The console’s price will rise by £30 in the UK and €50 in Europe, to £480/€550, or £390/€450 for the console’s disc-less digital version.
Sony has increased the PlayStation 5 price, effective immediately, in most markets around the world.
Today’s price rise is an unprecedented move from the industry’s biggest console manufacturers, though Sony’s decision does follow a similar increase by Meta for its virtual reality Quest 2 headset.
“[But] the high pent up demand for Sony’s device means that this price increase of around 10 percent across most markets will have minimal impact on sales of the console.