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by johnnyanmac 642 days ago
>I'm not sure exactly why,

Simple. This was actually the second price increase in Japan. second one was recent. First one from 2022: https://blog.playstation.com/2022/08/25/ps5-price-to-increas...

China was also included on the first one, so I do think the weak yen is a strong factor behind the second increase