bender
What time is it?
You have no empathy for your countrymen? I'm not surprised to hear that even Canadians hate other Canadians.
You have no empathy for your countrymen? I'm not surprised to hear that even Canadians hate other Canadians.
Trogdor1123
Member
Probably from Toronto, or Vancouver!
Gamerfan81
Member
It's the Gaijin tax.
Anyways, it's good to be a pc bro!
Anyways, it's good to be a pc bro!
bender
What time is it?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
If this ends up affecting Europe as well i may have to stop with the Premium subscription.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
PSN is interesting, you got the PS3 who has free access to online multiplayer.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
R6Rider
Gold Member
If you play online a lot, it's still easily worth it.
user friendly
Member
Back to essentials it is! Thanks for making the decision easy for me.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Or no different to any other company. Since Covid, big business has attempted to squeeze as much money out of people as possible. Companies are pulling in record profits, but still they think they can squeeze a little bit more. All to chase infinite growth.
It's not sustainable.
The cost of living has skyrocketed. Push people too far and they just won't buy luxuries like video games because they won't have the disposable income. Slightly off topic, but in the car today I was listening to KISS radio. They had a fund raising event where they were asking listeners to donate money to help poor families feed their children during the Easter half term. This is the UK we're talking about. One of the richest nations in the world and we now have radio stations begging for cash to feed starving children because of extreme poverty. It's like we've gone back to Victorian levels of poverty.
Sony are taking the piss. Never before has a PS console cone up in price mid way through it's lifecycle. Ever.
Sony know that they can get away with it as well. Same with Nintendo and their "Variable pricing" for games. Piss take.
Iced Arcade
Member
could have sworn they just did an increase.
dah well, just turned off auto renewal. shit was barely worth it at the lower price point.
dah well, just turned off auto renewal. shit was barely worth it at the lower price point.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The raised prices a year and half ago.
The base price was $70 CDN --> $94 --> now $110.
Going from $70 to $110 is a 57% price increase since September 2023.
PlayStation Plus just got more expensive in Canada -- here are the new prices
As promised, Sony has increased the price of PS Plus worldwide, and in Canada, the most expensive membership will now cost nearly $200/year.
mobilesyrup.com
This is what no competition does to the market. Arrogant Sony is officially back, baby. Fkn Phil had to torpedo Xbox. The people who were cheering Xbox getting out of the console business are going to get a lot of fun surprises. I was against Xbox going on the acquisition spree, but I hope Xbox can make a comeback, no matter how unlikely it is, because this is what a lack of competition leads to.
Actual price bumps for a console more than halfway into the generation instead of a price drop, a pro console almost double the price and a paltry bump in specs, anemic first-party output, a shift away from pushing tech and blockbusters to pushing out cross-gen titles, and slightly upgraded last-gen pipelines. Also, this is coming from a guy who has bought all Sony consoles and enjoyed their prior generations immensely.
Gaming has become too damn expensive. You go for consoles and you get skinned by subscriptions, you go for pc and you get fleeced to hell by hardware prices while avoiding subscriptions. I think I might take a breather from any new purchases from here and focus on my backlog and old games.
Actual price bumps for a console more than halfway into the generation instead of a price drop, a pro console almost double the price and a paltry bump in specs, anemic first-party output, a shift away from pushing tech and blockbusters to pushing out cross-gen titles, and slightly upgraded last-gen pipelines. Also, this is coming from a guy who has bought all Sony consoles and enjoyed their prior generations immensely.
Gaming has become too damn expensive. You go for consoles and you get skinned by subscriptions, you go for pc and you get fleeced to hell by hardware prices while avoiding subscriptions. I think I might take a breather from any new purchases from here and focus on my backlog and old games.
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LordOcidax
Member
They are going to announce the prices increases for US tomorrow when Nintendo announce the prices for the Mario Kart World DLCs
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
It's a dumb solution to backup and restore individual saves. The proper solution existed on PS4 before Sony took it away.
And if they are going to do it, they should offer either free cloud saves like Xbox or Steam or at least a cheap version like Nintendo.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Whatever hassle is on PS systems just for old saves sounds stupid.
When I picked up playing Skyrim again since it got boosted with higher res and 60 fps on SX a few years ago, I had installed the game again and I loaded up an old save of mine from like 2015 when I dabbled with it on X1. All the saves were there too. Like 400 of them.
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Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
They're doing it to make more money.
Dumb is like it was a mistake or something. It's entirely intentional.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Well, yeah, and unfortunately people are paying (last year for me even with a discount).
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Like I said people should stop.
Sony is testing out the price elasticity of the service and the price will continue to go up if people just take it.
At best you should do it monthly as needed.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
I agree. Monthly though didn't make much sense since you could pick it up usually with 25% discount and another 10% off on PSN cash from Costco.
. Thank fuck I switched to PC 5 years ago.
Superkewl
Member
I've been feeling the same way lately. I gave up on Gamepass last year, as I primarily play single player games and don't care about day 1 games. If I get the itch to play a multiplayer game, I just play a F2P game as a subscription is not required to play those on Xbox, but not sure if it's the same on Playstation.
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
If you look at the last 3 years of PS+, ask yourself how many months it was actually worth it. A 25% discount on top of these ridiculous prices is nothing.
