Consider yourself lucky if you picked up a PlayStation 5 at launch or even just recently, because Sony has decided it is time for yet another price hike. In a recent blog post, Isabelle Tomatis, Vice President of Global Marketing at Sony Interactive Entertainment, confirmed that prices for the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal handheld will be going up, citing “continued pressures in the global economic landscape” and calling it “a necessary step to ensure we can continue delivering innovative, high-quality gaming experiences to players worldwide.”
If you have been holding off on a next-gen console, waiting for a better deal is not really working out this time. Sony and Microsoft have raised PS5 and Xbox Series prices more than once since launch in multiple regions, instead of cutting them over time, blaming either supply chain issues, rising costs, or shortages of components like RAM and storage. Now Sony has hiked PS5 and PS5 Pro prices once again, and this time the increase is hard to ignore.
PS5 Price Hike Hits Again: Here’s How Much More You’ll Pay Now
The latest PS5 price hike will take effect on April 2, 2026, as officially confirmed by Sony, bringing increases across the entire PlayStation 5 lineup, including the standard PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal. In the U.S., the PS5 will now set you back $649.99 for the disc model and $599.99 for the Digital Edition. On the Pro side of things, the PS5 Pro climbs to $899.99, while the PlayStation Portal will retail at $249.99.
This 2026 PS5 price hike is not just a U.S. thing, as the console maker is rolling out similar increases across major markets, including the UK, Europe, and Japan. In the UK, the PS5 now costs £569.99, with the PS5 Pro priced at £789.99.
Here’s a full breakdown of the updated PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, and PS5 Pro prices across regions starting April 2, according to Sony:
U.S.
PS5 – $649.99
PS5 Digital Edition – $599.99
PS5 Pro – $899.99
U.K.
PS5 – £569.99
PS5 Digital Edition – £519.99
PS5 Pro – £789.99
Europe
PS5 – €649.99
PS5 Digital Edition – €599.99
PS5 Pro – €899.99
Japan
PS5 – ¥97,980
PS5 Digital Edition – ¥89,980
PS5 Pro – ¥137,980
Additionally, the relatively new PlayStation Portal is not being left out either, with Sony confirming a pretty sizable price increase. Here’s how pricing now looks across regions:
U.S. – $249.99
U.K. – £219.99
Europe – €249.99
Japan – ¥39,980
Sony has pointed to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape” as the reason behind the move, a broad explanation that ties into wider industry conditions. “With continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we’ve made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player globally,” Tomatis said in the blog. “We know that price changes impact our community, and after careful evaluation, we found this was a necessary step to ensure we can continue delivering innovative, high-quality gaming experiences to players worldwide.”
That leaves us buyers in a slightly awkward spot. Prices have already gone up multiple times this generation, so waiting for things to get cheaper does not really work the way it used to. And with next-gen systems already starting to come up in conversation, it is harder to tell if you should wait or just pull the trigger.
