Sony Raises PlayStation 5 Prices By Up to $150 Citing Economic Pressures

Sony Group Corp. raised the prices of its PlayStation 5 video-game console lineup by as much as $150 on Friday, attributing the hike to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.”

In a blog post, the company shared new pricing that goes into effect April 2. The standard PlayStation 5 in the US will cost $650, the digital edition will be $600 and the most powerful model — the PlayStation 5 Pro — will climb to a staggering $900, up from its current $750. The base PS5 cost $500 when it was first released in late 2020. Costs go up in Europe, the UK and Japan, too.