PS5 price to increase in select markets due to global economic environment, including high inflation rates

[alphachino]

PS5 price to increase in select markets due to global economic environment, including high inflation rates

New recommended retail price coming to select markets in the EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regions, plus Canada.

blog.playstation.com

The new RRPs below are effective immediately unless otherwise noted

• Europe
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – €549.99
  • PS5 Digital Edition – €449.99

• UK
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – £479.99
  • PS5 Digital Edition – £389.99

• Japan (effective Sept. 15, 2022)
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – ¥54,980 yen
  • PS5 Digital Edition – ¥44,980 yen

• China
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – ¥4,299 yuan
  • PS5 Digital Edition – ¥3,499 yuan

• Australia
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – AUD $799.95
  • PS5 Digital Edition – AUD $649.95

• Mexico
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – MXN $14,999
  • PS5 Digital Edition – MXN $12,499

• Canada
  • PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – CAD $649.99
  • PS5 Digital Edition – CAD $519.99

 

[Muddasar]

WTF is all I can say.

Well done Jim Ryan.

First time hearing a console price increase a few years into a console release.

 

[alphachino]

WTF is all I can say.

Well done Jim Ryan.

First time hearing a console price increase a few years into a console release.

Dunno if you'd call the Quest 2 a console, but didn't that increase in price by $100 recently?

I certainly don't approve of this move personally, but inflation a bitch.

 

[DarkMage619]

I wonder if MS will increase Xbox prices too. It would be interesting to see.

 

[Muddasar]

Dunno if you'd call the Quest 2 a console, but didn't that increase in price by $100 recently?

I certainly don't approve of this move personally, but inflation a bitch.

Not a console.

Personally I have never witnessed a console price increasing after launch. Bizarre even with inflation.

 

[PropellerEar]

I wonder if MS will increase Xbox prices too. It would be interesting to see.

They are discounting them currently...

Sony is treating EU as their cash cow, that they can milk to subsidize US.
>80€ digital game price
and now this... JIMBO!!!!

 

[Bernd Lauert]

>"select markets"
>basically the entire world except for USA

 

[Heisenberg007]

They are discounting them currently...

Sony is treating EU as their cash cow, that they can milk to subsidize US.
>80€ digital game price
and now this... JIMBO!!!!

This GIF always cracks me up

And yes, they are milking the cash cow a bit too much.

 

[kyliethicc]

Not a console.

Personally I have never witnessed a console price increasing after launch. Bizarre even with inflation.

PlayStation 4 price going up by $50 in Canada

Sony may be feeling the freedom to raise the Canadian price on the PS4 due to how well it's selling

financialpost.com

 

[Sircaw]

Jim Ryan, God damn Scalper.

 

[Heisenberg007]

PlayStation 4 price going up by $50 in Canada

Sony may be feeling the freedom to raise the Canadian price on the PS4 due to how well it's selling

financialpost.com

 

[Katajx]

I just can’t say I’m a fan of some of these business decisions this gen. Starting to remind me of arrogant Sony from the PS3 gen.

Supply constraints have already been a problem. I don’t see this helping in places like Japan where they have already been selling less over the years.

 

[Bryank75]

Wow... Jim Ryan is a moron.

 

[Shmunter]

Must’ve been no fat on dem bones.

 

[Dabaus]

What if that lawyer they hired from Uber wasn’t for acquisition but was to defend increasing the prices in all these different countries? Lol

 

[RE4-City]

on a serious note, what do people expect, everything is going up in price nowadays so it's not that crazy to think consoles are next

 

[ManPhlaps]

So, about that PSVR2 price... gonna be interesting!

 

[ethomaz]

WTF is all I can say.

Well done Jim Ryan.

First time hearing a console price increase a few years into a console release.

It happened in Brasil some times already… with PS5 it dropped twice and increased one.
With previous consoles too.

It just that the dollar price fluctuate too much here… from launch to now there is a variations of 30% in the dollar prices.

BTW the Euro lose 15% of the value related to dollar since start of year… that is the reason of the price increase in Europe.

 

[Bryank75]

I wonder if MS will increase Xbox prices too. It would be interesting to see.

I doubt it, they actually want to succeed.

Jim Ryan is a disaster... he wants to fill his pockets and fuck the company in the long term, he obviously doesn't care about console gaming.
He talks bullshit about hundreds of millions playing their games and then he does this.... he is pure scum, he needs to be out.

 

[Muddasar]

It happened in Brasil some times already… with PS5 it dropped twice and increased one.
With previous consoles too.

It just that the dollar price fluctuate too much here… from launch to now there is a variations of 30% in the dólar prices.

Yep just learnt it has happened elsewhere.

I'm in the UK and never witnessed a price increase on a console.

This will be the first.

Well done Jim. Just as PS5 sales are improving he decides to do this.

Idiot probably doesn't remember what happened with the PS3. Sony are not Apple who can price everything as they please.