PlayStation 6 will be $200 cheaper than Project Helix in component cost, insider believes
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
According to rumors, the console's memory alone could cost Sony $680.
According to well-known insider KeplerL2, the cost of PlayStation 6 components is approximately $200 lower than that of Microsoft's next console, codenamed Project Helix. At the same time, both companies faced an unexpected increase in the prices of RAM and storage, which could significantly affect the final cost of the devices.
In a series of social media posts, the insider reminded that the development of a new game console takes more than five years. According to him, neither Sony nor Microsoft could have foreseen the current situation in the component market, where prices for RAM and NAND memory, according to his estimates, have increased fivefold.
People really need to understand that console design is a process that takes over five years. Sony and Microsoft never planned to release consoles costing more than $1000. They simply could not have anticipated that RAM and NAND prices would increase fivefold.
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