PlayStation and Switch, because the duties increase prices: for Sony increases by 11% in Europe, Nintendo blocks deliveries

In Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the PlayStation 5 will increase in price with immediate effect, both in its version with the disk and the digital one. Sony announced it, explaining that it is an initiative made necessary by a « Difficult economic context », between inflationunstable exchange rates and new global commercial scenario. The fact determined, in fact, is The effect of the duties that the United States imposed on China, where the Japanese parent company produces most of the consoles.

Upgrades of Sony up to 30%

According to the estimates of Bloombergthe increase percentages touch 11% but in some cases they can rise up to 30%. In the United States, no adaptation has not yet been made official but it is feared that the increases reach 25%, with the risk of consulting the other big names in the sector, which – to keep the level of competition high – could decide to adopt a strategy aligned with that of Sony. For example, Nintendo has frozen the pre -orders of Switch 2 to take time and try to understand the real impact of the new commercial measures, providing for a release date scheduled for June 5 at the price of 449.99 dollars.

PS5 prices

We see What are real prices from 14 April 2025. The PlayStation 5 Digital Edition in the European Union comes to cost 499.99 euros (+11%). In the United Kingdom 429.99 pounds (+10%). Nothing official still regarding the United States but it is only a matter of time before Prices begin to rise, especially on the consoles produced in China.

Also the realization of Nintendo Switch And mostly concentrated in Beijing, Struck by the rates of Donald Trump overall for 145%. It is likely that manufacturers of other similar devices follow the decision of the Japanese company.