no matter what the other does. For every $10 to $11 loss these consoles incur is a single $60 game sale. A digital cut of $60 sale is $18 but then you take out taxes and operating expenses (people at all levels and support systems aren't free) you get around $11 of OI. The average early adopter buys around 3 games a year. With this gen having BC it could actually be less considering games like TLOUII and Tsushima have just been released prior to the launch. And only 37% of console owners buy PSPlus (that is pretty constant percentage for Sony this gen) and after expenses PS+ leads to around $18 to $20 of OI. So, after the initial payback of the launch loss (the cost of development to get the console to market) a $60 loss on the build could mean a whole two years before each console sold can start contributing to the profits. $100 loss could end up meaning a console take 3 years to start making contributions to the Sony's bottom line.

Even though Microsoft seems to be playing the long game to corral customers into services (GP/xCloud) they are not going to do any large loss on their console to get there in the short term. Sony is definitely not interested in a negative outlook in OI (remember Sony loss $5 billion on the PS3 because of BOM loss). The investors market would crucify them with such a goal of taking a loss for less return on a next-gen device. Because at the end of the day there is not going to be a made rush of new console buyers next-gen. The growth is not in the console itself but in services. And those services that will grow are things that cross outside on the physical console , like PSNow or Game Pass/xCloud related services.

The key factor is the price of the next Xbox. Console sales hurt these companies during the first couple years but they make it all back and then some with the software. Sell more consoles, sell more software. So they need to sell more consoles than Microsoft so they don't lose people that will buy more software.

"Totoki said, but fans and investors can be sure that Sony will "choose the optimal approach.""

Fans will pay whatever Sony wants.

The console will succeed if Sony decides to switch the word "optimal" with "reasonable," because like last gen both M$ and Sony will offer something comparable.