Amidst all the craze of Gamescom 2025, PlayStation has slipped in the news that the PS5 and PS5 Pro are going up in price in the US starting tomorrow, August 21, 2025, following price increases in Canada three years ago and in Europe and the UK and other regions in the world this past April.

Basically, the price of the consoles is going up $50 across the board.

Sony's chief financial officer, Lin Tao, confirmed this past May that the company was looking at a price increase in the US as part of Sony and PlayStation's response to US tariffs, and today that increase was revealed, though Sony doesn't come out and directly blame the increase on tariffs.

In a PlayStation Blog post, the vice president of global marketing at Sony, Isabelle Tomatis, writes that the increase is happening as a result of Sony's journey to "continue to navigate a challenging economic environment."

Pricing around official PlayStation accessories "remain unchanged" for now, and it seems like, at least for the near future, PlayStation fans around the globe don't have to worry about price increases in their regions, as Tomatis writes, "we have no other price changes to announce for additional markets."