That’s still not true in PS5’s case.
I bought at launch & Phat Model cost me 50k.
My cousin bought in 2024 & Slim model cost him just 39k during sale season.
He also got more HDD space.
PS5 is still on track as a normal console generation…
It’s only some who have got derailed & will be soon out of existence….atleast in current proprietary form.