Sony PlayStation PS5 Pro now costs $900 after the April 2026 hikes. The PS5 family has done something consoles usually do not do: it has become more expensive over time, and buyers of the PS5 Pro are feeling the sharpest jump.
The disc-based PlayStation 5 launched at an MSRP of $499 in 2020. The Digital Edition debuted at $399 in 2020, while the PS5 Pro started at $700 in 2024 before climbing to $900 in April 2026.
Sony and the PS5 price climb
Sony raised PS5 prices by another $100 in April 2026. The current MSRP is $650 for the disc model and $600 for the Digital model after those hikes, which means shoppers now pay more for the same hardware tier than they did at launch.
The PS5 has been the first Sony console to go up in price over time instead of becoming more affordable. That breaks the usual late-generation pattern and leaves buyers comparing 2026 shelf prices not just with launch pricing, but with inflation-adjusted launch pricing too.
PS5 Slim redesign in 2023
Sony refreshed the PS5 with a Slim redesign in 2023. The PS5 Slim raised the Digital Edition's starting price to $449 and kept the Disc version at $500, even though the Slim Digital later came back to 825GB of storage in late 2025 after the PS5 Slim had increased onboard storage from 825GB on the launch PS5 to 1TB.
That redesign did not improve performance, yet Sony still raised the console's price. Buyers got a smaller shell and different storage choices, not a faster machine, and the later storage rollback shows the hardware changes were not a straight upgrade path.
Memory shortages and PS5 Pro
The price increases are tied to an industry-wide NAND and RAM shortage, and the current AI boom is a major factor behind the memory supply crunch. Data center companies have secured contracts for enormous amounts of high-performance memory, while only a few specialized factories can produce cutting-edge DRAM and NAND.
For shoppers, the practical takeaway is simple: the PS5 Pro is no longer a premium version that just sits above the rest of the lineup, because Sony has kept lifting the whole PS5 family instead of cutting it. The next unknown is pricing after April 2026, since the source does not give a further change.
