Earlier in the month, Sony Group issued Q3 FY2025 consolidated financial results. In a related earnings call, company leadership discussed the current impact of climbing computer memory costs. In particular, they anticipate new strategies that will ensure minimal price fluctuations affecting core PlayStation 5 hardware. According to an Inside Games Japan news article, the extremely popular home console has: "surpassed 92 million units in cumulative sales on a sell-in basis." Reportedly, Lin Tao—Sony Group's Chief Financial Officer (CFO)—mentioned a sufficient procurement of memory modules; enough to maintain stable PlayStation 5 pricing throughout 2026. Additionally, ongoing negotiations with suppliers will focus on plentiful numbers—hopefully leading to an uninterrupted flow of standard PS5 units, as well as the more capable Pro design.

Given present-day circumstances, even the largest players are very likely paying more for in demand components (memory and storage). During the recent call, Tao outlined a plan for offsetting some of these elevated costs: "given the stage of our console cycle, our hardware sales strategy can be adjusted flexibly, and we intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory costs on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the installed base to date and striving to further expand our software and network services revenue." Last year, Nintendo avoided hiking up Switch 2 MSRPs, during and after the hybrid system's launch period. In order to counteract " tariffgate ," company bigwigs decided to drive up first-party Switch 2 accessory pricing, and (oddly) original Switch model price tags.