2022’s Biggest Gaming News: Huge GTA 6 Leak, PS5 Price Hike, E3 Returns

While the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles were relatively easier to find in 2022, the good news was balanced out by some less-than-ideal news this year when Sony announced it was raising the price of the PlayStation 5 in dozens of regions around the world.

The US was spared from a price hike, but shoppers in Canada, Europe, the UK, Australia, and other places are now paying more due to the global economic environment that is driving up production costs.

Microsoft will follow suit with its own Xbox price hikes in 2023, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said, though the executive has yet to say if it will be hardware, software, subscriptions, or another element of the Xbox business that will see price increases next year. Nintendo, for its part, has said it will not raise the price of the Switch, though it is decreasing the size of its packaging somewhat to help smooth out shipping and other logistics issues.