Sony gets the price of its PS5 wrong
Gone are the days when you could get a PS5 for less than €400. Sony did not hesitate to be one of the first to increase the price of its machine, nor did it back down when it came to putting a PS5 Pro on sale at an exorbitant price. But he is pushing the envelope a little further today with a new increase, and not the least.
Without giving any real justifications, even if he specifies that this is partly linked to the crisis in the RAM market (and we can bet that we are also paying for the group’s recent strategy errors), the manufacturer indicates on the PlayStation Blog that all its PS5 models will now be €100 more expensive. Remember that the price of the PS5 had already increased by €50 in 2022.
Here are the new recommended prices for the PS5 in Europe, which will be effective from April 2 :
- PS5 : €649.99
- PS5 Digital Edition : €599.99
- PS5 Pro : €899.99
At this point, and with a lot of cynicism, buying one of these machines today at the normal price would almost become a good plan. Paying €150 more for a standard PS5 than in 2020 seems completely absurd, but it has unfortunately become the sad reality of the market. What can we say about the PS5 Pro, already displayed at a very premium price, which is becoming even more inaccessible today.
Note also that the PlayStation Portal is also entitled to a little inflation since it will be displayed at the price of €249.99 from April 2an increase of €30. For the moment, other accessories are not affected (it would have been difficult to justify the increase in a DualSense after all).
In any case, there is reason to be very worried about the next generation of consoles, which will undoubtedly require a big check at entry. Public opinion is already completely fed up, but it remains to be seen how this will have an impact on sales.