Kepler_L2, a {hardware} insider with a dependable observe report, has revealed in a put up on X that the Invoice of Supplies (BoM) for the PS6, which stays unannounced by Sony, is round $200 decrease than that of Magnus, which is the flamboyant time period for the innards of Microsoft’s new Xbox {hardware}.
“PS6 BOM is roughly $200 decrease than Magnus,” he writes. This mainly signifies that Sony’s new system is cheaper to fabricate than Xbox Helix, which this week has rumoured to be launching in vacation 2028 and can price as a lot as $1,800. Whatever the closing worth, it’s typically thought of that next-generation techniques is not going to be inexpensive for the typical client.
Final week, Kepler_L2 claimed that the reminiscence parts for the PS6 will price Sony round $680 per console alone, so a worth of round $1,000 for the ultimate product just isn’t out of the query. He had beforehand said that the BoM of the PS6 had elevated to $960. Except for the PS6 itself, it has been closely rumoured for a while now that Sony will launch the brand new console with a handheld companion, dubbed Canis, which in line with Kepler will characteristic these specs.
Again in August, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki made it clear that the console maker has but to determine on a launch date for the PS6, and the actual fact the corporate is dropping recreation discs in January 2028 all however confirms PS6 gained’t have a disc drive.
[Source – Kepler_L2 on X]
