While the PS5 Slim certainly looks and sounds impressive, theres no getting around its questionable price hike.

Its hard to believe the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are almost three years old.

On October 10, Sony revealed thenew PlayStation 5, and it looks like quite the upgrade.

PlayStation 5

The new PS5s features will only get better from there.

The biggest criticism levied against the new PS5 is its price.

Most gamers expected the upcoming tantamount PS5 Slim to follow suit, but it wont.

The new PS5s price problems only get worse from here.

Theannouncement videoand blog state that the stand will be a separate item priced at $29.99.

The announcement page states in no uncertain terms that Sony isnt making any more of those consoles.

Once store stocks run out, the new PS5 will become theonlyPS5.

Many gamers view this new PlayStation 5 as little more than an unnecessary price hike.

Instead of following that trend, Sony is stealthily increasing the price of admission with its upcoming consoles.