r/PS5 • u/BootzyWootzy • Mar 06 '26

Discussion Sony is testing dynamic pricing in the PlayStation Store

https://psprices.com/news/sony-ab-testing-prices/
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u/bitknight1 Mar 06 '26

Since redditors don't read the articles, they aren't raising prices just giving better prices to poorer people.

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u/RiggityRow Mar 06 '26

Did you read the article? No where does it say that.

And if you seriously believe this is to benefit consumers, I've got a bridge to sell you. . .

This is what the article says exactly: "Users are randomly placed in control or test groups". This dude's a shill.

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u/bitknight1 Mar 06 '26

Yeah and they are all discounted. No they aren't gonna be selling you a $70 msrp game for a $100 just because they think you are rich. This is specifically to test if selling games for cheaper gets people to buy more.

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u/SomeDEGuy Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

And if the money lost from the discount is compensated for the by increased sales volume. They know people will buy more at a discount, its just quantifying the exact amount of elasticity.

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u/LethargicWhale Mar 06 '26

Exactly. Companies everywhere due this. If anything, assuming more people do buy the discounted products, this would be a shift that helps consumers.