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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Robert Gorgonio

Sony Announces a New Digital-Only PS5 Console That Requires System Language in Japanese

Sony’s new Midnight Black digital-only PS5 costs 55,000 yen in Japan, but it requires Japanese system language and a Japan-registered PlayStation account (Credit: Pexels.com/ Prashant pacific)

Sony has announced a new digital-only PlayStation 5 for Japan, priced at ¥55,000, including tax. The PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Midnight Black is scheduled to launch on 19 November, with pre-orders due to begin on 20 October.

The console is a new colour variant of Sony's existing Japanese-language-only PS5 Digital Edition, rather than a newly announced global model. It can be used only when the system language is set to Japanese and the PlayStation account is registered to Japan.

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