Sony has announced price rises for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal, blaming “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” The prices rises, which come into effect on April 2, 2026, were ...

“With continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we’ve made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player globally,” Sony wrote on the PS Blog.

It was only last August that Sony raised PS5 console prices in the US, blaming a "challenging economic environment" at the time. Today it has slightly tweaked the phrasing to "continued pressures in ...

PlayStation will increase the price of its PS5 gaming console in the U.S. to $650 beginning April 2, part of a global price hike across several Sony gaming console products. The domestic PS5 price ...

Sony has announced that the price of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation portal consoles will be increasing globally, citing the "global economic landscape" as the reason for the higher price. "With ...

A fresh firmware update is now available for PS5 console owners, and this time, it does a whole lot more than just improve system stability. While Version 26.02-13.00.00 is headlined by an enhanced ...

Sony has announced global price rises for its PlayStation 5 consoles from April 2, 2026, due to "continued pressures in the global economic landscape." In a blog post, the firm announced the base and ...

Facepalm: Sony has now confirmed a new round of PlayStation price increases, and this time the changes are global. Starting April 2, prices across the United States, Europe, the UK, Japan, and other ...

As promised, Sony is rolling out a new PS5 system software update for March 2026, which brings new features to the base console and PS5 Pro. Patch notes for firmware 26.02-13.00.00 have also been ...

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