PlayStation 5 Digital Edition May Cost Below $400: Report
Sep. 15, 2020Sony isall set to showcaseits next-gen console, PlayStation 5 tomorrow (September 16 at 1 PM PDT) but the PS5 rumors have still not stopped. Anew reportfromBloomberghints at the pricing and availability of PS5.
According to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Masahiro Wakasugi, the standardPS5 console could be priced at $449and thedigital version may launch below $400. While the digital-only PS5’s price is not exactly known yet, the speculated price of the disc version of PS5 is50 dollars cheaper than the Xbox Series X.
Going byBloomberg‘s sources, Sony is cutting down production due to issues with its custom SoC aimed to be used in the console. The yields are improving but are currently in an unstable state, as per the report.
If you have been closely following PlayStation 5 news lately, you might recall thatSony increased PS5 production by 50 percentin July. The company had planned to raise production now that people have turned to games during the pandemic. Sony’s plans to utilize the situation will take a hit if its situation with production doesn’t improve.
As per quoted analysts, these issues in production may affect Sony’s profit margins. It remains to be seen if Sony would bump up the price to make up for it, but chances are, it won’t, mainly due to the competition from Xbox.
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