Demon’s Souls – you might be able to afford the console but what about the games? (pic: Amazon)

The console may have been cheaper than many expected but Sony is asking an outrageous price for some of its first party exclusive games.

Just when the PlayStation 5 was beginning to look like a bit of a bargain, Sony has revealed that some of its games will be even more expensive than expected, at up to £70 for even just ordinary titles.

Having the PlayStation 5 costs £450, the same as the Xbox Series X, is a much better price than many feared, but that doesn’t tell the whole story when it comes to the cost of the next gen.

Third party publishers such as 2K and Activision have already hiked the price of big name games like Call Of Duty and NBA 2K to £65 but now Sony has gone a step further and is charging £70 for theirs.

Currently big name third party titles, such as Call Of Duty and FIFA, cost £59.99 on the PlayStation 4. So while a jump to £65 for the same sort of games was the last thing anyone wanted it was at least a relatively small step up.

But first party PlayStation 4 titles, such as the recently released The Last Of Us Part 2 and Ghost Of Tsushima cost no more than £54.99, so suddenly shooting up to £69.99 is pretty shocking.

What’s particularly bizarre is that this includes brand new IP Destruction AllStars, which as an unknown quantity is already going to be a hard sell, and Demon’s Souls – a remake of game that, while extremely good, is also extremely niche.