Buying the latest-gen Sony console just got more expensive as the company just raised the price of PlayStation 5 consoles.

If you’ve been eyeing a PlayStation 5, here’s the bad news: it just got more expensive. Sony says the popular gaming system’s price increase is due to a “challenging economic environment.” That includes a mix of factors,

Each PS5 model will now cost $50 more thanks to what Sony calls 'a challenging economic environment.' It follows Microsoft and Nintendo also upping console prices.

The Japanese company announced a base model now costs about $550. It previously cited Trump's tariffs as a reason for potential price increases.

Every version of the PlayStation 5 is now $50 more expensive in the U.S., but at least for now, a new deal at GameStop will cover the difference. The meme stock retailer announced it will start giving anyone who trades in their last-gen consoles an extra $50 in-store credit toward the purchase of a new PS5.

The price increase for the PS5 has finally reached US shores, as Sony has officially announced that the PS5 console, in all models, will now cost more to

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 Digital Edition – $499.99 PlayStation 5 Pro – $749.99

Sony today announced that starting tomorrow, August 21, all PS5 models will be subject to a $50 price increase in the United States.

After months of holding off, Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 console lineup in the United States and the PS5 Pro is now a whopping $750.

California governor Gavin Newsom has reacted to the PlayStation 5 price hike in the US, jokingly thanking US President Donald Trump for making it happen via his controversial tariff strategy. Re-sharing a news story about the PS5 price hike, Newsom, a Democrat, posted on social media, "Great work, Donald Trump!!"

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"As an aside, Nintendo also explored raising prices on Switch 2 when tariffs were temporarily at 10% for Vietnam. Now they're at 20%. This is definitely impacting margins for them. While they may not be willing to raise prices right now, I can see them reconsidering next year [2026]."