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"PlayStation Plus is increasing its pricing globally starting September 6th."

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September: Saints Row, Black Desert – Traveler Edition, Generation Zero

New pricing changes to PlayStation Plus 12-Month plans.

blog.playstation.com

We also wanted to let you know that starting September 6 we will be increasing the price for PlayStation Plus 12-month subscriptions globally across all benefit plans. This price adjustment will enable us to continue bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits to your PlayStation Plus subscription service.

Here are the new prices for PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription plans.

PlayStation Plus Essential 12-Month Subscription
79.99 USD | 71,99 Euro | 59.99 GBP | 6,800 Yen

PlayStation Plus Extra 12-Month Subscription
134.99 USD | 125,99 Euro | 99.99 GBP | 11,700 Yen

PlayStation Plus Premium 12-Month Subscription
159.99 USD | 151,99 Euro | 119.99 GBP | 13,900 Yen

The new prices for the 12-Month subscription will remain at a discounted rate when compared to purchasing the 1-Month or 3-Month subscriptions over a 12-month period.

For current 12-month subscribers, this price increase will not take effect until your next renewal date that occurs on or after November 6. However, any membership changes you make on or after September 6, such as upgrades, downgrades or buying additional time, will update your plan reflecting the new prices. You can change or cancel your subscription at any time, details here.

We’ll notify current subscribers of these changes via email and will have additional details on our website soon.

$20 increase for essential. $59.99 -> $79.99
$35 increase for extra. $99.99 -> $134.99
$40 increase for premium. $119.99 -> $159.99

 

[Roxkis_ii]

Oof, looks like I'm renewing early.

 

[Unknown?]

They better up their game on offerings then. Man inflation sucks!

 

[Neff]

I don't give a fuck about crappy 'free' games long past their peak (I already bought the good ones ages ago), I just want to play online

 

[t_wilson01]

That's excessive. I'll have to think twice about renewing.

 

[Beechos]

 

[Sleepwalker]

Mods, please fix title if possible

"PlayStation Plus is increasing its pricing globally starting September 6th."

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

They got some balls announcing this on a month we get Saints Row . . .

Glad I'm stacked til 08/2026

 

[Banjo64]

Me to Sony and Xbox

 

[Zathalus]

Goddamn, that is a massive price hike.

 

[lughnasadh123]

A small hike is understandable and a bit more easy to digest. That much of a raise though? Get fucked, Sony.

 

[Solidus_T]

Well I'll get my extra year now so I don't have to pay the increased price. I suppose we should have seen this coming with the price of everything going up. Just in the past 3 years, inflation has increased the price of everything by nearly 1/3rd. Insane.

 

[lh032]

best gaming platform, best pricing hike.

 

[hinch7]

Got premium until 2026 so I'm good. Definately not resubbing at those prices lol.

 

[mckmas8808]

They better up their game on offerings then. Man inflation sucks!

Yo!!! Sony BETTER add cloud gaming to the PS Portal in 2024 at these prices!!!!

 

[Magic Carpet]

I cancled the Extra, Keeping the Plus for another year. Probly going to abandon the Plus eventually when Epic Store makes all the Plus games free eventually. Lots of overlap between Plus, Epic and the old now dead Gold.

 

[draliko]

Wtf... Good bye and good night, pc gaming I'm back to you my love

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Glad I stacked up for a few years.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Yo!!! Sony BETTER add cloud gaming to the PS Portal in 2024 at these prices!!!!

Man they better send me a playstation portal when subbing for a year of premium at $160

 

[johnjohn]

So Sony's doing what everyone was claiming MS would do, drastically increasing sub prices. I wonder what caused them to do this, because those are not small increases. Maybe this is the only way for them to justify getting enough quality content to compete with Game Pass.

 

[Dorfdad]

Sony released a company wide memo stating that this increase was needed to support the Project Q's income streaming service. You can't just play your games anywhere in your home for free. Developers want in on the money train. /s

Increase sucks, and I want to see how they are going to justify it. The games are ok, but the ability to stream from PC / MAC /Mobile would be a major benefit. (From anywhere not just their app)

 

[diffusionx]

So Sony's doing what everyone was claiming MS would do. drastically increasing sub prices. I wonder what caused them to do this, because those are not small increases. Maybe this is the only way for them to justify getting enough quality content to compete with Game Pass.

