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I do think Sony is more efficient at whatever process they have for manufacturing consoles, unless Microsoft was lying (highly unlikely) they attested to losing $100-200 per console during the FTC/ABK stuff, at that point I'm pretty sure Sony had already said they were breaking even on consoles. Even if the Series X has more expensive components it's hard to see $100 more in material costs, so either they're not getting as good contracts or somehow Sony has optimized their production to cut a significant amount of cost.

It's important to note that they never referred to a specific system or generation there, it was more of a generalized statement of the history of Xbox manufacturing. The OG Xbox and Xbox 360 were systems that were known to create notable losses in the early going. If they've lost an average of $100-$200 per unit on this current generation (averaged from launch to current date), they really, really did a bad job procuring components.

 

[Topher]

Post-launch update....

PS5 Pro shot up to number 5 on Amazon US and 15 on Amazon UK

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It will drop back down again, but clearly Pro is doing better than many thought.