A lot of people on ERA are now thinking the consoles are going to be $600.i don't believe it. every console generation has had some level of subsidy. If the bill of materials is around $450 then a $600 console would be a straight up profit for ps5. If the bill of materials is around $500 then a $600 be at least a break even for xbox. That would be very uncharacteristic of a console imo.
i don't know how much money MSony are willing to lose but $500 feels right to me for the series x and ps5 with a disc drive.