PS5 and PS Portal Price Increase Confirmed [Update]

[PAOerfulone]

I can see their reasoning behind it.
With the PS5 close to 100 million units sold (Not too far off from the PS4’s final sale total) they have a big enough install base where they can get away with raising the price to maintain profits amidst the RAM and tariff hikes and just make money of what little hardware sales it has left because their main priority now is software sales.

If they were in Nintendo’s position right now, where they’re trying to get the Switch 2 off and running and get people to migrate from Switch 1 as much as possible, a price hike would do a lot more damage to them than it would to Sony here.

That doesn’t mean this sucks any less. At those ridiculous prices, expect the PS5’s baseline to drop considerably to the point where you have to seriously question if it’ll catch the PS4. I doubt even GTA VI will be able to tip the scales now.

I was already concerned about the PS6’s launch price before these hikes. But now? I’m am definitely worried.