Sunday morning in Russian PlayStation Store there was a sharp rise in the price of some games – and not only new products, but also quite old releases.
Several publishers have checked in – Activision, SHE, Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, THQ Nordic, Koei Tecmo and Gearbox… The full list of games with an increased cost is still unknown, but there are at least a couple of dozen of them (the previous price is indicated in brackets):
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Call of Duty: WWII – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- «Avengers“- 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Code Vein – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- Desperados III – 5719 rubles (4599 rubles)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas – 5719 rubles (4599 rubles)
- Jump Force – 5359 rubles (4299 rubles)
- Anthem – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- WWE 2K20 – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles)
- We Happy Few – 4639 rubles (3749 rubles)
- Dead or Alive 6 – 4999 rubles (3999 rubles).
At the same time, new items like Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in the Russian PS Store are sold at the same prices (3999 and 4499 rubles, respectively), while Black Ops 4 and WWII are already selling for 4999 rubles.
We have solicited comments from Sony, as well as a number of publishers, but have not received a response yet.