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The PS5 Era (2020-2026):
• PS5 launches at $399/$499 -now $599/$649
• PS5 Pro launched at $699 with no disc drive - now $899
• First to have games jump from $60 to $70
• PS Plus hit with ~35% price hike in 2023
• PS Plus prices raised again in 2025
• 8 first-party studios closed since launch
• 900 employees laid off in a single day (Feb 2024)
• Concord cost $200-400M, died in 14 days
• Firewalk Studios acquired in 2023, shut down in 2024
• Bluepoint Games shut down in 2026
• Dark Outlaw Games shut down before ever announcing a game
• Bungie acquired for $3.6B - two massive layoff waves, Marathon underperforming
• The Last of Us Online canceled after years of development
• 3 other live-service games canceled (Bend, Bluepoint GoW, others)
• PSVR2 launched at $550, virtually abandoned within a year
• Neon Koi acquired for mobile, shut down without shipping anything
• Japan Studio (Bloodborne, Shadow of the Colossus) dissolved
• London Studio closed permanently
• Insomniac hit with massive ransomware leak
•PS6 reportedly delayed due to RAM shortage
• More price hikes and studio closures than new first-party franchises this gen
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