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Re:Steam Machine by izacus on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:53PM (#48636765)
PS5 NEVER in it's lifecycle sold at a loss. That hasn't happened for generations now.
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Re:Steam Machine by mwkaufma on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:47PM (#48638148)
All caps doesn't make it true.
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Re:Steam Machine by izacus on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:56AM (#48640904)
Sure, the reality makes it true. The BOM for PS5 is very low.
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Re:Steam Machine by littlecranky67 on Monday June 22, 2026 @06:00PM (#48636844)
And it is the first time in history where storage and RAM cost double or triple what it cost 6 months ago. So unknown if Sony makes a profit from todays sales.
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Re:Steam Machine by margalabargala on Monday June 22, 2026 @06:27PM (#48637198)
It's happened before. Storage more than doubled after the thailand floods back in 2011. There have been RAM disruptions as well.
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Re:Steam Machine by izacus on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:56AM (#48640912)
Sony is selling off old stocks at old future prices. They've already started hiking the price up - it's unlikely they'll eat the loss on hardware here either.
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