PlayStation 5 price hike: hurry and buy before April 2
Sony is raising prices again. The second time in less than a year. The official reason: the company is facing challenges from the global economy and wants to "continue delivering innovative gaming experiences." The price hike takes effect on April 2, 2026.
28.03.2026
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💰 Prices Before and After April 2
🛒 Buy at current prices here
🎮 What the PS5 Can Do and How the Pro Differs
Eight-core AMD processor on Zen 2 architecture clocked at 3.5 GHz, a graphics card delivering 10.28 teraflops, 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. The 825 GB SSD runs at 5.5 GB/s — many times faster than hard drives of the previous generation. Supports 4K, HDR, frame rates up to 120 frames per second, ray tracing and Tempest 3D surround sound.
Pro Version received a video chip 45% more powerful, a 2 TB SSD and a Wi-Fi 7 module. Key technology — PSSR upscaler powered by neural networks: boosts image sharpness without heavy load on the hardware.
All PS4 games run on PS5 without restrictions. There is no region lock — a disc bought in the USA will launch on a Russian console with no extra steps.
🔮 2026 Games
📖 PlayStation Adventures
This console has had more adventures than many of its players. When Sony released the fifth generation of PlayStation in 2020, the hype was unprecedented. The crisis hit semiconductor production — and Sony joined the queue for chips alongside carmakers, smartphone makers and server manufacturers. The console could not be bought in a regular store. Scalpers built entire businesses: bots scooped up batches in seconds and resold them for 3–5 times the price.
Those unwilling to pay the markup found themselves in the saying “promises take three years” — only in the second half of 2023 did supplies return to normal.
Since then Sony has sold 92.2 million consoles. 132 million people log into PlayStation Network every month. There is no shortage, sales are steady — and now the company is steadily raising the price tag.
Buy now — it won’t get cheaper
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