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Thats not old ingaming consoleterms, but its not young either; were arguably right on the mid-generation point.
But through the past quartet of years, weve not seen the PS5 drop in standard retail price.
In fact, quite the opposite.
But that was back in 2016, and times were rather different.
So no price cut was on the cards during those dark years.
Heck, inJapan the PS5 has seenthreeprice rises since 2020.
And I dont think that sting is going away.
Thepricing of the PS5 Prois evidence of that.
Its open to debate but Sony is asking a lot for a machine thats not a next-gen console.
Equally, Sony arguably doesnt need to, as theres still a healthy appetite for the PS5.
So is it all doom and gloom for people after a discount PS5?
Well, not quite.
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Equally, Ive seen the PS5 occasionally get a $50/50 discount.