We have been with the PS5 on the market, and it is clear that we have never seen such a climb inside price official console in this sudden way, and although it is true that the first months and even the first year had excessive prices due to the little stock that there was, it was not as such because of the official price. But this time it was the company itself that increased the price of this console when the moment in which it should give way to its Pro version is practically approaching, although it could be related.
One of the big problems that can be found in consoles is their useful life, 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 about to happen, the most common is that the price of the previous model drops, although this time supposedly with the launch of the Pro version of this console relatively close, the price instead of dropping has ended up increasing , which leads us to ask ourselves a series of questions.
A price increase for the PS5 at this point, what could have happened?
As we mentioned before, the Sony console of this generation has been with us for a few years now and it was launched in 2020, so technically we are already halfway through the useful life of a generation. At the moment we know that the company is finalizing the details of the new version, the PS5 Pro that 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 in a long time.
In this case, one might think that, given that there is relatively little left for the new version to arrive, the price of the PS5 Normally they should go down as we have seen on several occasions. And while it is true that in recent months there have been a large number of offers that have allowed you to get this console at a lower price than it initially cost, the news we have learned about the evolution of its price is quite strange, since it has increased by around $ 90 in Japan.
This is not good news at all, since the company has indicated that the climb of price It has to do with the economic situation they are currently facing:
“The recent challenging external environment, including 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 important enough for the company to be able to sell a large number of consoles again, that is, the arrival of this new version. have been delayed, which would imply that in the coming months Sony would try to recover the money it has “lost” with the offers and price drops that we have seen.
