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[Robochobo]

"Ongoing market conditions" = The #omegagenre failed Marathon.

 

[Lionel Richie]

I'm really curious to know how the fuck the "ongoing market conditions" are affecting a fucking subscription service.

 

[mayham2199]

That's next.

I'm sure eventually it will be. All subs go up eventually. Either way I don't really have any options because PC gaming isn't an option for me. Already tried it and hated it. I'd gladly pay more money to avoid gaming on PC.

 

[WoodyStare]

I'm really curious to know how the fuck the "ongoing market conditions" are affecting a fucking subscription service.

PS+ runs on oil

 

[VGA-Games]

This is great for PlayStation Customers, now they've the Opportunity to give Sony even more Money

 

[Robochobo]

PS+ runs on oil

 

[Kilau]

Mine expired last month and I didn't even notice but I haven't had my PS5 on since last September. Subbed continuously from launch 2010 until April 2026, doing a great job herm.

 

[Shifty1897]

Concord bombed? Raise the price of PlayStations.

Saros bombed? Raise the price of PS+.

 

[Ksks]

We can pay $22.99 a month for it!

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Poison

 

[Holammer]

Imagine paying for services you get for free everywhere else.
It's time for EU to protect the consumers and force Sony & MS to accept third-party payments options and stores on their platforms.

 

[kiphalfton]

Prices increase, pay remains the same

 

[Danjin44]

Thankfully I don't play MP games and most pls+ free games are either already bought day one or had no interest playing them to begin with.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

Instead putting prices up, just put less monthly games.

 

[VGA-Games]

But Sony is more profitable per dollar than ever. Why would they do this to the Gamers?

Because their PlayStation Customers will pay it without Complaining

 

[Moriarty1889]

Piss off Sony. This is the inevitable cost of putting out woke DEI shite like Concord, Marathon and soon Fairgame$ among others.

 

[PatientGamer]

Did Saros bomba?

 

[Kacho]

Cloud saves are getting expensive

 

[Lillie]

No way am I subbing again at these prices - I'm PC for online only now

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Cloud saves are getting expensive

The only reason why I sub!

 

[Haint]

Did Saros bomba?

No, it was a certified hit with the modern audience of gay Indian cucks who turned their wives into lesbians.

 

[memoryman3]

Imagine paying for services you get for free everywhere else.
It's time for EU to protect the consumers and force Sony & MS to accept third-party payments options and stores on their platforms.

You pay considerably more for hardware on the PC side.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Impotaku]

Nothing to see here. Sony just getting everyone used to paying through the ass for PS from here on out.

Test footage of the PS6 portable

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

Market conditions??? What market conditions lol? More like their pathetic woke flop games they need to recoup somehow.

Arrogant Sony is fully back!

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Cant wait to see how Ass of Can Whooping spins this

Fewer poor people on PS+ is a + in my book

 

[ReBurn]

My essential expires in a couple weeks. Not planning to reup without a discount. Not worth 80 bucks a year just for cloud saves.

 

[Astray]

It's going up 1 dollar a month.

If you buy yearly it's not going up at all.

If you are currently subscribed it's not going up at all.

Seems like their fucked up way of pushing annual subscriptions and pushing users up the tiers.

 

[Generic]

Let me guess, still no day-1 games on PS+.

 

[Spyxos]

My PS Plus expired ages ago. I still have Game Pass because I got 3 years for really cheap. But once it runs out, I honestly don't see any reason to pay for online gaming on consoles.

 

[geary]

 

[jshackles]

Seems like their fucked up way of pushing annual subscriptions and pushing users up the tiers.

The next price increase will be some justification like "the monthly cost is $11, so $99 for the year is still a hefty discount"

 

[Saber]

Guys please understand. They have to keep Bungie and Marathon servers up. That shit costs alot, money doesn't grow on trees.

 

[playbignbox]

"Ongoing market conditions" means "we can raise the price because you'll keep paying."

It's hard to find a company that hates its own customers as much.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Someone actually wrote this on the other forum in a non-ironic way: "PlayStation needs their own Asha so the players can be heard and they decrease prices instead of increasing them."

 

[Generic]

Seems like their fucked up way of pushing annual subscriptions and pushing users up the tiers.

It's really just about GTA6. The online mode isn't f2p so people need a PS+ sub to play it.

 

[reinking]

I only regret that I am not eligible to give Sony more money because I am already a current subscriber.

 

[Fess]

Wait, Marathon is"woke" now?

Too much colors, it needs to be gray or brown to not be woke.

 

[Mr Moose]

Why the fuck would anyone sub monthly? Are the monthly games really that good?

 

[Bitstream]

 

[PeteBull]

Dat gaas initiative indeed must have made sony crazy money this gen, hardware under unprecedented price hikes, now psplus too, and no1 said we keep those prices till end of the gen either, durning next year and a half we might see another increase or even two, then obviously another hike alongside nextgen launch(that one i would understand if we didnt get anything till then)

 

[Memati187]

I am curious if her o-face is as fake as her smile. But still would "join" her for scientific reasons.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Ongoing market conditions = console sales have slowed down partly due to component prices and they have to extract profit from existing customers more to keep line going up.

Was pretty much spelled out in their recent financial reports. I believe they used the term "monetize."

 

[dotnotbot]

12 months price not affected? Nothingburger

Why the fuck would anyone sub monthly? Are the monthly games really that good?

Some people who don't play frequently were buying monthly sub every 2 or 3 months and paying less than yearly sub in total, I guess they're closing this "loophole".

 

[DAHGAMING]

Just blame it on ya boi big Phil, Sony can do no wrong

 

[WhereIzJP]

So basically 144 a year if you pay monthly.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Market conditions would be so much better if they fired HERMEN HULST.

 

[MCH2024]

I said that Sony would do this.
I showed that Sony told investors they would do this.
And yet I still had to argue with people who said they wouldn't do this.

I think this price hike is bait. It's meant to absorb blowback. Increasing it for (just new users) and for (just 1/3 months) plan doesn't even cover 5% of PS+ users.

People will accept it because "it only covers new users", and "it only affects monthly plans, you should get annual anyway".

Eventually though Sony is just shrinking their TAM. Switch2/PC will gain on Sony making their platform leas attractive.

 

[Memati187]

What can I say, but fuck sony? Yeah, fuck sony!

 

[MazingerDUDE]

Not me, because I haven't paid a cent to PS+ ever since the PS4 era, because paying money to play online is WRONG.