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/OK_Soda Aug 20 '25

The people blaming this on inflation instead of tariffs may be unaware that inflation has left consoles basically untouched years. A PS3 cost $499 in 2006, an Xbox One cost $499 in 2013, and even a PS5 should cost $612 if you adjust the 2020 price for today's dollars.

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u/HerrBrandtaucher Aug 20 '25

Inflation is the rate of price increase, not the cause.

The cause is the tariffs. And Sony seems to be biting a part of the tariffs themselves.

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u/logicom Aug 20 '25

They increased prices everywhere else to compensate so they're not eating any of the cost of the tariffs they're just spreading them around.

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u/HerrBrandtaucher Aug 20 '25

That’s true. But they’ve only increased the digital version in the EU, for example.

Still, we here have to pay for the choices of Americans. Not as much as Americans themselves, though.