Sony could be smart, for example keep existing price as is, but also offering “premium” version for higher price but with delivery this week. This would kill scalpers.
Nintendo did this, the Switch was out of stock consistently, unless you bought it in a "bundle". A lot of the bundles were 12 months of the Online service, so basically easy profit.
People here saying the PS5 should have dropped in price, I just checked Amazon for the price of a new Nintendo Switch (standard model, not OLED), seems almost identical to what I paid for one on launch day. £250. This is now really old hardware that launched over 5 years ago (Mar 2017).
This "standard model" had a SoC refresh too. And as said elsewhere in the thread, it's now cheaper in USD (how components are priced) than it was when GBP was at 1.30+.
PS5s are relatively easy to buy in bundles; if you're lucky you'll have a game you wanted, except at list price instead of market price, but most of the time you'll have useless overpriced accessories and average games. In fact, Sony is encouraging the practice, and makes it harder for resellers to not do this.