> Most consoles are sold at a loss You're thinking of 'back in the day.' The original XBox's video card was worth more than they sold the entire system for, an

> Most consoles are sold at a loss You're thinking of 'back in the day.' The original XBox's video card was worth more than they sold the entire system for, and the PS3 was a complete beast of computation (even if not entirely inappropriate for games...)! But in modern times (PS4 gen onward) consoles have become relatively vanilla midrange computers designed with the intent of turning profit on the hardware as quickly as possible. The hardware cost of the PS4 was less than it's retail price from day 0 [1], and they began making a profit per unit shortly thereafter. Similarly the PS5 also reached profit per unit in less than a year. [2] XBox models from the PS4 gen onward are conspicuously similar as well. [1] - https://tech.yahoo.com/general/article/2013-11-19-ps4-costs-381-to-make-according-to-hardware-teardown.html https://tech.yahoo.com/general/article/2013-11-19-ps4-costs-... [2] - https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4/22609150/sony-playstation-5-ps5-loss-profit https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4/22609150/sony-playstation-...