Fall 2025 just got busier for PS5 players as a popular 2024 open world game has just been announced for consoles.

Gamers, brace yourselves: the PS5 just got pricier. After citing a “challenging economic environment,” Sony has increased PS5 prices to the following: PlayStation 5: $549.99 (up $50 from $499.99) PlayStation 5 Digital Edition: $499.

Both versions of the PS5 Slim and the upgraded PS5 Pro console will be $50 more at US retailers, but if you were about to give up the idea of ever getting the Sony console, there is a small bit of hope, as some retailers haven't yet made the change.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl will release for PS5 on November 20 this year, exactly a month after its initial release on PC and Xbox Series X|S. PS5 Pro players get to enjoy console-specific enhancements that improve visuals in various ways. Anyone interested can check out the new trailer below.

The titles I’ve tried so far are The Last of Us Part 2, Spider-Man Remastered, Spider-Man 2, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. My PC is able to place these games in a new light that I’ve never seen them in before, with The Last of Us looking so good that it overheated my GPU at one point, but the real star is the 21:9 1440p display.

We learned in July that Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl would come to PlayStation later this year. On Thursday, developer GSC Gameworld gave us a specific release date: November 20. That's exactly a year after its PC and Xbox launch.

California Governor Gavin Newsom blames the PS5 price hikes on President Donald Trump as tariff concerns affect the gaming market.

"As an aside, Nintendo also explored raising prices on Switch 2 when tariffs were temporarily at 10% for Vietnam. Now they're at 20%. This is definitely impacting margins for them. While they may not be willing to raise prices right now, I can see them reconsidering next year [2026]."