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PlayStation Plus is increasing its pricing globally starting September 6th

TerribleAtThisGame

TerribleAtThisGame

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Insane profits but an increase will "enable us" to bring you the same shit. The choice of words in these press statements always kills me. Think about how absurd phrasing it like that is.

Just be like yo we want more money because there is nothing you can do. I know I'll keep spreading my butthole anyway just to play online.
 
ByWatterson

ByWatterson

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ckaneo said:
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.
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I mean I'm clearly joking and aping Jim Ryan's "virtuous cycle" talk.

But it does suck - however I don't think it's insane to go from $5/mo to about $6.50/mo in an era of hyper-inflation which, while mostly ending now, was very painful to many companies and consumers. That said, I'll stick with PS+ Essential, as I increasingly prefer to buy games (and it's likely cheaper in the long-run).
 
Vlodril

Vlodril

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I subbed to premium when the new changes came but when it runs out in a couple of months i will either drop to extra (since premium was a failure in my eyes at least) if i find a deal otherwise back to essentials.
 
Draugoth

Draugoth

Gold Member
This is for people who criticized the Game Pass prince increase,

All companies will follow suit, the same will happen with Netflix closing home sharing
 
saintjules

saintjules

Gold Member
Looks like a $20USD increase on the Essential and $35USD for Extra.

As someone said, their offerings better be good in exchange for these increases.
 
Mr Hyde

Mr Hyde

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My switch to PC becomes more justified every second. PS Plus essential is highway robbery. For that price I can get PC Game Pass and NSO 1 year, with lots of games to play, both old and new. Essential just gives you a couple of "free games", online play (which I rarely play) and cloud saves. I really dislike this new "premium" stance that Sony is adopting when you barely get anything in return.
 
Radioskugga

Radioskugga

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I'm not going to renew my premium in december. This is too pricey. I'm settling for essential.
The swedish krona (SEK) have tanked so it's even more expensive...
 
Topher

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graywolf323 said:
glad I’m already subbed through 2031…
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shocked holy shit GIF
 
RagnarokIV

RagnarokIV

Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Punished Miku said:
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.
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I went all in with Premium upgrading for a whole year on the premise of the "classics catalogue". Couldn't wait for the PlayStation and PS2 classics.

Yeah, what a fucken waste. I used live chat to get it all refunded after a few months. So disappointing. Haven't subbed since.
 
Spyxos

Spyxos

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Great, first bring the Saint Row as a Ps Plus title and then there's such a big price increase on top of that. I hadn't used the service very much since the Ps Plus renovation but I think I'll use it even less now.
 
Reaseru

Reaseru

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The sheer amount of effort Sony is doing to lose their fanbase is unbelievable...are they serious?

I have bought one year of PS Plus Extra for 75 euros...and there's no way I'm going to pay that amount (125 euros) to play for a subscription where games don't even arrive day one like gamepass, and I only pay for gamepass ultimate sporadically for games I want to try on my Series X.
 
Banjo64

Banjo64

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Sony: we’re going to keep ballooning our own development costs, and you’re going to pay for it, mmkay?

Mr Mackey Mmkay GIF by South Park
 
SenkiDala

SenkiDala

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Didn't they rise the prices like 1 year ago ? 150€ per year for premium in insane. I paid 99 for a year and I already felt it was way too much. Sad because I love retro gaming and even if there's not a lot of choice I like it. :(
 
Trogdor1123

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Banjo64 said:
Consoles (PS and Xbox) are now completely redundant and cost inefficient compared to a mid PC or a steam deck.

Pretty wild the self sabotage going on.

£60 a year for basic P2P online :messenger_tears_of_joy:
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This the way I’m looking at it too. I’ve got another year of plus extra under my belt, and will continue to use ps+ for the generation but I think I’m going to switch to pc next Gen more and more with announcements like this. Extra for me has been pretty good, I will admit, but it’s like 115 right now and this will put it up around $150. Over a 6 year system, that’s $900, or the cost of a pretty good gpu.

Definitely going to need to think about it more
 
aclar00

aclar00

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Should come as no surprise, Jim is about that bottom line. Think mine is up in December and looks like i wont be renewing. I always stacked about 2 years during black friday in the U.S., but they got rid of that two. Ive probably played....3 PS plus games of the last 5 years. Mainly have it for only play, but rarely play online games anymore either.

Honestly hope shit starts to tank at Sony. They seems to slowing be going back to their overpriced arrogant selves.

Cant think of all of the shitty things this gen, but to name a few

- Ending sales of PSN cards at retailers
- PS Plus price increases
-Not allowing redownload of some PS1 classics tou bought on PS3
- $550 wired VR,
-PS5 price increase in some countries
-$70 games (though half look and play like PS4 games)
- 3+ years of cross gen games
- Digital Code collectors editions (not sure if started this gen)
-PS Portal
- Even slower 1st party releases (outside of Insomniac).
-Trickling of news and shitty showcases
-GAAS focus

...im sure there are more shitty things
 
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Luipadre

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aclar00 said:
Should come as no surprise, Jim is about that bottom line. Think mine is up in December and looks like i wont be renewing. I always stacked about 2 years during black friday in the U.S., but they got rid of that two. Ive probably played....3 PS plus games of the last 5 years. Mainly have it for only play, but rarely play online games anymore either.

Honestly hope shit starts to tank at Sony. They seems to slowing be going back to their overpriced arrogant selves.

Cant think of all of the shitty things this gen, but to name a few

- Ending sales of PSN cards at retailers
- PS Plus price increases
-Not allowing redownload of some PS1 classics tou bought on PS3
- $550 wired VR,
-PS5 price increase in some countries
-$70 games (though have look and play like PS4 games)
- 3+ years of cross gen games
- Digital Code collectors editions (not sure if started this gen)
-PS Portal
- Even slower 1st party releases (outsode Insomniac).
-Trickling of news and shitty showcases

...im sure there are more shitty things
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Yes sony fucking sucks this gen
 
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