Hot off the heels of an increase to PlayStation Plus subscriptions, Sony has today advised it will yet again increase the price of the PS5.
Most notably, the PS5 Digital Edition has been hit with a $70 AUD — or 10% — price hike.
Both the PS5 with and without disc drives will face a price hike, though Sony has also detailed (for some reason) that the price of the PS5 disc drive peripheral will decrease. The price of the PS5 Pro has not changed.
All up, Australia will face the price hikes, as will New Zealand, and “select markets” in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Here’s what the PS5 will now cost Aussies:
- PS5 with disc drive: $829.95 AUD (was $799.95 AUD; 3.75% increase)
- PS5 without disc drive (Digital Edition): $749.95 AUD (was $679.95 AUD; 10.29% increase)
Maybe that 15% increase on the disc drive-less PS5 is why Sony’s throwing us a bone by reducing the price of a disc drive. It now costs $124.95 AUD as compared to $159.95 AUD (a decrease of 21.88%).
Sony has already raised the price of the PS5 in Australia; it last happened back in 2022.
Note: We erroneously reported the PS5 without disc drive cost $649.95 AUD previously before this price hike, when it actually was priced $679.95 AUD. This has been corrected in our story. We apologise for the error.
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