{"id":32967,"date":"2026-04-28T06:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=32967"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:13:04","slug":"sony-raises-ps5-prices-in-more-countries-amid-continuing-global-economic-strains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=32967","title":{"rendered":"Sony Raises PS5 Prices in More Countries Amid Continuing Global Economic Strains"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sony has recently revealed considerable price hikes for the PlayStation consoles across several East Asian nations. This move follows similar adjustments enacted just a month ago in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Japan, with the company citing persistent global economic factors as the reason for the changes.<\/p>\n

In South Korea, there has been a notable price increase, with the disc drive PS5 now costing \u20a9948,000 (around $644), the PS5 Digital Edition at \u20a9858,000 ($583), and the PS5 Pro priced at \u20a91,298,000 ($882). The PlayStation Portal will also see a rise to \u20a9378,000 ($250), representing an overall price increase of 43% from the initial launch price of the all-digital PS5 in the nation.<\/p>\n

The following details the complete list of price adjustments in other East Asian markets, effective from May 1:<\/p>\n

**Singapore:**
\n– PS5: SGD 849
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: SGD 764
\n– PS5 Pro: SGD 1,167<\/p>\n

**Malaysia:**
\n– PS5: MYR 2,799
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: MYR 2,499
\n– PS5 Pro: MYR 3,999<\/p>\n

**Thailand:**
\n– PS5: THB 20,990
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: THB 18,790
\n– PS5 Pro: THB 30,990<\/p>\n

**Indonesia:**
\n– PS5: IDR 11,399,000
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: IDR 9,999,000<\/p>\n

**Philippines:**
\n– PS5: PHP 40,032<\/p>\n

**Vietnam:**
\n– PS5: VND 16,900,000<\/p>\n

These price changes highlight the effect of challenges such as a RAM shortage and escalating costs of various gaming components. As Sony maintains a leading role in the premium gaming console sector, there is speculation regarding their future product direction, including possible development of the PS6 with hopes of a more budget-friendly price point. Nevertheless, market dynamics indicate that developing cheaper yet more advanced technology may be challenging, considering the current economic climate and ongoing trends concerning console pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Sony has recently revealed considerable price hikes for the PlayStation consoles across several East Asian nations. This move follows similar adjustments enacted just a month ago in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Japan, with the company citing persistent global economic factors as the reason for the changes.<\/p>\n

In South Korea, there has been a notable price increase, with the disc drive PS5 now costing \u20a9948,000 (around $644), the PS5 Digital Edition at \u20a9858,000 ($583), and the PS5 Pro priced at \u20a91,298,000 ($882). The PlayStation Portal will also see a rise to \u20a9378,000 ($250), representing an overall price increase of 43% from the initial launch price of the all-digital PS5 in the nation.<\/p>\n

The following details the complete list of price adjustments in other East Asian markets, effective from May 1:<\/p>\n

**Singapore:**
\n– PS5: SGD 849
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: SGD 764
\n– PS5 Pro: SGD 1,167<\/p>\n

**Malaysia:**
\n– PS5: MYR 2,799
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: MYR 2,499
\n– PS5 Pro: MYR 3,999<\/p>\n

**Thailand:**
\n– PS5: THB 20,990
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: THB 18,790
\n– PS5 Pro: THB 30,990<\/p>\n

**Indonesia:**
\n– PS5: IDR 11,399,000
\n– PS5 Digital Edition: IDR 9,999,000<\/p>\n

**Philippines:**
\n– PS5: PHP 40,032<\/p>\n

**Vietnam:**
\n– PS5: VND 16,900,000<\/p>\n

These price changes highlight the effect of challenges such as a RAM shortage and escalating costs of various gaming components. As Sony maintains a leading role in the premium gaming console sector, there is speculation regarding their future product direction, including possible development of the PS6 with hopes of a more budget-friendly price point. Nevertheless, market dynamics indicate that developing cheaper yet more advanced technology may be challenging, considering the current economic climate and ongoing trends concerning console pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}