{"id":399389,"date":"2026-04-27T05:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399389\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T05:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:01:15","slug":"ps5-prices-hiked-in-korea-ps5-pro-set-at-%e2%82%a91-298-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/399389\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 Prices Hiked in Korea; PS5 Pro Set at \u20a91.298 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1777262896538973.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" data-lightbox=\"article\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1777262896538973.jpeg\" style=\"vertical-align:baseline;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), which raised PS5 prices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and the U.K. on April 2, will also increase prices in Korea starting May 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\"> SIE announced the price hike for the Korean market on its official blog today (the 27th). Effective May 1, the price of the PS5 Disc Edition will rise to \u20a9948,000, the PS5 Digital Edition to \u20a9858,000, and the PS5 Pro to \u20a91,298,000. The PlayStation Portal remote player will also see its price increase to \u20a9378,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\"> The PS5 is the first console in PlayStation history to see repeated price increases within a single generation. Previously, it was considered standard for prices to drop after launch due to lower component costs and wider adoption. However, due to global component price hikes, geopolitical instability, and distribution issues, prices began to rise consecutively, starting in the U.S. and the EU. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">At launch, the PS5 was priced at \u20a9598,000 for the Digital Edition and \u20a9748,000 for the Disc Edition in Korea, while in North America, they were priced at $399 and $499, respectively. In North America, however, prices have been raised three times, with the Disc Edition reaching $649.99 (approximately \u20a9960,000) as of April 2. With Japan also raising prices to \u00a597,980 (approximately \u20a9900,000) on April 2, reports had suggested that a price hike in Korea was imminent. Those predictions have now become reality with the announcement of the May 1 price increase.<\/p>\n<p>                    This article was originally written in Korean and translated with the help of NC AI. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.<br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Read origin article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inven.co.kr\/webzine\/news\/?news=315872\">[Read Original]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), which raised PS5 prices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and the U.K. on April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67447,67446,67444,438,5620,67449,67448,342,111,43,139,69,67450,9510,9909,67451,763,28742,145,28104,8538,67445,46233],"class_list":{"0":"post-399389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-discussions","9":"tag-entertainments","10":"tag-esports","11":"tag-guides","12":"tag-interview","13":"tag-league-of-legends","14":"tag-lol","15":"tag-mobile","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-overwatch","21":"tag-pc","22":"tag-previews","23":"tag-ps4","24":"tag-reviews","25":"tag-strategies","26":"tag-technology","27":"tag-trailers","28":"tag-videos","29":"tag-walkthroughs","30":"tag-xbox-one"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}