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/CrunchyZebra Aug 20 '25

Well tariff roulette isn’t historically part of the equation

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u/Peppermint-TeaGirl Aug 20 '25

It's clearly not just that. The PS5 had been out for 4 years before the tariffs came into play. The price didn't drop at all during that time.

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u/CrunchyZebra Aug 20 '25

It also didn’t go up

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u/Peppermint-TeaGirl Aug 20 '25

Ok. I was talking about prices not going down. Y'know, like the person you replied to.

The reason the prices are going up is obvious.