Cutting it close: Sony's $399 PS4 costs $381 to make[ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:14:18 GMT ]The PlayStation 4, which retails for $399 (if you can find one), costs just barely under that to make: $381, according to a teardown analysis by IHS. That means there's little room for Sony to profit on the console — but they rarely ever have, and never made a dime on PS3s.