The next generation, PS5 and X-Box Series X are due to market in holiday 2020. Both are offering a massive leap in visuals and performance only seen on high end pieces. All of this power comes at a price and right now one company is struggling with the capital funds to bring their console to the market with a price tag attractive to a huge global consumer base. Sony’s p._s 5 is expensive and they aren’t ready for next generation.
And let’s get into this news for next generation. Bloomberg reports that the new yet to be seen P.S. Five console is being hamstrung by two major factors price and manufacturing. Sony plans to overcome both obstacles by producing far less units in the first year, some 5 to 6 million P.S. 5s in the first year compared to the p._s 4s 2013, pushing out 7 million consoles sold. Still being hard to find in the first Christmas. The super fast SSD, powerful navvy and Zend components in the p._s 5 are pricey acquisitions from partners. And in an era where Sony loses a little on console hardware in hopes of bringing more to the platform offset by services and game sales.
Sony investors are looking at major losses per console sold with a high price tag to build the p._s. Five game developers are assuming that the p._s five is upwards 500 to $550. But according to playstation’s Jim Ryan, the ps5 is likely 400 to 500 at most. The problem arises when you look at Sony’s global economic force. They do not land in the top 100 most viable businesses. They are struggling to stay in the green outside of the PlayStation division, which financially keeps the company profitable. Sony does not have a float to lose one hundred dollars per console sold and make it back on games and services.
This is where Microsoft’s X-Box has every single advantage. X-Box invested in the very best, most powerful components for the X-Box series X X-Boxes. Phil Spencer wants to be in a position of power and price against the p._s five and last generation. The X-Box 360 costs Microsoft just over seven hundred dollars and was sold for four hundred. We don’t know how much the X-Box Series X costs Microsoft to make, but we do know that it will likely go to market for $500. X-Box has the backing of Microsoft financially and the goodwill of Microsoft leadership to offset costs to make the X-Box series X an affordable, alluring price. Meanwhile,
Sony is patiently waiting as their PlayStation fans are decidedly impatient for Microsoft to reveal the price of the X-Box series X so they can make internal quick decisions about how much they can stand to lose on hardware while keeping the p._s five attractive enough not to drive away millions of sales in the first year. Even at five hundred dollars, the p._s five price is out of position for Sony. No matter how powerful and fast they claim the PlayStation is, it is likely that the p._s 5 is $450, as Sony could claim the higher price due to the global delays and economic downturns.
But losing 50 to one hundred dollars per console is not financially feasible for Sony’s pocketbook. Currently, they would have to rely on even more games and services by ramping up PlayStation now and exclusives going to pc which is already in the works. Microsoft and X-Box already have the extremely successful X-Box game past service X-Box, Live Gold X Cloud coming up and steam partnerships to bolster the already 50 million plus on X-Box one consoles. X-Box is in the position to price the X-Box series X at 450 to 500 dollars with X-Box in no doubt. Sure that Sony will have to price to p._s five at 500 to enter the market.
This generation X-Box plans to announce the console plan and price in June or July of this year for what would have been E3 and the X-Box series s console. The economy model will beat the p._s 5 in price at about 300 to 350 dollars. No matter what. In a console, two things are key price and power. The games at launch are slow to roll as developers ramp up for a new generation. Customers in Mass are driven by price first and the X-Box series X will likely match the p._s 5 in price and dominate in power across 90 percent of games.
And for those looking to get into next generation for an even better price, the X-Box series s under four hundred dollars will likely be the most popular console this holiday. This is culty SWAT. Thank you so much. Watching I’m anxiously awaiting the reveal of the P.S. 5 and new X-Box consoles and especially the games, everyone is waiting to see these games for next generation. And if you want to see which games are coming to the new consoles, I’ve been wavering personally between a $400 or $500. PS5 prediction and I can’t make a definitive decision on how much C.P.S. 5 will be, but I’m really leaning towards it being $500, especially knowing that Sony can’t afford to drop the console and lose so much on every single sale.