Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has reiterated that the PlayStation 5?s price was determined earlier in 2020 and that the pandemic didn?t have any bearing on the decision.
Speaking to EDGE magazine, he said that Sony is ?very happy? that it was able to launch a version of the PS5 for $399 ? the same price that it launched the PS4 at in 2013. Ignoring the severe shortage and the scalper fiasco, it is pretty impressive that the cheaper console comes packed with the same hardware as its expensive counterpart, minus the blu ray drive.

PB = PB || {};
PB.gptStandAlone = PB.gptStandAlone || {};
PB.gptAutoRefresh = PB.gptAutoRefresh || {'gptAds':[], 'gptStandAlone':[]};
admiralCookie = readAdmiralCookie();
googletag.cmd.push(function() {
var standAloneSizeMapping = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([0, 0], []).addSize([750, 0], [[300, 250]]).addSize([980, 0], [[300, 250]]).build(); PB.gptStandAlone['ros_300x250_p_slot4_1607267036'] = googletag.defineSlot('/4403/cr/playstationlifestyle/ros', [[300, 250]], 'ros_300x250_p_slot4_1607267036')
.defineSizeMapping(standAloneSizeMapping) .addService(googletag.pubads())
.setTargeting('pos', 'P').setTargeting('content_detail', '0').setTargeting('kw', 'in-article').setTargeting('coppa', '0').setTargeting('site', 'playstationlifestyle');
googletag.enableServices();
googletag.display('ros_300x250_p_slot4_1607267036');

if (...