Sony reportedly planning to cut the price of the PlayStation 5

Ultimately, it's interesting that the imminent PS5 price drop aligns with Sony's plans to release a PlayStation 5 Slim. Despite the lack of information from Sony itself, its chief rival, Microsoft, insists that the PS5 Slim exists and is coming out later this year. After this "accidental" reveal, the floodgates opened and now, we're expecting a showcase of sorts where Sony will be confirming the inbound disc-less redesigned model, among other announcements. It's important to note that the PS5 Slim would reportedly replace the existing disc-based model, which is why it makes a ton of sense for Sony to want to clear out its inventory of older and bulkier SKUs.

According to multiple users across social media, this supposed sale has already begun in other areas, specifically, countries like the Netherlands and Australia, among others.

You got to hand it to Sony for having a knack for stealing the spotlight from right under their competition's noses.

Starfield, Xbox's biggest exclusive to date, is coming out on September 6, with a select few users getting early access in late August. If we believe the rumors, Sony will open the PS5 Slim for pre-order next month and start shipping the console a week after, similar to what happened with the slim versions of the older PlayStation consoles.

But, if the PS5 Slim does come out in August or September, then it would be quite odd to reveal the new custom-themed Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 console in such close proximity. Unless, of course, Sony had already accounted for this. Besides, it's possible that the phasing out of the older PS5 models will make the rare themed PS5 console harder to come by.

In any case, with Marvel's Spider-Man 2 coming out on October 20, Sony will hit two birds with one stone by making back-to-back massive announcements to try and bury Starfield.

It also works in Sony's favor that Starfiels is currently dealing with a handful of controversies, including the cancelations of pre-orders and the oversold PC requirements.