Memory and storage shortages and price hikes have "steadily rippled outward across all kinds of consumer tech," reports Ars Technica. "Today's bad news comes from Sony, which is raising prices for PlayStation 5 consoles in the US just eight months after their last price hike." The drive-less Digital Edition will increase from $500 to $600; the base PS5 with an optical drive will increase from $550 to $650; and the PS5 Pro is going up from $750 to a whopping $900

It's been out on Steam since November and it hit consoles this week. It costs $8 on PS5 and Switch , and $7.59 on Xbox Series X/S

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced another round of price increases for its PlayStation hardware lineup, citing continued pressure from the global economic landscape. The adjustments will affect the PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal, and are set to take effect starting 2 April 2026

The changes will see the recommended retail price of the PS5 rise from 479.99 to 569.99 in the UK.

Sony has announced that it will be raising the price of its PlayStation 5 hardware again next month

Video game console prices usually go down over time, but in the world of tariffs and AI expansion, PlayStation prices are rising.

PlayStation 5 consoles are once again receiving price hikes due to the global economic crisis. The disc and digital editions of the base console are $100 more expensive now, while the PS5 Pro is up $150, now costing $900

Sony, like other console makers, is contending with surging memory chip prices which have forced the company to raise prices.

It was only last August that Sony raised PS5 console prices in the US, blaming a "challenging economic environment" at the time

Mat Smith The other big stories (and deals) this morning Ugh, Netflix is raising prices again Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez introduce a bill to pause US data center construction . OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video generation app Hades 2 is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 on April 14 Meta and YouTube lose social media addiction case TikTok and Snap settled ahead of the trial

After all, I'm always on the lookout for a great story. MLB The Show 26 is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch

For now, you can watch the trailer below for a preview. Take note that while the studio has teamed up with Xbox for these reveals, the game will also be available on Steam and the PS5

Supergiant Games has announced that its award-winning roguelike, Hades 2, will finally launch on PlayStation and Xbox next month

Perfect Garbage is the development studio behind the game, which previously made the narrative-driven cyberpunk title Love Shore . Grave Seasons is coming to just about every platform out there, including Xbox Series X/S, Steam, PS5 and the Switch

You play as the excellently named Robert Robertson, a recently out-of-work superhero whos talked into reluctantly taking a 9-5 desk job that involves him dispatching other heroes. Dispatch is an episodic game, which rolled out gradually on PS5 and PC last year but will presumably be available in its entirety straight away when the Xbox version arrives

If youve been (impatiently) waiting for Hades 2 to hit Xbox Series X/S and PS5 , theres some great news for you coming out of Thursdays Xbox Partner Preview showcase

Supermassive Games has revealed the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro features of its next major entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020

With cars like the Lucid Air already on the road, going 400 miles on a charge and costing less, Afeela 1 looked out of date well before it entered production. Back then, I said it was already shaping up to be a PS4 in a PS5 era , and a year later, the unveiling of a slightly taller SUV version didn't exactly shift the fates in the Afeela's favor

The 4K LED display supports Dolby Vision, Atmos and DTS:X, with refresh rates up to 120Hz. It also features four HDMI 2.1 ports, so you can hook up a Switch 2, a PS5 and an Xbox Series X all at the same time with a port to spare

Sony has confirmed that PlayStation will soon receive AMD's FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) Frame Generation technology

PS5 and PS5 Pro console architect Mark Cerny has revealed that Sonys updated PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) AI upscaling technology is faster than the original

Still, it only takes around four or five hours to beat, particularly if you don't care about hunting for secrets. Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is out now on Steam , PS5 , Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2

AMD has added Ray Regeneration 1.1 and FSR 4.1 upscaling to its RDNA 4 GPUs, bringing it to parity with Sony's PSSR 2 on the PS5 Pro

Apple has modified the design of newer iPhones to make it easier for consumers to swap out the battery. It's long been rumored that Sony will update its DualSense PS5 controllers for the same reason

Kena: Bridge of Spirits won Best Independent Game and Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2021. It's already available for PS5 / PS4 , PC ( Steam and Epic ) and Xbox Series X/S and One

Poncle could be about to ruin the planets productivity all over again now that Vampire Crawlers has a release date for PC and consoles. The dungeon-crawling roguelike deckbuilder which is a Vampire Survivors spinoff is coming to Steam, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and Nintendo Switch on April 21

A new trailer has been released for Housemarque's upcoming action game, Saros, highlighting its PS5-exclusive features

Double Fine is following up on Keeper one of our favorite games of 2025 with Kiln , a multiplayer online pottery party brawler

PARIS, March 18 Microsoft subsidiary Bethesda said yesterday hit space exploration game Starfield will appe...

