PS5 Slim Digital Edition Now Comes With a Smaller SSD in the US - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 October 2025 / 10,726 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment last month began rolling out the PlayStation 5 Slim Digital Edition with a smaller SSD in Europe.
The new PS5 Slim Digital Edition model with the smaller SSD has now launched in the US on PlayStation Direct.
The PS5 Slim Digital Edition used to come with a 1TB SSD, however, the new model comes with an 825GB SSD. The new model has been spotted in at least France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, according to Billbill-Kun.
As of right now, only the PS5 Slim Digital Edition comes with the smaller 825GB SSD. The standard PS5 with a disc drive still comes with a 1TB SSD.
It has been speculated the reason for the decreased storage is to avoid another price increase.
Sony Interactive Entertainment increased the price of the PS5 in the US on August 21 by $50 on all three models due to "a challenging economic environment." The price of the PS5 also increased in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on April 14.
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Everytime i see people mention tariffs as reason for price increase just make me laugh. They increase price everywhere, this has nothing to do with tariffs, its just good old greed. And i must say these companies are rly smart, they just come out say the price increase is because of "challenging economic environment" and people instantly start attacking tariffs and forget about price increase.
^If we’re talking one price hike which fits the imposed tariffs (mathematically speaking), then fine. But we’re talking about the PS5, which has seen numerous price hikes through JP and EU these past three years (with USA now becoming the next target). With record annual profits, I don’t think Sony is truly in need of price hikes.
…though maybe to play devil’s advocate: don’t hate the player, hate the game. Sony is merely taking advantage of the supply-and-demand forced within the markets. If demand is high enough to match the price, then Sony would be smart to take the offer.
Exactly, since tariffs this is 3rd price increase for ps5 in US, same as EU. You cant tell me all of these are because of tariffs, not to mentionthat tariffs have nothing to do with Europe.
" With record annual profits, I don’t think Sony is truly in need of price hikes. " What are you talking, they don't have what to eat on the table haha.
a penny saved is a penny earned
Someone said that this is because they balance it. Due to tariffs they should increase the price in just the US by let's say 150$, but instead, to balance it out, they increase 50$ everywhere. I don't buy that.
Tariffs HAVE been the cause of SOME price rises, but only in the USA.
In this instance, it's due to the increasing costs of NAND memory as manufacturers cut production earlier in the year... And then the A.I boom gobbled up supply.
NAND is a commodity item where it's prices are a reflection of supply/demand... Sony's supply contract likely ended, thus a re-negotiation at the higher price has occurred.
Then they should say so, not come out with "economic environment".
I think they do that intentionally because they know that people will first think about tariffs and since most people dislike guy in the White House they will focus on that and forget about anything else
You're smarter than the average bear. Respect.
I dont understand what is the point of this insult, but OK.
I just stating the fact if you cant accept it then that is your problem.
I wasn't being sarcastic. I was being literal. It was praise.
Shrinkflation
Enshittification.
So the digital edition has gone up in price by $100 since the start of the gen, and has now shrunk the SSD as well, down to 825 GB, which is more like 670 GB useable by the owner? This generation sucks ass.
It did start the gen at 825 GB though, that was originally an upgrade.
Tariffs are an excuse. Trust me on this. If Tariffs disappeared tomorrow, the pricing won't change.
Likely true. But at least it's only 175gb storage reduction and not a $100 increase in price like Xbox.
They are both not good, plus reducing value of your platform is no different to increasing the price of it.
Pay the same and get less or pay more for the same.
Agreed both not good. But 175gb storage is like a $15 value reduction compared to a $100 price rise.
It doesnt justifies the point being made. 1 wrong doesnt justify another. Sony have also raised prices of their hardware just like Xbox and Nintendo, so its just another Cherry ontop of the corporate greed cake.
PS5 - Inflation Edition
And price increases,almost noo good first party games,massive patches,increased game prices,dlc,microtransactions and now shrinkinflation.
And then they say this is the golden age of gaming.
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Oh, it's the golden age, alright. Golden age of price gouging, that is.
It's BS, but it's the lesser of two evils. If the other option was another price rise, well 175gb is worth a whole lot less than $50 or even $100.
You can add another 500gb storage for under $40.
Regardless the pricing this gen sucks ass.
SSDeez nuts
This is fooking bullcrap!! The biggest money maker is software yet idiot Sony gonna sell less hardware now, so less software sales. Meanwhile idiot Nintendo increasing software prices and day one dlc, so they will have less sales too.
Both are so out of touch!
(Couldn't careless about satanicsoft)
Just make it 500GB like Microsoft's cheapest console.
Record revenue and crazy profits yet apparently the tariffs are too much. Granted, the corporations are not the main ones to blame for price increases globally, it's the government in this case.
And what are you gonna do about it? Buy an Xbox? With MS out of the picture, it's gonna get progressively worse
With 2026 shaping up to be another great year for Playstation and gaming in general, I sadly don't see Sony in any hurry to lower the price anytime soon.
... unless they have decided to ship as much PS5s as possible, surprising us with a price reduction around holidays 2026, riding the wave of GTA6 being this gen's milestone systemseller.