Microsoft hiked their prices a few months ago, dude. Try to keep up.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

A $40 hike for Premium? Nah man, I'm going to drop down to Basic once my current sub expires next Fall.

 

[R6Rider]

Dang. I'll probably drop Extra as I don't use it much.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Glad I stopped playing online games. Imagine still paying to play online in 2023. Sony knows how to swindle its suckers.

 

[Tommi84]

I will renew it once more and when it ends in 2027 I'm going to say goodbye to the service. Not a problem

 

[Sanepar]

Subscription services for games are a cancer.

 

[drganon]

Once my extra sub expires next year, ill just go back to essential, if at all.

 

[Unknown?]

So Sony's doing what everyone was claiming MS would do, drastically increasing sub prices. I wonder what caused them to do this, because those are not small increases. Maybe this is the only way for them to justify getting enough quality content to compete with Game Pass.

Maybe infrastructure costs for streaming? Idk, I have Premium but I'm dropping down to essential.

 

[splattered]

Damn i just did the premium 1 year when they offered the discount end of year... fk i don't know if i actually want to renew this now i barely even use it I already pay Game Pass Ultimate monthly and barely use it (Though i've been getting the bing points discount every month)

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

No wonder they decided to stop reporting PS+ subscriber numbers. Jesus, $20 increase on the most basic plan is insane.

 

[johnjohn]

Microsoft hiked their prices a few months ago, dude. Try to keep up.

Not by nearly as much. This is a pretty major price increase with seemingly nothing to justify it.

 

[Represent.]

Literally cant remember the last time Sony announced something good

 

[blastprocessor]

May as well renew.

 

[Kings Field]

Looks like I’m gonna stay Essential tier. I was premium when it came out and really found no use for it so after my year was up I just stayed essential.

 

[ByWatterson]

Expensive games beget expensive subs beget lots of money to invest in expensive games.

It's a glorious virtuous cycle of price hikes to benefit me, the dutiful consumer.

Sigh...I guess I better renew early!

 

[Punished Miku]

I cancelled PS+ Essential in January for the first time in over 6 years. Just no point having two subs, even at the Essential tier. This fully cements that beyond all doubt. Guess I'm probably not ever signing up for that again.

The weird thing I never realized about not having Essential is how much it alienates you from the ecosystem entirely. You don't get any of the sale prices either on the store, so you just end up buying less. I'm sure this applies to Xbox as well since they have Gold deals.

I do wonder if they'll want to keep alienating consumers from their sale prices in the future if the bottom tier costs a lot. Seems kind of counterproductive for everyone involved. Only thing I got for PS5 all year is Humanity.

 

[GymWolf]

Lmao fuck off sony.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Glad I've got my plus extra for 3 years but this seems excessive. Is this now the same price as Game Pass?

 

[analog_future]

That's crazy. Glad I'm primarily on PC nowadays as I'd never pay that for what PS+ offers.

 

[Codes 208]

They better up their game on offerings then. Man inflation sucks!

They wont, and judging from this thread so far they know they dont need to

 

[ckaneo]

Expensive games beget expensive subs beget lots of money to invest in expensive games.

It's a glorious virtuous cycle of price hikes to benefit me, the dutiful consumer.

Sigh...I guess I better renew early!

Lol, we have Sonys financial statements. They are breaking records year after year. This price hike is insane.

At least Microsoft puts stuff like Starfeild day one so if they tried this it would be dumb but understandable. This makes no sense.

 

[PropellerEar]

The hype for this is raging and throbbing!

Spoiler

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Yeah that's a crazy hike I'm locked in premium until 2025 I'll just add more we better be getting better classics with that hike geez

 

[acm2000]

so a £10/£16/£20 yearly increase

they better up their game, with the back catalog they have it should be raining games.

 

[Xtib81]

Da fuck !?! And I thought it was already expensive. Not been a ps+ membre for 2 months and it looks like it's going to continue this way.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

They absolutely need to incorporate Crunchyroll into these prices.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

mhmmmm... Looking back at my decision to purchase 6 or 7 years of PSnow for $60 per year

 

[skyfinch]

This is straight up bullshit! Can't they improve their internet infrastructure to help maintain the pricing? Maybe team up with Yahoo to help keep the cost down?

 

[JaksGhost]

I'm tired of every fucking service increasing their prices without increasing their output. Netflix, Disney+, MAX, Sony, etc. can all kiss my ass at this point. COVID really had their heads in the clouds and gave them all false hope for a new future.