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Why PlayStation Store prices differ from person to person

Published September 2026.

What is publicly known

Since November 2025 there have been consistent reports that Sony is testing different prices for different accounts on the PlayStation Store: two people open the same game's page, in the same region, and see different values.

Reporting from March 2026 described the test as covering more than 190 games across 70+ regions, according to the PSprices tracker. Sony has not publicly confirmed the test or its criteria.

Games with a flagged offer right now

These games have at least one offer that the PlayStation Store itself flags as part of a price test (identifiers such as IPT_PILOT and IPT_LTM, found in the store's data). We check every hour. The flag follows that offer, not the whole game or what other accounts pay.

Flagged games per day

The daily count follows promotions starting and ending.

  • 47Sep 22
  • 55Sep 23
  • 32Sep 24
  • 32Sep 25
  • 32Sep 26
  • 32Sep 27
  • 32Sep 28
  • 32Sep 29
  • 32Sep 30
  • 39Oct 01
  • 39Oct 02
  • 39Oct 03
  • 39Oct 04
  • 39Oct 05
  • 40Oct 06
  • 64Oct 07
  • 52Oct 08
  • 53Oct 09
  • 53Oct 10
  • 59Oct 11
  • 59Oct 12
  • 60Oct 13
  • 61Oct 14
  • 61Oct 15
  • 61Oct 16
  • 61Oct 17
  • 64Oct 18
  • 64Oct 19
  • 64Oct 20
  • 78Oct 21
  • 60Oct 22
  • 60Oct 23
  • 60Oct 24
  • 62Oct 25
  • 62Oct 26
  • 70Oct 27
  • 70Oct 28
  • 70Oct 29
  • 70Oct 30
  • 70Oct 31
  • 73Nov 01
  • 73Nov 02
  • 73Nov 03
  • 59Nov 04

Compare the price you see in “My price”

Test history

The flag follows an offer, not the game. When the flagged promotion ends the game stops appearing here — that does not mean Sony removed it from the test.

Documented cases

Cases published by other outlets, checked at the original source. These are not measurements by this site.

  • Stellar Blade

    Mar 25, 2026 · Brazil

    R$199.44 → R$104.97

    most accounts vs one account

    published screenshots

    Insider Gaming Brasil

  • Astro Bot

    Mar 25, 2026 · Brazil

    R$224.33 → R$152.95

    most accounts vs one account

    published screenshots

    Insider Gaming Brasil

  • Gran Turismo 7

    Mar 25, 2026 · Brazil

    R$146.95 → R$115.46

    most accounts vs one account

    published screenshots

    Insider Gaming Brasil

  • Ghost of Tsushima Versão do Diretor

    Mar 25, 2026 · Brazil

    R$349.90 → R$159.90

    most accounts vs one account

    published screenshots

    Insider Gaming Brasil

  • Astro Bot

    Mar 25, 2026 · US

    US$39.59 → US$26.99

    one account vs another account

    reproduced by the outlet with two accounts

    VICE

  • Assassin's Creed Unity

    Mar 6, 2026 · UK

    £9.99 (signed in) → £3.74 (signed out)

    same person, signed in vs signed out

    user report

    Kotaku

  • Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate

    Nov 6, 2025 · US

    US$19.99 → US$14.99

    two accounts on the same console

    user report with screenshot

    GamingBible

  • Helldivers 2

    Mar 2026 · US

    US$39.99 → US$28.89

    normal price vs test price

    tracker data

    PSprices

In every documented case the difference was a deeper discount for some accounts; we found no case above list price. PSprices corrected on Mar 12, 2026 a case it had described as an increase. Sony has not commented.

What we don't know

  • How accounts are selected.
  • Whether the effect is a discount for some or an increase for others — or both.
  • Whether any specific person is in a test. We cannot claim that about anyone.

What we measure

We collect the public, signed-out price of 50 games, every hour, from the Brazil and United States stores, since September 18, 2026. That is the price the store shows to anyone who is not identified — our baseline.

So far: 784,429 observations collected, 167 games with a reading in the last 48 hours, first collection on 09/18 05:06 PM ET.

What reports show so far

There are not enough reports to publish numbers yet. We started receiving them in September 2026, and each group only appears here once it has at least 5 reports — below that, one report could identify a person and would say nothing about the group.

If you want to help: compare your price. It takes two seconds and works even when your price matches the public one — a confirmation matters as much as a difference.

Why this is hard to notice on your own

Store prices change because of sales, region and subscriptions. Without a baseline to compare against, any price looks like the public one.

That is why a single person cannot tell whether they are seeing the price everyone sees.

What to do

Type the value shown on your screen: we compare it with the most recent public collection of the same item, in the same store, and tell you whether your price is aligned, below or above it.

Compare my price

Frequently asked questions

Is this legal?
We cannot answer that. Per-account price testing is not new in digital commerce, and its legality depends on each country's law and on how the test is run. What we can do — and do — is measure the public price and show the difference when it appears.
How do I know if I'm in a test?
There is no way to know for sure. What you can do is compare the price you see with the public price collected without sign-in: if they differ, something specific to your account is at play — which may be a test, a targeted promotion, or another mechanism we cannot see.
Should I create another account to compare?
We don't recommend it. We don't know the selection criteria, so a new account may fall into the same group — and creating accounts to obtain different prices may violate the store's terms.
Is the different price always higher?
We don't know. Public reports describe differences in both directions, and our data only covers the public price, not what each account sees.
Do you have access to internal Sony data?
No. Everything we publish comes from automated collection of the stores' public pages, without sign-in, and from voluntary reports by people who use the site.