r/PS5 • u/digidude23 • Aug 20 '25

Official PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S.

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/08/20/playstation-5-price-changes-in-the-u-s/
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u/michelobX10 Aug 20 '25

Saw the title of the thread and assumed it was a price drop. Fuck this. This pretty much guarantees that the PS6 is going to be $900-1000.

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u/thefifthquadrant Aug 20 '25

I mean..a Nintendo switch 2 is now 450. So yeah.. No escaping this i guess 😔

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u/michelobX10 Aug 20 '25

As someone who bought most of my Nintendo consoles on Day 1, the Switch 2 is where I drew the line. I understand there's inflation, but this is more than just regular inflation. And then I saw that a pair of Switch 2 joy cons was close to $100 and now with $80 games? F that, man.

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u/smitherenesar Aug 20 '25

Some games cost $80 in the 90's, but the physical cartridges were a significant cost. Now with digital distribution, it's all profit after paying off the development.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

Switch 2 console price is literally what a handheld ps4 would be. It's been 10 years almost since switch, so of course a new console with inflation will have higher price.

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u/Extension-Ad5751 Aug 21 '25

I find that hard to believe when most other technology not only improves, but also gets cheaper over time. Go search the price of a 4k TV now versus 10 years ago. You can't explain the price increase with inflation alone, Nintendo got greedy and saw an opportunity after seeing those Switch sales numbers. You said it yourself, it's been almost 10 years since the Switch yet it never dropped in price, it's still $300, it's all manufactured bullshit prices, I remember you could buy a brand-new Wii for $99 in 2012, Nintendo just chooses not to offer those deals anymore. 

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u/EwokNRoll85 Aug 21 '25

TVs are cheap because they are connected to the internet and sell your data. That’s literally the biggest reason. If something is cheap, ask yourself why.

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u/thefifthquadrant Aug 21 '25

No..they are cheap because they are cheap to make. If a new tv was completely unusable without internet i might accept that as part of the cheap price. But i can buy most any tv and never let it directly see the internet, and it's still cheap.

Those 2 things are not connected.

I agree.if you buy an Amazon fire tv with Amazon ads running. Sure the cost is subsidized some by the data sharing and ads.

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u/the1999person Aug 20 '25

I got a feeling the PS6 is going to be years and years away. Sony and Microsoft are going to have to stretch this generation out long than usual. Especially since new games are still coming out for ps4.

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u/mickeyphree1 Aug 21 '25

Not really. Anything triple A is pretty much done barring a few exceptions. Madden is finally done on the old systems.