system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Yeah its a loss leader product. Their profit is from memberships etc. 

Technology gets cheaper over time as the process node matures. It becomes dated, less desired opposed to newer nodes, easier to produce due to maturity which also means less failures. 

Instead of price cuts or releasing a slim version which is the norm, we got a price rise after 12+ months of console release.
gpt
Slim revision usually come after 3/4 years