As part of the company's third-quarter financial results, which revealed that the PS5 has sold over 92.2 million units as of December 31, 2025, and that Ghost of Yotei's launch sales managed to surpass the sales of Ghost of Tsushima, we also got an update from Sony's chief financial officer Lin Tao about how the company is handling the ongoing memory shortage crisis.
The answer, which will delight anyone who was perhaps planning to pick up a PS5 in 2026, is that Sony has defended itself against the shortages - for now. "As for securing a supply of memory, we are already in a position to secure the minimum quantity necessary to manage the year-end selling season of next fiscal year," Tao said during the report.
"Going forward, we intend to further negotiate with various suppliers to secure enough supply to meet the demand of our customers." So, at least for now, it sounds like Sony has protected itself when it comes to manufacturing PS5 consoles for now until the end of its current fiscal year, all the way through 2026 and its holiday season.
Even though we saw the PS5 get a price increase last year, that was staggered across regions: first in Europe, the UK, and Australia in April 2025, followed by a price increase in the US in August 2025, Tao's comments about how Sony has protected itself against memory shortages for the year hopefully means we won't see another price increase in 2026. Of course, it could just mean we don't get a price increase that's directly caused by memory shortages this year, but it's a good sign, nevertheless, that we can reasonably rule out one factor that could've increased the price of the console in 2026.
But that's just regarding the price of the hardware. If Sony does have to make pricing changes for consumers this year, Tao indicates that those increases will likely be moved to its software and services.
"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," Tao added.
Last year, alongside the aforementioned price increase for PS5 hardware, Sony also increased the price of its PlayStation Plus service in April 2025, and in June 2025, the company made it clear that it will continue to "adjust our pricing strategy in a dynamic way to maximize profitability" for PlayStation Plus.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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