Starfield is officially coming to PS5 , with a launch date set for April 7

The PlayStation 5 trophy list for Crimson Desert has leaked ahead of the game's launch, but the achievements don't appear to give anything away

Starfield is coming to PS5, and it's launching alongside a new DLC and free update

Those who pick up a Portal but dont already have a PlayStation account will be able to create one and then sign in on the handheld by scanning a QR code on their mobile device. Such folks will still need to have access to a PS5 or sign up for PS Plus Premium to actually get any use out of the Portal, of course

CD Projekt Red has announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will soon receive Sony's updated PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaling technology on PS5 Pro

Sony has released a new PlayStation 5 software patch that introduces support for its upgraded version of PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaling technology across a wide range of games

Earlier in the month, you may have seen PlayStation Asia marketing a PC-Ready DualSense controller. This is now available for purchase in the local market, though to be fair, this is basically the same basic DualSense that you’ve known, and probably love, since the PS5 was first launched

Sonyannounced today that the PSSR update for the PS5 Pro is now available

It uses an AI library for a pixel-by-pixel analysis to display a game with better visuals even while running at a lower resolution. Today's update revamped the algorithm and neural networked in use, which in practice means that "image reconstruction is more precise, motion stability is improved, and developers have greater flexibility to balance performance and fidelity on PS5 Pro," according to the latest blog post from the company

There are a whole bunch of upgrades and bullet modifiers to play around with here, including a slow-motion system you can activate at almost any time. Hyperwired is slated to hit Steam , PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch this summer

Crimson Desert launches next week for PC and consoles, and the first proper look at PlayStation 5 Pro footage has finally been revealed

Microsoft's Project Helix consoles will head to game studios in 2027 Xbox wants a do-over. In a bid to distract from corporate reshuffles, fears of generative AI game slop and a pretty poor showing against the PS5, Microsoft is getting ahead of its rival

In a blog post , the company said that "the majority of Steam titles play great at 4K 60FPS" using AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) frame generation and upscaling technology, but some titles require more upscaling than others, and it "may be preferable to play at a lower framerate with [variable refresh rate] to maintain a 1080p internal resolution." In a hands-on preview of the Steam Machine, Digital Foundry expressed concern with what Valve's claims and the device's stated specs could mean for future performance. "The decision to opt for 8GB of GDDR6 memory has been proven to be a limiting factor on many modern mainstream triple-A games and falls short of the maximum VRAM pools and memory bandwidth available on both Xbox Series X and base PS5," Digital Foundry writes

While they might not top last month's introduction of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 , Extra and Premium subscribers are still getting access to some notable games. In March, the new additions include Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (PS5) , one of Engadget's picks for the Best Games of 2024 , and Persona 5 Royal (PS5 and PS4)

Pearl Abyss has finally revealed the PC and console specifications for Crimson Desert ahead of the game's launch this month

Researchers discovered DarkCloud, a $30 infostealer written in Visual Basic that harvests credentials from browsers, email clients, and enterprise applications

Both games looked and played great, with highly detailed environments and pretty quick action that didnt slow the iPad Air down in the least. I could tell the graphics arent as sharp as on my PS5, but both games were impressive considering theyre running on extremely portable hardware with no fans

If Sony's allegedly going to take away the ability to play its PlayStation exclusives on PC, you can rebel by converting the PS5 into a straight-up PC

A software engineer gets access to 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuum cleaners while tinkering with an idea to use a gamepad to control his robotic hoover

Gonna listen to Black Sheep a bunch in the meantime. Scott Pilgrim EX is out now on Steam , Nintendo Switch , Switch 2 , Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S PS4 and PS5 for $29

Pearl Abyss has confirmed that its upcoming open-world action game Crimson Desert will use Sony's updated PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) AI upscaling tech on PS5 Pro

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Crimson Desert could be a game-of-the-year contender but making fans wait more than six years for a PS5 trailer feels weird

One of the big surprises to come out of Sonys recent State of Play showcase was the announcement of a sequel to 2021s Kena Bridge of Spirits , the impressive debut from indie studio Ember Lab. If you missed the first game and want to catch up before its successor launches on PC and PS5 later this year, its coming to Switch 2 this spring

According toBloomberg, Sony has reportedly scrapped plans to bring Saros and Ghost of Yotei to PC

Sony is reportedly stepping away from offering PC ports of its games

Sony is pulling a U-turn on its multi-platform strategy, with Bloomberg s Jason Schreier reporting that first-party PS5 games soon to become exclusive once again, at the expense of PC players

oo is available now on Switch for $11 . Its coming to PS5 on March 11 and Xbox Series X/S later this month

A new leak suggests Bethesda's Starfield may finally have a PlayStation 5 release date following long-running rumors

Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony's first-party AAA games being available on PC

This game from Weappy Studio is shaping up to be quite something. I can't wait to play the full thing when The Eternal Life of Goldman hits PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, hopefully later this year

After suggesting a version of AMD's FSR 4 could be ported to the PS5 Pro last year, it looks like Sony is finally rolling out an update with the upscaling tech in March

Resident Evil Requiem is the first game to use the PS5 Pro's updated PSSR upscaler tech, Sony has confirmed