MST Financial Senior Analyst, David Gibson, has stated that Sony Interactive Entertainment may apply an increase of $100-200 to PS5 and PS5 Pro if they decide to follow Microsoft’s recent tariff adjustment for its Xbox hardware.
Xbox X hardware price increase of about US$100, probably means MSFT wearing some of the tariff cost. (China tariff is 145% but probably assumes it normalizes to 40% or so). Will Sony do the same and take a profit hit? Unlikely, PS5 price increase likely US$200+ in US in May.
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Microsoft announced yesterday that it is raising the price of Xbox Series consoles globally alongside various accessories, while first-party Xbox games as of Holiday 2025 will be priced at $79.99.
The PS5 launched in November 2020 during the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and has since been re-released as a slimmer model in both disc and digital variations. Furthermore, the PS5 Pro, a more powerful version of the base model, was released last year, allowing for improved frame rates and visual fidelity.
[Source – David Gibson on X via TwistedVoxel]