PlayStation 5 rental program for UK gamers starts at £11 a month

In a nutshell: Sony has introduced a console rental service in the UK that allows gamers to lease a PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR 2 headset, or a PlayStation Portal. Customers can choose from 12-, 24-, or 36-month terms for cheaper rates or go with a monthly rolling plan that can be canceled at any time. Pricing starts at £6.49 ($8.37) per month for a PlayStation Portal remote player and scales up to £18.98 ($24.43) for a PS5 Pro. The PlayStation VR2, which recently dropped from $549 down to $399, can come home for £18.49 ($23.84) per month. Note that these rates only apply to 36-month leases, and you will pay more per month when opting for 12- or 24-month plans. The month-to-month option is even more expensive: £35.59 ($45.89) a month for the PS5 Pro, for example. At the end of the lease, you can either return the hardware to end the contract or keep paying monthly to hang on to it. Customers pay nothing out of pocket up front and are free to return their hardware within 14 days i ... Read full article.