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PlayStation console pricing trend reversal and current price pressure

April 3, 2026IGN, Kotaku

IGN and Kotaku frame PlayStation's current era as a break from historical price drops, with commentary that PS5 pricing is unusually exclusionary compared to prior generations.

PlayStation has dropped console prices over time with every generation, until now. Here's a look at how each gen changed price over 6 years.
The PS5 is pricing people out in a way no other PlayStation console ever has
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