Sony Group Corp. raised the price of its PlayStation 5 console by around 25% in Europe and in the UK ahead of a likely US increase.
The company announced the decision on its PlayStation blog, with Australia and New Zealand also affected, citing inflation and “a backdrop of a challenging economic environment.” The PS5 will cost €500 in Europe and £430 in the UK from Monday.
It’s called an excuse, same as we had with covid, supply chain issues, Ukraine war, energy prices, erc. Capitalist greed is limitless, they will use any excuse possible
Didn’t stop them when the EU prices were the higher ones due to taxes.
The headline here is confusing and not covering all the changes. Some prices are staying the same and some are actually going down. There’s something else going on here and I don’t get it.
Yeah WTF? Obviously the rest of the world needs to suffer for the cost increase in the US…
Maybe now is the time to preorder a Switch 2 before Nintendo change their worldwide pricing. It’s cheaper than $450 USD here in Australia right now.
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What the fuck does Europe have to do a console from a Japanese company that is made in China and US tariffs?
It’s called an excuse, same as we had with covid, supply chain issues, Ukraine war, energy prices, erc. Capitalist greed is limitless, they will use any excuse possible
If I had to guess, it’s probably to keep pricing parity across regions and avoid a clusterfuck of import loopholes.
Didn’t stop them when the EU prices were the higher ones due to taxes.
The headline here is confusing and not covering all the changes. Some prices are staying the same and some are actually going down. There’s something else going on here and I don’t get it.
Or just money, as they already have the ability to region price and region check software?
Yeah WTF? Obviously the rest of the world needs to suffer for the cost increase in the US… Maybe now is the time to preorder a Switch 2 before Nintendo change their worldwide pricing. It’s cheaper than $450 USD here in Australia right now.