DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
mine was set to renew on 9/11, just canceled it. Thanks for the reminder!
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PS Plus Subscribers Reportedly Flocking to Cancel Their Subscriptions
Investor9872
Member
Just another reminder, as others have already stated here, cancelling your subscriptions after the first 14 days will NOT give your money back. What it does is it will just turn off auto-renewal, which you should always turn off after adding or subbing to Plus in the first place!
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XesqueVara
Member
It's Very shitty that something Basic as cloud saves requires a 80$ subscription lol.
delfrickintree
Banned
And half the replies here are bandwagoners too, needing to feel cool cause theyre bucking the system. Get em tiger!
Im sure sony will have seasonal sales on the subscriptions and people will gobble it right back up. I have premium subscription and think its worth it. They need to dump some more classics on there with the trophy and rewind features, but all the other games included is an insane value.
Someone said earlier that rich people dont spend money. Well thats a retarded motto because yes they do, its called investing and being frugal. Buy things that will be worthwhile and not constant consumables, and dont cry because you feel something isnt fair
AmuroChan
Member
That's the key. I don't think I've ever paid full price for PS+. I've always just waited for sales and I'm pretty sure they have those sales at least once a year.
delfrickintree
Banned
Yea, I figured thats a no-brainer, lol
Never pay full price!
JimRyanGOAT
Member
When are things not being passed on to the consumers?
Its our job to address climate change by recycling and being forced to use paper straws while these large corporations destroy the environment
Its our job to sucker up and pay more "becaze recasion" meanwhile these companies are making more than ever
Its our job to address climate change by recycling and being forced to use paper straws while these large corporations destroy the environment
Its our job to sucker up and pay more "becaze recasion" meanwhile these companies are making more than ever
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Bernardougf
Member
This gamepass model is a failed one and only a company with infinity money can keep up with the costs... time to shut this fucking thing down..none of good can come from it
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Freelance Yakuza
Member
Funny, I did the same thing during the end of the PS4 generation. Sony announced the list of PLUS games that would be available only for those who bought a PS5...
BUT if you activated the games on the PS5, you could still play them on the PS4.
I thought to myself: I've been subscribing to this since it launched on the PS3, even when it wasn't available in Brazil yet, going through the trouble of buying from the American/Canadian store.
After so many years of being a consumer of their product, they blocked me and there's not even a technical limitation.
This is no longer the company that won me over during the PS3 era. Fuck Sony.
BUT if you activated the games on the PS5, you could still play them on the PS4.
I thought to myself: I've been subscribing to this since it launched on the PS3, even when it wasn't available in Brazil yet, going through the trouble of buying from the American/Canadian store.
After so many years of being a consumer of their product, they blocked me and there's not even a technical limitation.
This is no longer the company that won me over during the PS3 era. Fuck Sony.
Giallo Corsa
Member
The company that won you over during the PS3 era ?
Are talking about the era that :
- they released their console at 600 Eurodollars 1+year after the Xbox 360 ?
- most of the multiplatform games ran worse on it ?
- they took out backwards compatibility from European models ?
- They took out the option of installing Linux after a while because "piracy" ?
- PSN being free but being barebones and light years behind Xbox live ?
- the PSN hack fiasco ?
I mean, you/we can sing Sony all the praises we want but the PS3 era is the wrong one to choose when it comes to "goodwill" friend.
PS1, PS2 and even the PS4 ones were much, much better than the PS3 one
Freelance Yakuza
Member
You see, for me it was all about the exclusives
Ps3 had much more exclusives that I liked than ps4
Also, I bought my ps3 in 2010, when the price was way lower
I had an PS2 too so BC wasn't a important factor
I never used Linux
PSN being worse than live wasn't a problem because I did not have anything else to compare to
PSN hack was bad but if I think about it does not change the fact that I loved most PS3 exclusives
Finally, tastes and preferences are subjective, if you find these problems unacceptable it's ok, I'm not trying to change your mind
VectorVictor
Member
That’s what it shows for me too, but when I drill down it wants me to pay double.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
The question is - do you need to play so many games? If you are subscribed you have that pressure “I need to play it, otherwise I’m wasting money”. Remember time is much more valuable than money.
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GreatnessRD
Member
It's so sad we the consumers just give up for free. Truly insane.
