Japanese Business Media Believe Sony Created the Cheaper Japan-Only PS5 to Regain Market Share in Its Home Country, Where Nintendo Now Dominates
Wesley Yin-Poole
11/19/2025
On November 21, Sony will release a cheaper, Japan-exclusive digital edition of the PS5 console. The CFI-2200B01 model is Japanese-language only, offers 896GB storage instead of 1TB, and retails for 55,000 yen (approx. $354) from the official Sony store (compared to 72,980 yen or roughly $470 for the regular PS5 Digital Edition). But why is Sony doing this now in Japan, five years after the console’s launch?...
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