Sony’s ringing in the Switch 2 launch with PS5 deals

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. Contrary to widespread concern that Sony was about to increase the cost of the PlayStation 5 in the US, the company is — for now, at least — cutting gamers a break with costs through June 11th. Select PS5 bundles, including the PS5 Pro, PlayStation VR 2 headset, and other hardware are discounted for no apparent reason. Nope, nothing’s coming up on the game console release calendar that might have caused Sony to…wait. The $449.99 Switch 2 comes out June 5th, yet for $50 less, you can get a PS5 bundled with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 from Sony directly or Walmart. Presumably, consoles still come with Astro’s Playroom pre-installed, so that’s two free games with purchase. I’m feeling good at the moment about the console’s staying power after seeing that the latest Grand Theft Auto VI trailer was apparently running on a base PS5. If it looks that good on 2020 hardware, I’d ... Read full article.