Sony is asking PS4 house owners on to please improve to the PS5

Though it might be laborious to imagine, the PlayStation 5 (PS5) is now 5 years outdated. And whereas Sony has constructed up a formidable lineup of unique video games for it, loads of individuals are nonetheless fortunately gaming on the PS4 — and truthfully, who can blame them?

Regardless of its age, PS4 video games nonetheless maintain up remarkably nicely, like The Final of Us Half 2 and Spider-Man, and a few new titles proceed to launch on each the PS4 and PS5.

That mentioned, 5 years into the console’s lifecycle, Sony seems prepared to begin nudging extra PS4 house owners who have not deserted it but to think about upgrading. In a brand new message that Sony is sending on to PS4 consoles, the corporate is now making an attempt to persuade gamers that now’s the “good time” to maneuver to the PS5 (by way of PushSquare).

The message, which has been posted on X, reads:

“Whether or not you are catching up with hits from 2025 like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, ARC Raiders, and Ghost of Yotei or preparing for the most-anticipated video games of 2026 together with SAROS, 007 First Gentle, Nioh 3, and a lot extra, now’s the proper time to improve to a PS5 console.”

Is now actually the time to improve to a PS5?

The PS6 might nonetheless be years away

In its message to PS4 house owners, Sony features a QR code that, when scanned, takes you to PlayStation’s web site to take a look at the newest PS5 video games and offers. And to be truthful, the PS5 does supply quite a lot of worth when it comes to efficiency and its sport’s library — although it is laborious to not really feel like the proper time to improve might need really been final yr.

This is why I say that: again in August, Sony raised the price of all PS5 fashions within the US by $50, making the console costlier than ever. On the time, the corporate attributed the rise to “a difficult financial setting,” with out instantly blaming tariffs. So, for the primary time in a console era that I can keep in mind, the worth of a console is greater 5 years later than it was at launch. Which I nonetheless discover wild to consider.

On the flip aspect, there’s additionally a case to be made that now’s the proper time to improve from a PS4 to a PS5, earlier than costs probably climb even greater because of the ongoing RAM shortage, which is inflicting RAM prices to skyrocket and has already considerably impacted the PC market.

Moreover, because of the steep price of RAM, there are reviews that Sony is contemplating delaying the launch of the PS6 till 2029, and even 2030, making the PS5’s life cycle longer than many individuals initially anticipated.

So if you happen to’re nonetheless gaming on PS4, with the PS5 having gone up in value, it may not really feel like the proper time to improve to the PS5, as Sony says it’s. However for my part, it is perhaps time to think about it, because the PS6 is probably going nonetheless years away and the PS5’s value might worsen quickly resulting from rising RAM prices.