If sony released jailbroken ps5 I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Unsure why they do not let us use it as much as we can. They would definitely sell more.

Narishma a day ago | parent | next [-]

Because they don't make money from the hardware. If you don't buy games for it, there's no point in selling you a console, from their perspective.

ErneX a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They don’t make much money (if any) selling hardware.

avgDev a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sony is barely making money on PS5 hardware.

That just seems weird to me? PS5s are expensive.

Those BC250 are 1/3 the price. Or is that just because they're old?

	▲	mrheosuper 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The BC250 uses fail SOC that can not be put into PS5. Rather than just throwing them away, they can turn off what is broken and sell it.

mrheosuper 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Then you have Steam Machine. Also take a look at its price tag.

jiveturkey a day ago | parent | prev [-]

they aren't in the business of selling consoles (duh). they are in the business of selling games. jailbroken consoles can run pirated games ...

consoles are sold at a loss, best information i can dig up is that this is still true today, even after all the volume.

	▲	wtetzner 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		AFAIK they stopped losing money on PS5's about 8 months after release. https://www.pcmag.com/news/sony-says-499-ps5-no-longer-sells...
	▲	jprd a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Way back in the 90s and early aughts, Toys R Us used VAX terminals (and then, emulators on PCs) to do a lot in a local store. Inventory of other locations, and the individual details of a stocked item were one of the functions. This additionally displayed the markup/profit percentage for a given item. I understand that these numbers may not have been completely accurate, but will be sufficient for demo purposes. Most toys, movies, and video game titles claimed a ~20-30% margin. Private label clothes and such, slightly higher. Game consoles showed ~1-2%. When employee discounts were finally adopted, it maxed at 10%, and thusly items like game consoles were excluded.