Well, according to Tao the company plans to offset surging costs by focusing on “monetising the installed base”. This means it wants to extract more dollars from the wallets of existing PS5 owners.
She specifically mentioned growing software and network revenue, so we could be looking at anything from price increases to PS Plus to more aggressive efforts to get people spending more money.
It’s going to be interesting to see how it balances consumer satisfaction with aggressive sales targets. If the RAM price increases do eventually attack Sony’s bottom line, then it’s going to have to make back the money somewhere.
I think it'll also be coming in the form of more expensive games and lesser discounts.