Was it really inevitable? I mean I understand the trade taxes affecting everyone but I find it too greedy of them (and Microsoft) only just recently boasting how strong and profitable their business is, and then when an extra cost occurs to them, they pass it on to their customers because they want to keep boasting how profitable they are to their investors. No, nope, never. Let them have a big drop in sales figures and then they’ll reconsider.

yeah, i cant remember a time when a just released console is cheaper than the same console 2-3 years later...

When i got my PS5 (which was a pain to find) i was able to sell my PS4 with a few old games for $300, im in Canada so the PS5 was over $600 but a PS4 that i bought at launch for $399 sold for $300... in 7-8 years of ownership and playing it a lot, i only lost $99 on the unit.. any other generation i would be lucky to get $100 for the last gen console.

i made the mistake of not holding onto my XBOX360.. i sold it during covid with a few games for $100.. today its actually worth more..

Gaming has never been cheap. Also, this increase isn't permanent. Don't think it'll come to that..

Honestly the early 2000s spoiled us with great games and cheap prices.
I remember saving to Buy Pokemon Coliseum 2 for 90 bucks when it came out on N64. Then everything went to no higher than $49.99
Sucks I doubt we'll ever see prices like that again.

its still cheaper than PC gaming... I switched from PC to console around 2008-2009.. an xbox360 was a better value than upgrading my PC.. I had a Radeon 9600XT (bought in 2003 for like $300) and it was struggling with newer games. by 2009 i needed a new CPU and GPU, for anything decent it would have been over $1200 so an xbox360 was the way to go. That was also a time before steam sales, Steam existed but it wasn't as close to what it is today and Epic Game Store didnt exist with free monthly games.

now a decent video card will set you back as much a whole console.

In the US we can blame the tariffs for you... you can blame your government for screwing up your currency driving up.the prices of game consoles even if not by as much as in the US.
What is Xbox's excuse? What was Nintendo's excuse? Both increased prices all over the planet for consoles even last gen consoles and their accessories plus services.

PS only increased prices on PS5 consoles in the EU and rest of the world while also reducing costs for accessories. In the US prices on all PS5 consoles increased by $50 with accessories staying the same price. Why didn't Xbox do the same and why was their least expensive price adjustment on Series consoles $80 with the most $130.
I can at least make an argument for Nintendo's Switch 2 pricing in the US, but not for the rest of the world.

It's kinda weird the downvotes these comments are getting, refuse to accept any criticism or accountability of their orange king.

Would be nice if they could eat the tariffs, but I think the big 3 are done subsidising big losses on hardware.

Those who are still following wont see shit until it hits them on their face. And even then I doubt most of them will place blame accordingly. They'll just deflect and blame someone else in his administration or "deep state" despite the fact his cronies are head of the state and has already purged the system.

Alot of us saw this shit coming with Project 2025, after his disastrous Court picks from the first term, all the Federal court judges and Supreme Justices, spoke up when he started going on about tariffs, knew that innocent people were just going to snatched up as criminal illegals, likely to violate rights of both citizens and non-citizens, when he talked about suspending the constitution on truth social, straight up lied about releasing Epstein information which he never was gonna do since his operation taught Epstein ways in being a sex trafficker. He was his best friend for along time.

What kills me the most is...Its not that I never thought fascism couldn't take over America, but a fascism THIS obvious AND stupid?
and people still defend the Orange Epstein?
Guy pardoned criminals who violently attacked cops and had pedo history in Jan 6, but administration's brag about charging a guy a Felony cause he threw a sandwich at a "Federal Officer". I see people online supporting Texas Republican Government as their force Texas state reps to sign for armed escorts or they wont be able to leave the state floor, all because republicans are so scared of the blowback next year from Trumps policies.
Cause yeah its bad now....wait until the tariffs actually hit full force instead hanging over our head the like sword of damocles, or when the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL goes to in effect after the midterms all while backing occupation of a foreign land and allowing the genocide to continue with our tax dollars.

It is partly Sony’s greed. Remember some months ago boasting of how profitable this generation is for them? Maybe they could absorb this 50$ increase with all this profit they are boasting but no. They care for their investors only.

Don’t get me wrong. Microsoft is doing exactly the same thing. I’m only saying this is not only because of the trade taxes. It’s corporate greed at its worst

They had to held out as long as they could to avoid getting eclipsed by the expected strong sales of the Nintendo Switch2. They even had temporary price cut in some markets and I think it worked well for them. Switch2 sales were very strong but PS5 was performing decent, even though much lower than last year. Now I expect a bigger drop in sales for PS5 and maybe Sony change their mind.

When are you expecting PS6 to launch?
I'm sure it's still more than 2 years away if not 4 years. PS might choose to make PS hardware in the US by that point. This is what happened in Brazil under the same economic pressures a decade ago.

Well if you think THAT can avoid the reach of MAGA you have another thing coming. Nvidia, AMD, and a slew of other companies that provide components have guess what??? Raised their prices! Woo hoo!

yeah because PC parts are cheaper? hahaha

They're doing this because it's obviously not cheaper to manufacture PS5 than it was 5 years ago. The almighty gamer-centric Valve also hasn't dropped the price of their Steam Deck after 3 years. I wonder why. It's actually not Trump's fault because well. Trump assumed office just 7 months and 2 days ago now. Yeah, it's only been 7 months.
For everyone who hates Trump, please explain why PS5 (and almost literally every other electronic) didn't drop in price over the prior 4 years when Trump wasn't the president of what is apparently this planet's only relevant nation?

That is what happened in Brazil with respect to PS and ridiculous tariffs. Does Xbox or Nintendo have a plant in Brazil?

I'm more surprised S1 has never gotten a price drop and it was released in 2017 , Metroid P4 or a price drop was what I was waiting for to finally get a switch and nether of those happened yet lol. There's no reason for manufacturers to take a loss anymore especially now they aren't all directly competing with each other . Once PS swept the console market basically for itself all bets were off where profits are concerned as demand has never dipped for the ps5 or S1

I hope this also impacts Nintendo, and I have a Switch 2 and PC. If this is any indication of what the future of gaming will be, (probably will) I'm done buying and taking what I can for free on PC, which I do now but not everything, that will change, on what the future holds, they will lose money not me.

This is literally the only time we can point to the Orange Man's tariffs. Every other company adjusted prices up by much more, way earlier, so much earlier that Trump wasn't even in office for another year when Nvidia and AMD partook in upward price adjustments.

So your ok with just murdering people gotcha ya.

Murder is murder regardless if you don't like the person or the person actions. You can't just go randomly shooting people this isn't a comic book or video games its real life. So if someone thought you cheated them or did something they didn't like should they be allowed to end you, no cause its murder.
You need help please get some.

Agreed.

I'm not so sure, I don't think most of our tech goes through the US. Perhaps if/when the American economy crashes, then we'll probably start noticing.

VAT.