Future generations of consoles may require a significant budget if you are a gamer who is looking forward to the next console. According to hardware leaker KeplerL2, the cost of memory and solid-state drive of future PlayStation 6 is already more than $680. This is already close to the entire hardware cost of current PlayStation 5. Considering the basic cost rising so much, how much is going to be the consumer price?
Leaked component costs suggest next-gen console pricing will rise sharply
In the development period of the console, we can see some significant factors contributing to this cost increasing. The cost of memory. KeplerL2 mentioned that at the time when Sony designed the system-on-chip, GDDR7 memory was expected to be $3 per gigabyte.
However, the market changed a lot and led to the actual cost that ranges between $20 to $23 per gigabyte. So these fluctuating memory markets will have a big impact on the manufacturing cost of Sony's next flagship console.
According to some unconfirmed reports, we will have 32GB GDDR7 memory and 2TB SSD on the base of PlayStation 6. The total hardware cost will be close to $960 if we combine other inside parts. It's worth mentioning that we still don't have the official confirmation of the internal specifications from Sony and leaker. But the huge cost of components makes people think that the future PlayStation 6 may be over $1000.
Sony hasn't announced the exact price, release time and official specifications for the PlayStation 6. Recently, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki mentioned that they haven't decided on the exact price and release time of the console. Therefore, we can only have the estimation about the cost of components and some unconfirmed leaks at this moment. Wait for the official confirmation to change your purchasing plan.
Currently, we are more interested in the financial problems caused by the next generation's hardware components instead of the features of the next generation. The trend of rising memory costs seems that the basic cost of future gaming consoles will go up. It's recommended to keep an eye on Sony's official announcement to get the details about the launching plan of the future PlayStation 6.
Source: TweakTown
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