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Sony Says It Won't Sell The PS6 At A Big Loss As $1,000 Price Fears Grow

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Amid a rumor from prominent leaker Kepler_L2 that the PlayStation 6's bill of materials (BoM) alone has exceeded $960 USD, Sony Interactive Entertainment President & CEO Hideaki Nishino has confirmed that the company does not plan to sell hardware at "substantial losses." Considering the fact that the BoM doesn't account for any other part of the equation, including shipping and assembly labor, fans are now expecting the price of the PlayStation 6 to exceed $1,000 USD.

It's unfortunate news, but sadly to be fully-expected at this point. Even PC gaming giant Valve, owners of the Steam platform that generates billions in revenue every year, claims it could not afford to subsidize its Steam Machine living room PC. While the wider launch of SteamOS and that high pricinghas led to a surge in efforts to meet the Steam Machine form factor or defeat its price-to-performance ratio, it still reflects how...

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