Sony just announced that, thanks to “challenging economic conditions”, the price of the PlayStation 5 is about to go up in loads of big markets like Japan, Europe and Canada.
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Indeed, it looks like the US is the only major PlayStation territory to not be seeing a price hike, with buyers everywhere from China to Australia to Mexico also getting slugged.
I’m in Australia, for example, and last year I bought my PS5 disc version at retail for AUD$750. It’s now going to cost AUD$800. In the UK the disc edition is going from £450 to £480, while in the EU it’s going from €500 to €550.
The full list of regions affected, and the new recommended retail prices—which aside from Japan are effective immediately—are below:
Sony’s full statement follows:
