Sony is breaking itself with an impact of 80 680 million effects from US prices, and to compensate for these potential losses, the increasing cost maker can pay for its customers. During the company’s revenue call, Sony CFO Lin Tao told investors that its hardware is being considered for hike in prices, though the PS5 console was not specifically mentioned.
CEO Heroki Tutoki mentioned that some PS5 console manufacturing can be transferred to the United States-most of its consoles are manufactured in China and 30 % of the taxes are now subject to it-because it will be a “effective strategy” so that the US President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be avoided.
“This hardware can be developed locally,” Totuki said during the income call Through a translator. “I think this will be an effective strategy. PS5s is being developed in many areas. Whether it is prepared in the United States or not, it needs to be considered.”
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So far, the United States has survived the PS5 prices, which has targeted other markets around the world. Recently, Sony has increased the digital and standard edition of PS5 consoles in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand due to the combination of factors such as inflation, exchange rates, and economic trends. The price of the more expensive PS5 Pro was not increased, while the price of the PS5 disk drive was reduced. Although some electronics have been exempted from high taxes imposed on China, there are currently game consoles.
Sony’s competition has also been forced to increase its prices, as Nintendo Switch 2 games will be retailed at $ 80, and Microsoft has recently announced several prices for Xbox Hardware and First Party Games.
For her entire financial year, Sony reported a 43 % increase in operating income for her Games and Network Services Division, which reached an impressive 8 2.8 billion profit. Overall, 18.5 million PS5 consoles were sold-compared to the decline when the sales of software increased by 14 % to $ 17 billion in the fiscal year of 2024.
