The unlucky trend of price growth for games and software has recently re -found to the USA, this time for PlayStation players.
Sony has announced today that the US PS5 equipment will jump in the price. Without a specific reason, like any other company, this is due to tariffs transferred by the US government to many regions around the world, in which technology such as PS5 is produced.
“As in many global companies, we are still moving a difficult economic environment,” said Sony his announcement Today. “As a result, we made a difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price for PlayStation 5 consoles in the USA from August 21”.
This “difficult decision” means that all PS5 models will be 50 USD higher. The basic PS5 now costs USD 549, the PS4 Digital edition is USD 499, and PS5 PRO is stunning $ 749, starting from tomorrow. So I think that if you were on the fence about PS5 lifting, today is the day if you want to save a little.
Sony’s decision follows the disappointing trend that companies must raise prices to balance tariffs. For example, Xbox has raised the price of its consoles and accessories at the beginning of May, and some Nintendo Switch 2 games such as Mario Kart World They are valued at a novel USD 80 level.
For now, at least Sony claims that the MSRP of PS5 accessories “remains unchanged” and the company said that “there are no other price changes that should be announced for additional markets.” But don’t be surprised to see even more price fluctuations in the opposite direction than most of them.
Regardless of someone’s thoughts on the state of the world economy, the fact that the games are becoming more and more steep hobby is not what everyone who plays them would like to see.
