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Expect The Biggest PlayStation 5 Games to Cost You $70

Two launch titles for the PlayStation 5, the Demon’s Souls remake and Destruction All Stars will arrive for $69.99. If you live in Europe, expect to pay even more.

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Uh oh. Get ready for $70 video games. 

On Wednesday, Sony finally released pricing details for the PlayStation 5, which is going to arrive for $499 — or what many gamers anticipated the console would cost. 

The bad news is that Sony plans on charging between $49.99 to as much as $69.99 for PS5 games developed by the company’s first-party studios. The high price will arrive on day one when the PS5 goes on sale on Nov. 12. Two launch titles, the Demon’s Souls remake and Destruction All Stars, are going to cost $69.99.

The pricing gets insane for European customers, who’ll have to pay €79.99 or $94.54 to own either game.  

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Sony didn’t explain the price hike, but don’t be surprised if other game studios release their titles for $70. The newest games generally get priced at $49.99 or $59.99, which has been customary in the industry for the past three decades. When you take inflation into account, that's pretty remarkable.

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But in August, Take-Two Interactive’s CEO said it was time to increase the prices to help pay for game development costs. “There hasn’t been a price increase for frontline titles for a really long time, despite the fact that it costs a great deal more to make those titles,” Take-Two’s CEO told Gamesindustry.biz. As a result, the upcoming game NBA 2K21 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X will cost players $69.99. 

The $70 price tag couldn't come at worst time when many US consumers are still reeling from the economic toll of COVID-19. The good news is that not every game developer plans on charging $70. Ubisoft, another major game studio, says it’s sticking with the $60 price for new PS5 and Xbox Series X games at least for this holiday season. 

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I've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in San Francisco, but previously spent over five years in China, covering the country's technology sector.

Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

I also cover the PC graphics card market. Pandemic-era shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000. I'm now following how the AI-driven memory shortage is impacting the entire consumer electronics market. I'm always eager to learn more, so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tips.

The Best Tech I've Had:

  • My first video game console: a Nintendo Famicom
  • I loved my Sega Saturn despite PlayStation's popularity.
  • The iPod Video I received as a gift in college
  • Xbox 360 FTW
  • The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone I was proud to own.
  • The PC desktop I built in 2013, which still works to this day.

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