Yeah i was making the case why it wouldn't be 599 it doesn't make sense if the BOM is nowhere near that price plus other various reasons why Sony is too smart of a company to ever touch that price againI can't imagine $599 would be that profitable for them in the long term because if they make a profit per unit but their unit sales decrease markedly due to the high price, it would probably hurt them more than help them.
Like you can't release your core console for $600 in 2020 during a pandemic. It would be catastrophic.