In the midst of a pandemic and a global shortage situation, Sony has decided to increase the selling price of the Playstation 5. We explain everything to you.
[Mis à jour le 25 août 2022 à 10h16] The PS5 was released in November 2020, immediately becoming a commercial success both in the market and in the minds of gamers. In just under two years, consumers have snapped up Sony’s next-gen console, snapping up the scarce stocks available as quickly as possible in an endless waltz of drops. It must be said that the PS5 offered excellent performance for a relatively low price. Note the use of the imperfect here because, it’s the news of the day, Sony has decided to increase the selling price of its console. Indeed, you are not dreaming, the Japanese company has decided to reassess the price of the flagship of home consoles, while it is still extremely difficult for buyers to obtain one. We will explain everything to you.
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This is news that we learned early in the morning this Thursday, August 25, 2022, relayed by leading journalists on the web and later by many media. Sony has priced the decision to increase the selling price of the Playstation 5 in different regions of the world. However, this measure obviously concerns Europe and the United Kingdom, with an overall increase of 10% in the price of the console. Thus, we will now find the Digital version of the PS5 at €449.99 instead of €399.99, and the Standard version at €549.99 instead of €499.99. A justified increase in an article ps blog by “the current state of the economic market“, understand inflation.
This increase is effective immediately in the affected regions, namely the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China and Japan. Only spared, the United States. In the blog post announcing the price increase, Sony said: “The global economic environment is a challenge that many of you feel around the world. We can see high rates of inflation and hostile monetary curves, impacting the lives of consumers and creating great pressures on many industries. Based on these economic conditions, SIE has made the difficult decision to increase the selling price of the Playstation 5 in certain markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Canada..”
As for second-hand consoles, you will always have the opportunity to find Playstation 5s for resale. New or second-hand, Sony’s console has a real value well above its base price, and resellers have understood this. Although the Playstation 5 has seen its resale price drop by several hundred euros in recent months, it remains very high, despite some interesting offers on the Rakuten site. A purchase that remains reserved for the most motivated players and who wish to avoid the waltz of drops and purchases at full speed. Just keep in mind that the Playstation 5 Digital is €399 and the Standard is €499.
For 18 months buyers have been struggling to get a Playstation 5. The new game console is in high demand, and e-commerce sites feel it during the rare restocking and new stocks. Indeed, the crowd is great on the latter while some pages collapse completely in long queues. Speed is the key word of this new “sport” of which there are certain rules that can greatly benefit you. Indeed, each site has its own operation, and this slide contains a few tricks that can help you make your purchase as quickly as possible.
As you will have understood, the Playstation 5 is part of a generation of consoles released directly out of stock. Remember, when Sony’s last console was released, it was November 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic was reaching peak levels, paralyzing the economy around the world. Southeast Asia, the leading producer of semiconductor metals used in the manufacture of smart cards (ie processors and graphics processors for consoles and PCs) has been hard hit, slowing the production of consoles, graphics cards and even cars all over the world. A factor that is still felt today on the high-tech market, and particularly on that of the latest generation game consoles.
As for Playstations 5, and more generally graphics processors, the situation should not return to normal before 2024. A prediction made by Pat Gelsinger, the President and CEO of Intel, who affirms in an interview with CNBC that the production of microchips should return to its full potential by the end of 2023. A precise expertise but a bad omen for console and PC gamers who expected to be able to enjoy a stable situation by now the end of the year 2022.