It is no secret that new game releases are increasing in price at a rapid rate. This has been seen more frequently since the release of current-gen consoles such as thePlayStation 5andXboxSeries X/S and it shows no signs of slowing down.
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The issue has been prevalent for many years and when it was brought to the attention PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan back in2020, he felt the price increases were justified due to us spending more time on the latest video game than any other form of media.
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Now four years on and it seemsSony’soutlook hasn’t changed with onePlayStationowner from Turkey reporting that there had been another price increase.
“PlayStation just updated their prices in Turkey and games now cost $85”, theypostedon Twitter.
“This is in a country with a $400 median salary, what the actual hell? Gaming onPCis much cheaper in comparison, I literally cannot afford games on PS5 anymore due to this. These prices have to be illegal.”
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“You would think that company that make billions of profit would want to satisfy their base and the less-lucky people that lives in country where the exchange rate is bad, but no, they double down cause they’re scared people are gonna “abuse” this, good on you for speaking about it,” one reply read.
It remains to be seen if Sony will address this decision but for now, it isn’t looking good for the future of its consoles.
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Topics:PlayStation,PlayStation 5,Sony
