PlayStation has been suspiciously quiet regarding the industry shift to $80 games. It seems inevitable it will join Nintendo and Xbox on that new tier eventually though, especially with its player base demonstrating it's more than willing to pay an extra $10 for its first party exclusives.
Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei will be PlayStation's full price first party exclusives this year, launching in June and October, respectively. Since pre-orders for those games are already open, and each of their standard editions is priced at $70, that might explain why PlayStation is yet to commit to an $80 future like Xbox did last week.
Everything you need to know about placing a pre-order for Ghost of Yotei.
However, PlayStation will be making note of how many of you are flocking to Ghost of Yotei's $80 version. As first noticed by PlayStation Lifestyle, the PlayStation Store pre-order charts demonstrate that the digital deluxe edition of Ghost of Yotei, which costs $10 more than the standard edition, is more popular.
This isn't as cut and dry as people being willing to pay $80 for a game that they could have bought for $70, although there's an inherent...
