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PS5 is $400. It's got a ryzen 3700 and 2070 equivalent GPU. There's no chance they're getting those two parts for less than $300 given the chip shortage, and th
by colinmhayes 4y ago
PS5 is $400. It's got a ryzen 3700 and 2070 equivalent GPU. There's no chance they're getting those two parts for less than $300 given the chip shortage, and the remaining parts cost at least $100, plus manufacturing.
- eropple 4y agoI think those are assertions without evidence, given that they built that BOM before the chip shortage and generally one has to buy slots significantly in advance. To me a more persuasive argument, with the lack of evidence, might be that part of the supply crunch is being unwilling/unable to raise the price and so being less able to ship units than if they could be more price flexible.
- jazzyjackson 4y agoat least no one is buying PS5s to mine crypto
- etempleton 4y agoMy understanding is the PS5 breaks even at retail. There is essentially no profit margin, but they do not lose money. This of course could be part of the problem—Sony may be unwilling to spend a premium to reserve more processors in advance as they already are operating on razor thin margins. Apple, on the other hand, pays TSMC far in advance and helps fund their research to get priority.