Sony have reduced the PS5 Digital's SSD size in Europe and US

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elierahi said:

I guess you call this shrinkflation for video games consoles

Pretty much; tariffs and inflation are cutting into their profit margins, but they already raised the price and don't want to make their system too expensive for their target audience to afford, so their solution is to reduce costs somehow.

It's something of a Hobson's choice; make less money, (which no company wants to do) price out your audience, or downgrade your product. Expect more of this as long as the tariff nonsense continues.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 05 September 2025