Electronics Company, Sony, announced an increase by 50 dollars per console PlayStation 5 video games as of August 21, so American gamers They will have to pay from $ 550 to $ 750.
It Increase prices is related to the uncertainty environment US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
Sony’s financial director Lynn Tao said in May this Tariffs will affect the production of equipmentgames and semiconductors of the company that This can cause an increase in their products.
Although Increased they announced only to the US market, will affectIn April this year I have already done By 25% increase in prices internationally. The company emphasized that this series of measures will continue through the financial uncertainty environment.
Like many global companies, we continue to cross the difficult economic situation. So we made a difficult decision to increase the recommended PlayStation 5 sales price
Sony is mentioned in the cost of increasing costs
How will prices PlayStation 5?
This increase occurs after Companies such as Nintendo and Microsoft, also circle the increase In their prices on their switches and consoles Xbox. With this movement costs on the Sony console will remain as follows:
- Digital console This will cost $ 499.99
- PlayStation 5 Standard It is cited from $ 549.99
- Play Station 5 Pro Version It will be sold by $ 749.99
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US taxes unleashed an uncertainty for video game companies, For this reason, many presented the rise in their prices during this year
In May, Microsoft grew more than 20% of its Xbox consoles The justification of what it was for “market conditions” and “increase in cost”, on the other hand, Japanese company Nintendo launched its new Switch 2 console with a higher price than expectedand announced an increase of up to $ 10 the price of its accessories
This is an increase in industry This may be extended by the Trump’s commercial policyBecause companies will seek to reduce the losses caused by tariffs.
With information from Forbes and Bloomberg
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