My AMEX had a deal for 20 dollars off of HBO Max, but only if you spend over 100 dollars, meaning you have to sign up for a year. It would come to 12.99 a month compared to 20-21 dollars a month, but the reality is I'm not going to watch MAX every month. There isn't enough content for that. I'll cancel it again in 2-3 months.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Sony PS+ is worth the money. It only cost the price of 1 Starbucks drink per month under the new price tag, so it's really nothing.
if you want Sony to continue delivery high quality Ps+ games, cloud save, multiplayer, you should help support them.
if you want Sony to continue delivery high quality Ps+ games, cloud save, multiplayer, you should help support them.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Sometimes i wonder if they wouldn't make more money if they decreased the price a lot and actually promoted it like what happened back then with PS Now.
They decreased the price by 50% and the userbase increased exponentially. (ironically by almost 50%)
These companies are doing all these price increases and i'm starting to wonder if gaming is getting way too expensive for me as a hobby.
I'm already paying over 150€ for this in Portugal. A country where the minimum wage is...870€ lmao
I can only imagine in even more underdeveloped countries.
They decreased the price by 50% and the userbase increased exponentially. (ironically by almost 50%)
These companies are doing all these price increases and i'm starting to wonder if gaming is getting way too expensive for me as a hobby.
I'm already paying over 150€ for this in Portugal. A country where the minimum wage is...870€ lmao
I can only imagine in even more underdeveloped countries.
vodka-bull
Member
Still worth it for me though. In the past couple of months I played games from PS plus worth 400€+.
Power Pro
Member
No wonder kids are asking for PCs these days instead of consoles. These companies really need a fucking wake up call. They're only going to alienate any potential audiences they have. Especially when you got F2P games dominating the market, asking people to pay for the privilege to use all the features the game they bought comes with, what a crock of shit.
This really sucks for me, because while I do have a gaming PC, I am just not happy with how certain games run on my machine, like Monster Hunter Wilds....sure, it runs serviceable, but it looks like dog shit. The same game really does look a lot nicer on my PS5 Pro, and the 40fps mode makes it damn near perfect for me....except I can't join hunts online, and I ain't paying these stupid fucking sub prices. I would really consider going all in on PC if graphics cards weren't so outrageous.
This really sucks for me, because while I do have a gaming PC, I am just not happy with how certain games run on my machine, like Monster Hunter Wilds....sure, it runs serviceable, but it looks like dog shit. The same game really does look a lot nicer on my PS5 Pro, and the 40fps mode makes it damn near perfect for me....except I can't join hunts online, and I ain't paying these stupid fucking sub prices. I would really consider going all in on PC if graphics cards weren't so outrageous.
Nydius
Member
I suspect this will hit the United States as well sooner rather than later. I ditched PS+ after their last wave of price increases. The games they put up — especially on Essentials tier — have been more misses than hits, or they were old games I had already thoroughly played and had no reason to ever play again.
Sony (and Nintendo) walling off cloud saves behind a subscription extortion plan still rubs me the wrong way, especially when PC and Xbox have cloud saves completely free for all.
I rarely play anything multiplayer these days. The "benefits" of PS+ rarely match the cost, at least for me.
Sony (and Nintendo) walling off cloud saves behind a subscription extortion plan still rubs me the wrong way, especially when PC and Xbox have cloud saves completely free for all.
I rarely play anything multiplayer these days. The "benefits" of PS+ rarely match the cost, at least for me.
Power Pro
Member
Sony is extra shitty about it because PS4 saves could be stored on a USB drive if you want to move them, but PS5? nope, gotta use the cloud saves only. Fuck off with that.
Nintendo...still shitty, but I have to imagine they're doing it as some anti-piracy measure since I know at least one of their previous systems was exploited by using alter save game data.
LavitzSlambert
Member
Everyone in here is losing their minds, but these prices changes are bringing worldwide prices in line with US prices from 2 years ago. At least for the 12 month subs.
$109.99 CAD = $79.31 USD
$189.99 CAD = $136.99 USD
$224.99 CAD = $162.23 USD
Essential = $80 USD
Plus = $135 USD
Premium = $160 USD
By the way, it's a fucking racket - not worth these prices. But it's consistent, and be glad you at least got a couple years before you were hit by the increase. Also, remember when there was a warning/notification before price changes? Now they announce at the same time it goes live, and try to bury it in the news.
$109.99 CAD = $79.31 USD
$189.99 CAD = $136.99 USD
$224.99 CAD = $162.23 USD
Essential = $80 USD
Plus = $135 USD
Premium = $160 USD
By the way, it's a fucking racket - not worth these prices. But it's consistent, and be glad you at least got a couple years before you were hit by the increase. Also, remember when there was a warning/notification before price changes? Now they announce at the same time it goes live, and try to bury it in the news.
Cyberpunkd
Member
And proportionally to that people will unsubscribe, which will make the companies double down on prices increases to fuel growth from existing userbase.
TheGrat1
Member
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
You just know Concord is to blame.
Fabieter
Member
If that's the only reason it's considered worthwhile, then I'd argue it's not actually worth it.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Agree. Players are seriously ripping Sony off here with how affordable PS+ is.
Jaybe
Member
European prices have their Value Added Tax already baked into their price, 20% I believe. Canadians have to pay the sales tax in top of the listed price.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Not America. Just the retard running it.
Baemono
Member
It's been 10 years people are saying arrogan Sony is back though.
PS+ subscribtion numbers don't go up (around 46-47 million for years now), so they need to find additionnal revenue. It's a shitty move, but understandable. And they do Days of Play and Black Friday deals to the subscription so there are still options to pay less yearly.
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