KOMPAS.com – Sony officially launched its newest game console, PlayStation 5 (PS5) from Indonesia in January 2021 ago.
Price The official retail price (SRP) for the Indonesian market is IDR 7.3 million for the PS5 Digital Version and IDR 8.8 million for the PS5 Disc Version.
However, price PS5 in a number of marketplace in the country at that time soared and even reached a price of over Rp 10 million.
The big difference with the official retail price is said to be due to the large number of requests but not matched by availability stock PS5 on the market.
In fact, several official PS5 sales partners in Indonesia such as PSEnterprise, Multigame, GSShop, to Game Terminal use the lottery method alias raffle to choose PS5 buyers who are entitled to get the game console at normal prices.
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So, what about the price in the middle of 2022?
The reason is, there are many game stores that sell PS5 with an official warranty from Sony Indonesia and are close to the official retail price.
Instead of above Rp. 10 million, these various game shops are now selling PS5 Digital Versions at a price range IDR 8 million – 8.5 millionthe difference is around IDR 700,000 – IDR 1.2 million from the SRP price.
Meanwhile for the PS5 Disc Version, the price is now around IDR 9 million – IDR 9.5 millionthe difference between IDR 200,000-700,000 from the SRP price, as can be seen in the picture screenshot the following.