[UPDATE] Sony Confirms PS5 and PS5 Pro Discounts During Days of Play 2025 Promo Event

UPDATE: Sony has confirmed discounts crossed the committee during its Days of Play 2025 promo event.

In a station connected the PlayStation Blog, Sony announced the instrumentality of Days of Play, which kicks disconnected connected May 28 and runs to June 11. Days of Play begins May 28 astatine 12:01 americium done June 11 astatine 11:59 p.m. section clip successful each region.

Deals connected PS5 console offerings include:

• In the United States and Canada, PlayStation 5 console – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Bundle (Digital and Standard) volition beryllium disposable starting astatine $399.99 USD / $509.99 CAD (Save up to $119.99 USD / $159.99 CAD compared to buying separately).
• In prime regions specified arsenic Europe and Asia, PlayStation 5 console (Digital and Standard) volition beryllium connected promotion, starting astatine €399.99 / £339.99 / ¥65,980.
• $50 USD disconnected PlayStation 5 Pro console

There volition besides beryllium offers for PS5 accessories and games, including:

• $50 USD disconnected PlayStation VR2 and PlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Mountain Bundle
• $30 USD disconnected Pulse Explore wireless earbuds
• $30 USD disconnected DualSense Edge wireless controller
• $20 USD disconnected Access controller
• $20 USD disconnected DualSense wireless controller
• Various discounts connected PS5 games including Astro Bot, MLB The Show 25, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and LEGO Horizon Adventures.

Meanwhile, players who articulation PlayStation Plus during this year’s Days of Play tin prevention up to 33% connected prime 12-month memberships. For players who are presently a PlayStation Plus Essential oregon Extra member, you tin prevention 33% connected the remainder of your rank erstwhile upgrading to PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe.

ORIGINAL STORY: Rumor has it Sony volition soon denote terms cuts to some its basal PS5 and PS5 Pro, but lone successful Europe. At slightest for now.

That's according to reliable leaker Billbil-kun, who has often — and correctly — fixed america a head's up connected PlayStation announcements up of clip connected galore anterior occasions. Billbil-kun believes May's Days of Play 2025 promotion volition beryllium accompanied by cuts to its hardware, including a hefty €100 discount connected the outgo of modular PS5 consoles, and €50 disconnected the PS5 Pro and PSVR2 headsets. It's besides thought DualSense controllers volition beryllium disposable for €54.99. The leaker besides speculates that Sony volition beryllium offering up its PlayStation Plus subscriptions with discounts of up to 30%.

As yet, however, there's nary quality connected immoderate discounts for U.S. gamers. This could either simply beryllium that the quality hasn't leaked Stateside yet, oregon due to the fact that of the on-going uncertainties astir the Trump administration's tariffs. In fact, earlier this month, it was speculated that Sony was considering terms rises successful the U.S. fixed tariffs volition person a 100 cardinal yen (approx. $685 million) interaction connected Sony, assuming the tariffs already announced remain. Tariffs interaction Sony due to the fact that of its dense engagement successful hardware manufacturing, which of people includes video crippled consoles specified arsenic the PS5.

While 2025's Days of Play has yet to beryllium formally announced, the leaker believes it'll each footwear disconnected this week, with an announcement of each offers and events scheduled for tomorrow, and the motorboat of the promotion itself connected Wednesday, May 28. There's besides reports of a fig of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 hardware bundles, which are besides rumored to beryllium announced aboriginal this week, but again, we've lone seen prices successful euro, not successful pounds oregon dollars, truthful we're unclear close present connected wherever they'll beryllium available.

Last month, Sony announced it was raising the recommended retail prices of PS5 consoles crossed Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The institution cited “a challenging economical environment, including precocious ostentation and fluctuating speech rates” arsenic the catalyst for the increase. It was followed by a akin terms bump for Microsoft's consoles astatine the opening of May.

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