Sony Hikes PS5 Prices Again: PS5 Pro Hits $900
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- Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices globally starting April 2, with the standard PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition increasing by $100 to $650 and $600 respectively
- PlayStation 5 Pro will see a $150 price hike to $900, the steepest increase in Sony's current console lineup, per The Verge and Sony's PlayStation Blog
- The PlayStation Portal remote player is also getting a price increase, extending the hike beyond consoles, per Sony's announcement
- This is the second PS5 price hike in less than a year, with coverage from Forbes, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, The Guardian, and dozens of other outlets treating it as a structural shift
- Canadian pricing hits hardest proportionally, with PS5 prices topping $1,099 in Canada according to iPhone in Canada and MobileSyrup
- Headlines from Yahoo Finance and the Economic Times attribute the increases to tariff pressure, memory shortages, and elevated demand ahead of GTA 6's launch
- Nintendo faces pressure to respond, per Nintendo Life's coverage, with the question of whether Nintendo will follow suit explicitly raised in the title
Why it matters: A second price hike in under 12 months signals that Sony is absorbing structural cost increases — tariffs, component shortages, or both — that aren't going away, and the $900 PS5 Pro is now priced like a gaming PC. With GTA 6's launch window approaching and Nintendo watching, this sets a higher floor for the entire console market.
