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This isn't hard to understand if you've lived through at least more than one generation of technology.

I'll use an extreme example. In 1970, the cheapest computer you could buy would cost you like $5000. Today, you could buy a chomebook for $100. Typically, the cost and therefore price of technology decreases over time.

Normally, without worldwide pandemics and trade wars, consoles dropped in price over time. The PS5 and the Switch haven't. (The Xbox series did experience a brief period of lower prices a few years ago, and despite recent official price hikes, the Xbox series are being discounted heavily at some retailers, probably because they know its dead weight.) But in real terms, they have. $500 in 2025 is not $500 in 2020. That's a consequence of Covid and Inflation.

The PS6 will be launching in 2027, years after Covid, but during potential trade wars between the US and China. That's something Playstation could account for by making the PS6 affordable. If Playstation wanted to make the PS6 affordable, all it would need to do is make it weaker. But with newer technology, which the PS5 Pro doesn't really have, it could still be more powerful for less cost.

Additionally, who would be unhappy if the PS6 ended up being more powerful and priced lower than the PS5 Pro? Only the idiots that bought the PS5 Pro and they'll just go out and buy the PS6 anyways cause they're idiots.

But I don't think the PS6 will be $500. That's too low. $600 seems like the lowest it would go to me, but I could see it being closer to $700 if Sony tries to be greedy. Pricing the PS6 at $700 would be a mistake to me.