PS5 price jumps £40 as Sony cites ‘challenging’ market conditions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce82391x2kyo

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  2. there are no ‘challenging conditions for sony in the uk. they just want the whole world to suffer because of the orange turd in the whitehouse.

  3. Sony uses USA tariffs as an excuse to increase prices everywhere except the USA… pathetic Sony, pathetic

  4. I just sold my ps5, I hadn’t touched it for about 6 months, I played the games I wanted to play then it ended up just collecting dust

  8. I guess with Xbox being an American company they can run the risk of trying something shitty like this without worries Xbox could just lower their price and come out looking like good guys.

  9. Absolute madness. Any physical mass produced item becomes *cheaper* to produce as more units are made, because the costs of R&D and tooling are covered after x amount of sales, so the only ongoing costs are materials (which are purchased on fixed-price contracts years ahead of time) and staff (who almost certainly haven’t just got a massive raise).

    They’re just charging what they can get away with. Ridiculous.

    I don’t think we’re subsidising the US either – we’re subsiding Japan. “Gouge the west to prop up our stagnant economy” seems to be popular amongst japan’s businesses recently.

  11. COVID price increase, then “Inflation” price increase, now orange dude price increase, all these corporations are always will find a way to make more and more money. Your console is 6! years old, there is no scenario in which in should become more expensive after 6 years when all the tech that is inside it are getting cheaper lol

  12. Simples… don’t buy it or the next console. Show them you’re not willing to stand for this type of shit.

  13. I’ve still got a PS4 with absolutely no incentive to buy a PS5, so really don’t care.

  14. I doubt this £40 will be passed on except if you buy from Sony directly or other retailers who only sell at RRP. Amazon are selling this still for £344.

  15. Greed is a challenging market condition, “Who knew..”

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