PlayStation's Price Roulette: Sony Tests Charging Gamers Up to 18% More for the Same Games! - console
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Sony has been conducting large-scale A/B tests on dynamic pricing in the PlayStation Store since November 2025, randomly assigning users to see different prices for the same games across 68 regions.
The experiment, which started with 50 titles in 30 regions, now covers over 150 games—including Sony's own AAA hits like Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (€69.99 vs. €79.99, a 12.5% gap) and WWE 2K25 (up to 17.6% variance)—but excludes the US and Japan.
While "experimental" prices are lower for test groups to gauge demand elasticity, control group users pay full price, sparking fury over perceived discrimination.
Gamers on X and Reddit blast it as "anti-consumer profiteering" and "illegal," with calls for regulation. Sony has not commented on the tests or plans to roll out permanent dynamic pricing.
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Updated:11:06 PM CEST Jun,04
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