Sony mulls PS5 price increase as well as building consoles in the U.S.

Like most international companies, Sony confirmed that it’s currently looking into potential responses to the United States’ tariff policies.

At the corporation’s latest earnings presentation, CFO Lin Tao raised the possibility of increasing product prices to deal with the financial impact of tariffs, which could include the PS5. Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki stated that the company is considering the option of manufacturing PS5 consoles in the U.S. in the future. No decisions appear to have been made either way just yet.

Nintendo’s Shuntaro Furukawa similarly kept potential Switch 2 price increases on the table, while Microsoft already pulled the trigger and raised the prices of Xbox hardware.

Sony shipped another 2.8 million PS5 consoles over the past quarter, bringing the total up to 77.7m. That quarterly number represents a big minus of 1.7m units sold year-on-year. 5.9m first-party games were sold in the same quarter, down by 6.4m compared to the year before. The share of digital sales keeps on growing with 80% of all PS4 and PS5 software sold now being digital products.

Sony’s movie division, meanwhile, had some video game-related news as well. In addition to its The Legend of Zelda movie, which is set to release on March 26, 2027, a new Resident Evil film has been scheduled for September 18, 2026.

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