PS5 DualSense controllers get a price hike

It looks like Sony has increased the price of its PS5 DualSense controllers by $5 USD in the US and several other regions of the globe. The PlayStation Direct Store as well as retailers like Best Buy, Target, and GameStop have all updated their online shops accordingly, listing the controller with prices between $74.99 USD and $79.99 USD, depending on which color variation you want. Sony recently made an upwards correction to its console prices in Japan, though the US has so far been spared a similar move. This price hike on the PS5 DualSense controllers comes almost exactly one year after Sony’s immense price increase to PS Plus subscriptions in August 2023. Traditionally, consoles and accessories like controllers decreased in price throughout a console generation, but current-gen hardware very much defies that wisdom – anyone who’d hoped that they could’ve snatched a PS5 plus controllers for cheap by this point will be sorely disappointed. Sony’s own estimations of the sales trajectory for the PS5 already