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Starting tomorrow, the PS5 is getting more expensive. In an announcement on the PlayStation blog, Sony has announced that the prices for all the different editions of the PS5 are increasing.
Here is the list of new prices:
- PlayStation 5 – $549.99
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – $499.99
- PlayStation 5 Pro – $749.99
This is a step up of $50 for all three consoles, which is a big blow, especially for the PS5 Pro, which already had players gawking at the massive $700 pricetag when it first launched.
Sony is far from the only company to annoy players with price increases recently, as all three of the major console publishers, Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo, have announced some for of price increases this year. Nintendo kicked it off with the announcement that first-party Switch 2 games would cost $80 from now on, and Xbox followed suit, also increasing the price of their biggest games.
Sony is yet to do the same with their games, and now that the consoles themselves are more expensive, it’d be much harder to get away with boosting the prices of its games too. While this announcement was brief, it did clarify that none of the PS5 accessories would be increasing in price with this change, so they’ll all remain as they currently are.
