Earlier today Sony announced that it has made the decision to increase the recommended retail price for PlayStation 5 consoles in the United States starting tomorrow, August 21.

The updated recommended retail price for PlayStation 5 consoles in the U.S. are as follows:

• PlayStation 5 – $549.99
• PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – $499.99
• PlayStation 5 Pro – $749.99

These new recommended prices reflect an increase of $50 across the board for each console. As of now, the recommended retail prices for PS5 accessories remain unchanged.

Sony cites the "challenging economic environment" as the reason for the change.

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[Alex611942]

so much winning

 

[MysticStarlight]

Wait, didn't they do this already?

 

[Armadillo]

Wait, didn't they do this already?

In Europe they did, not for the US though. Genuinely surprised the US is getting a price bump instead of Sony raising prices in other regions again to cover for the US.

 

[thaddius]

Wait, didn't they do this already?

From Wikipedia:

In August 2022, Sony announced a price increase by up to 20% in most of its markets except the US, citing global economic, inflationary, and supply chain pressures.

 

[Reploid]

RIP

 

[SeventhSon7]

the price elasticity of demand test continues

 

[Earthshine]

Welp. Guess I'm not buying a PS5 Pro. Imo they're only going to lose $ on this decision.

 

[AndorfRequissa]

people just need to unite and let these companies raising prices die.

video game industry wont totally die. but if sony or nintendo fail who really cares. they are not nice to consumers and arent trying to just be a profitable company that makes games. they are stepping beyond their bounds imo.

people who support them are the same people who would fall into slavery again because they are weak people. i aint backtracking.

 

[SeltzerMist]

Continues to age so well

 

[River_01]

It was inevitable when Sony increased the price everywhere else couple of years ago.

 

[ChibiMofo]

Don't blame me! I voted correctly!

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It was inevitable when Sony increased the price everywhere else couple of years ago.

They did it in April of this year too, but only in Europe, Australia and New Zealand:

PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand​

 

[MikaDubbz]

Thanks Uncle Donnie! He really is a retard isn't he? How in the world did we elect such a moron that doesn't understand basic economics... twice?! My 12 year old nephew would do better at leading our nation than this fool.

 

[K3Nv4]

So can we include Xbox price hikes as well it's not as bad as what it could've been.

• Xbox Series S: The 512GB model is now $379.99 (up from $299.99), and the 1TB model is $429.99 (up from $349.99).
  • Xbox Series X: The standard Xbox Series X is now $599.99 (up from $499.99).

 

[PatrickD85]

Me; Ah yeah time to ask the same to my boss.
Ill give M$ and $ony as reasons. Sure Nint€ndo is not cheap either this time around so ill include them as well.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Video game crash inevitable before 2030 predicted. Place bets now!
Least we can't blame a poorly licensed movie like ET for this one.

 

[BlusterBong]

>Xbos Series X is $600, Digital Only Series X is $500, Series S is $380 and still fucking the Series X over because devs don't wanna optimize
>Playstation 5 is $550, PS5 Slim and digital only version is $500, PS5 pro is $750
>Even with the Switch 1 price hike, it's still cheaper at $340 and the OLED model is $400, Switch Lite is $230 and Switch 2 is still $450, once again making Nintendo the cheaper option of the big 3 dispute being the one with the most outrage with the initial price reveal

"Oh man I hate it when I'm right!"

Imagine if all of these price hikes from Sony and especially MS for thier consoles (that have no games) ends up making the Switch 2 look budget friendly in comparison, that would be fucking embarrassing, especially since well... The Series S isn't exactly carrying the total sales given that Microsoft groups both when they tell us how many Xbox Series consoles they have sold

 

[K3Nv4]

>Xbos Series X is $599, Digital Only Series X is $499, Series S is $379 and still fucking the Series X over because devs don't wanna optimize
>Playstation 5 is $550, PS5 Slim and digital only version is $499, PS5 pro is $750
>Even with the Switch 1 price hike, it's still cheaper at $339 and the OLED model is $399 and Switch 2 is still $450, once again making Nintendo the cheaper option of the big 3 dispute being the one with the most outrage with the initial price reveal

"Oh man I hate it when I'm right!"
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I'd still say it would be smarter to always buy base consoles, going pro consoles is PC price territories and doesn't make much sense. I only kind of get it if you already have a beast of a PC but even then I'd say a pro model isn't worth it because you already have a beast of a pc. lol

 

[Earthshine]

Okay. I changed my mind. I'm allowed. LOL! I just ordered a PS5 Pro because my card offered me 16% back in rewards if purchased from Walmart, which is basically $112 off the price. Plus I'll be selling my og disc version PS5 and still sealed official Marvel's Spider-Man 2 face plates to help eat the rest of the cost. Now my next PS console won't be until the inevitable PS6 Pro.

 

[River_01]

They did it in April of this year too, but only in Europe, Australia and New Zealand:

PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand​

I somehow missed they raised it again this year. The price of the PS5 in my country hasn't changed since the last price hike Sony did, maybe only the countries in the EU (plus UK) were only affected.