SenkiDala
Member
Yeah about that I agree, it should be a built in feature. In fact I resumed because I lost my FFX (PS4) saves, I know it is dumb but I had 6 months for sub back or they'd delete my cloud saves... And I thought "oh if I sub again, let's take the Premium"...
Killjoy-NL
Member
It's just how life works.
If the masses go along, boycotting becomes pointless, unless you're perfectly fine with sacrificing whatever it is you enjoy.
delfrickintree
Banned
While this is true, especially since I have a backlog of about 20 years, I enjoy the ability to casually stroll through the extra catalogue and try games out on a whim. I cant count how many times Ive found an obscure new favorite just by coincidence. That peace of mind to have nearly endless (hundreds) of options whenever Im in the mood makes it valuable for me. I tend to be finnicky about what Im in the mood for, so I dont hold myself down to limited amount or time required for playing. Thats just me though!
Gaming rights shall not be infringed!!
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Nevermind, they both suck.
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Banjo64
cumsessed
And WTF is $1-$2 over 12 months?
As to the bold, pretty hilarious line when you’re being a corporate defender in this very post.
Killjoy-NL
Member
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
And WTF is $1-$2 over 12 months?
As to the bold, pretty hilarious line when you’re being a corporate defender in this very post.
Yeah, what was I thinking? Oh well, shame on both.
delfrickintree
Banned
Im more upset that frozen burritos used to be like $3 a pack, now theyre $7. Thats a bigger hole in my pocket than anything!
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If you keep eating those, you'll probably have a bigger hole in your undies as well.
Edmund
is waiting for Starfield 7
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
So THAT's what Blast Processing really means.
delfrickintree
Banned
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
delfrickintree
Banned
Never forget
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
I was tempted to go for $60 Essential sub before the price hike but then I figured the only thing I will be using it for would be Diablo 4 multiplayer...which I almost never play FML
I have BG3 incoming this month for Mac, Pillars of Eternity I started + Phantom Liberty end September. I should be good for half a year.
I have BG3 incoming this month for Mac, Pillars of Eternity I started + Phantom Liberty end September. I should be good for half a year.
GermanZepp
Member
I did not renew the subscription I declare.
delfrickintree
Banned
PoE is really good! (Loading times suck)
JimmyRustler
Member
That price hike is insane. I’m glad people are canceling.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
I like it but I cannot play it more than 30 minutes at a time. Playing on M1 Pro, so far loading times are sub 5 seconds.
delfrickintree
Banned
Fucks sake! I mustve wasted several hours on my 45s load times.. I guess i spent it checking my phone or something lol
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
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If it helps I upgraded my PS4 Pro HDD for SSD because I couldn't stomach Witcher 3 loading times.
delfrickintree
Banned
Yea i eventually put a 2tb ssd in my system storage and it got about 30% quicker. I used a stopwatch to measure the difference. Still not as quick as sata3 or m2 whatever formats
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I usually play less than 10 games a year, and am almost never in a hurry to pay full price for a game. But at any time I probably have at least 5 games on my wishlist which are still too expensive for me to pay. And ps plus extra easily gives me 5+ games a year I want to play which would set me back more if I had paid for them all individually.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Short term thinking. Sure, raising prices excites the market and stock price goes up. Later, if the revenue drops, the stock price falls. Stock price isn't revenue, it's valuation. Valuation doesn't pay bills. People unsubscribing could lower revenue, which could affect P/S ratio, which could affect valuation, which could lower stock price.As much as I hate to say this, Sony doesn't give a fuck about losing a few subscribers. Their stock just went up.
Sony Gains Most Since July After PlayStation Gaming Price Hike
Sony Group Corp. rose its most in more than a month after hiking the price of its core gaming PlayStation Plus subscription service by roughly a third, potentially shoring up its bottom line.www.bloomberg.com
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It wasn't taken out, the method use was changed.
EU Launch PS3's had BC with a handful of games nobody heard of that didn't work
Obviously later all PS3's had the PS2 BC gutted out of them.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
There’s always a small, modest initial subscriber loss any time there’s a price increase. The whole point though is to be able to mitigate the loss in the medium-term by having better content or staying competitive while also being able to maintain a profit. The subscriber growth does slowly bounce back over time. Netflix has been dealing with that give-and-take for 15+ years.
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