State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol
Boar's Head closing Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them
Long Island Haitians blast Donald Trump's "despicable" comments on immigrants eating pets
Brazil top court lifts Starlink, X account blockage after $3 million transfer
Turkey spy chief meets members of Hamas political bureau in Ankara, TRT reports
Uber to dispatch Waymo's robotaxis in Austin and Atlanta next year
Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to lesser charge after drunk driving arrest
No 'Friday Night Lights': High school football games canceled in some towns near interstate shooting
Tropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) games console in Japan by about 20%, it said on Tuesday, citing a difficult external environment including global economic fluctations.
The console will cost 79,980 yen ($551) or 72,980 yen for a version without a disk drive from Sept. 2, the entertainment and technology conglomerate said in a blog post.
Sony has said it expects to sell 18 million PS5 consoles globally this financial year, down from 20.8 million in the same period a year earlier.
($1 = 145.0400 yen)
(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by David Goodman)
