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I think it just depends how greedy Sony wants to be.

A PS6 handheld only $100 more than the Switch 2, sounds about right. A PS6 home console for $100 more than that sounds doable as well. But if Sony is greedy, they could price it higher. I just think with the overall decline of the console userbase, it would be a dumb idea to keep the entry point of getting into a PS6 high, especially since the way Playstation makes money is from the PS+ subscriptions and MTX. It's not from the selling the consoles.

Take Nintendo. In Japan, they're probably selling the Switch 2 at a loss. It's going for almost a $100 cheaper there. Why the price difference? Because Japan is Nintendo's base and they want people to adopt the Switch 2. They're willing to lose money on hardware sales in Japan to ensure there is a future generation of Nintendo fans there.

If Sony prices the PS6 too high, it could ruin the start of the next generation for them and I don't think there's room for error. If either Nintendo or Playstation fuck up a generation at this point, I don't know if they can recover.

One last point. The US market is Playstation's biggest and most important market. I would expect the price of the PS6 to be more reasonable there. The rest of the world? I dunno.