Sony is currently considering offsetting the high RAM prices by charging PS5 players more, instead of making the hardware more expensive.
The rising prices for RAM and storage are affecting gaming consoles as well. Lin Tao, Chief Financial Officer at Sony, has now spoken out. In the earnings call for the last quarterly report (PDF file) in early February 2026, she explained how they plan to deal with the high prices. This was reported by the English-language magazine Pushsquare.com.
To offset the rising prices, they are mainly focusing on current PS5 players, whom they plan to charge more in the future. The price of the consoles themselves is not expected to be tampered with for now.
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What exactly are they planning? According to Tao, the company plans to offset the rising costs through the “monetization of the installed base.” This means that they do not intend to make the consoles more expensive, but instead want to place a heavier burden on existing customers. Exactly how this will be done was not explained by Tao, but she mentioned rising software and network revenues.
We can therefore assume that sooner or later there could be substantial price increases for PS Plus or that Sony will raise the fees/prices for its games. Whether many players will go along with this in the long run is another question.
Players have shown little enthusiasm for such price increases in the past. For instance, the price of the Game Pass was also increased a few months ago which led to angry reactions from subscribers and numerous cancellations from disappointed users.
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