Expect to pay more for a new PS5

It's only a week since our minds were boggled by the fact that the new Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be more expensive than a PlayStation 5—but Sony has quickly put those issues to bed by hiking the price of its own console before Nintendo's is even out.

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Sony has not said that US President Donald Trump's bizarre tariff-based trade war has anything to do with the rises, saying that they're down to "a challenging economic environment". No kidding.