Sony announces special edition Midnight Black PS5, including disc edition, but it comes with a catch
Sony has announced a Midnight Black edition of the PlayStation 5, but it is currently restricted to the Japanese market. The console requires a Japanese account and system language, preventing easy resale or use in other regions.
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This move highlights how hardware manufacturers use regional software locks to control pricing and prevent grey-market arbitrage.
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Sony announced the new PlayStation 5 Midnight Black through an official blog post , confirming that the console is Japanese-only. This means the system language must be set to Japanese, and it can only be used with a PlayStation account whose country/region is set to Japan. These restrictions limit who can use it, even if they manage to buy one outside the country.
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