We have been with the company for a few years now. PS5 on the market, and it’s clear that we’ve never seen a rise in it price official of the console in such a sudden way, and it is true that the first months and even the first year had excessive prices due to the low stock that there was, it was not as such because of the official price. But this time it is the company itself that has increased the price of this console when the moment in which it should give way to its Pro version is practically approaching, although this could be related.
One of the biggest problems we can find with consoles is their lifespan, and while it is true that they often last quite a long time, with the arrival of new titles it is absolutely necessary to launch improved versions so that they are not left behind. When this is close to happening, the most common thing is that the price of the previous model goes down, although this time supposedly having the launch of the Pro version of this console relatively close, the price instead of going down has ended up going up, which makes us ask a series of questions.
A price increase for the PS5 at this point, what could have happened?
As we have previously mentioned, Sony’s current generation console has been with us for quite a few years now, and it was launched in 2020, so technically we are already halfway through the lifespan of a generation. At this time we know that the company is finalizing the details of the new version, the PS5 Pro, which will arrive with a series of improvements to face one of the most important launches of recent years with the best possible performance, GTA VI, one of the most anticipated titles for a long time.
In this case we could think that, taking into account that there is relatively little left for the new version to arrive, the prices of the PS5 Normally, prices should go down as we have seen on many occasions before. And while it is true that during the last few months there have been a large number of offers that allowed us to get this console for less than its original cost, the news we have learned about the price movement of the same is quite strange, since it has increased by about €90 in Japan.
This is not good news at all, as the company has indicated that the rise of price It has to do with the economic situation they are currently facing:
“The recent challenging external environment, including the current fluctuations in the global economic situation, and the impact this will have on our business.”
But as we have indicated, this does not imply anything good, since the launch of the PS5 Pro would be big enough for the company to manage to sell a large number of consoles again, that is, the arrival of this new version may have been delayed, which would imply that during the next few months Sony would be trying to recover the money they have “lost” with the offers and price drops that we have seen.