Sony has just increased the price of its PlayStation 5. This is the first time the Japanese brand is hiking the price of the console since its launch back in 2020. The development is bad news for those planning to purchase the console. The revised pricing of the PlayStation 5 has been updated on Sony’s ShopAtSC website.
Sony had previously hiked the price of the PlayStation 5 in other markets. Hence, it was just a matter of time before the console became expensive in India as well. Notably, Sony’s competitor Microsoft also increased the prices of the Xbox Series X and S for the third time in the country along with some controllers and accessories. During the price hike of the PS5 in other markets excluding India, Sony cited high global inflation, currency fluctuations, and economic slowdown as the main reasons.
Sony has raised the prices of both the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition. Both have become expensive by Rs 4,000. The PS5 was available for Rs 49,990 and is now priced at Rs 54,990 which is a 10 percent increase above its original price. The Digital Edition costs Rs 44,990, up 12.5 percent from Rs 39,990. Fortunately, the prices of PS5 accessories like DualSense controller, Pulse 3D headphones, DualSense Charging Station, and HD camera remain the same.
The only difference between the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition is that the former comes with a 4K Blu-ray disk slot. Both consoles are powered by an octa-core AMD CPU paired with 16GB GDDR6 RAM and 1TB SSD.
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