Sony says it will continue to adjust PS Plus pricing as more players choose higher tiers
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Same thing I did. Ps+ is what drove me away. I was there since day 1 and after the last increase I was out. I just couldn't justify $250 a year for it. The "free" games were nice and let me try new stuff but between epic and prime free games, I dont need them anymore.
Lunarorbit
Member
Plus these assholes are getting rid of ps stars. I don't care about having avatars but when that news dropped I had $50 in credit from buying games. Just another way to get more money out of us.
kiphalfton
Member
As somebody who doesn't play that many games/year, only reason to have PS+ is for multiplayer. Unfortunately that by itself is 60% of the cost.
Still have Game Pass Ultimate, but the price shot up on that and even with cheap keys from CDKeys/etc., it's a ripoff.
I see more people migrating to PC in the future. Especially when consoles become digital only.
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reinking
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ComputerBlue
Member
"Adjust"
Sony HQ:
Sony HQ:
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Fake
Member
Is it really wasted if I get to access my games saves from two different PS5's?
You can do this with the basic subscription tier, not with the 'elite premium' subscription tier.
newtypepilot
Member
gotta thank the dumb xbox players for normalizing monetization for online multiplayer.
The one that costs $80 for cloud saves that are free on Xbox? Sony doesn't let you even transfer manually via a USB drive.
The Ponies always have an excuse to get their cheeks clapped. It's different when Sony does it though. Its aways in their best interest. Lol. Keep buying it up though on these consoles, they are never going to change when you keep goving them miney and defending them.
Shmunter
Member
I believe the usb transfer is not the case. When you do a backup you can check save games only.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Before the conversion I stacked til August of 2026. I plan to let it expire and get MP games I want on PC instead.
So cool man.
ShadyAcshuns
Gold Member
I guess some people would rather pay for a sub than buy games, but if you already own a bunch of them and have a backlog, it makes no sense to have it.
mayham2199
Member
Yea I agree I stopped my sub. If I do the math though it is worth it because it does have like 4 guaranteed games I want to play. I don't know though I just don't like to feel like I'm on a timer. I'll play the man who erased his name when I want to not be forced to hurry and play it before it leaves.
I don't really care because gaming is very cheap to me compared to my other hobbies but still sucks to see everything rising in price.
Haven't seen my ps5 Home Screen in over 2 years. Don't miss it one bit.
LavitzSlambert
Member
First of all, we don't know the total PS+ subscriber count anymore. They stopped reporting it in 2023, which does not inspire confidence in growth. This was after the first major price hike. The percentage of Essential subscribers shrank, some may have cancelled their subs and others may have moved up a tier. Considering how Sony has been offering discounts to Premium far in excess of the discounts for Plus and Essential I am not surprised to see a small percentage change like this.
Could be very misleading, we are going to see the true story evolve over the next year or two. I hope they have better internal models because if they are relying on this surface level analysis (probably just to woo the investors) it's going to be bad.
Could be very misleading, we are going to see the true story evolve over the next year or two. I hope they have better internal models because if they are relying on this surface level analysis (probably just to woo the investors) it's going to be bad.
bender
What time is it?
When Sony announced the new tiers, I had 10+ years of PS+ stacked thanks to early stackable one month giveaways, free years for credit card sign-ups and $25-30 yearly memberships via Black Friday deals/CDKeys deals. Sony capped the upgrade cost to the highest tier at $149.99 which I thought was a deal. With all due respect to Animal Well, I'm not sure that was such a deal. Gamepass is a much better offering, but it's hard to demand Sony follow suit when Gamepass will be the death of the Xbox console brand.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
This is one of the reasons I fully shifted to PC
Holding save games to ransom behined a paywall is total bullshit, no matter how you slice it or who does it.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
I remember when playstation network was free
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
PC
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
When your first party titles flop or need to be 100% refunded, this is kind of inevitable.
NeoLed
Member
My PS Plus expire yesterday too. I hope I won't missed it like you too
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Barakov
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DragonNCM
Member
If more people are paying for higher subs, that means the price will go down, right?
Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
I skipped PS3 and PS4 and got back with the PS5. Had a blast with all the games I had missed, but the PS5 gen itself has been abysmal. There's no way I'll invest in another one before I'm sure it'll have yet again plenty of games I want. So if this trajectory continues I might invest in a PS8 when time comes. Until then I'll keep my PS5 and be more focused on Nintendo. It's a bit bizarre with the modern long development times.
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Kupfer
Member
Something about the total number of subscribers?
Assuming more and more Essential users cancel their subscriptions because they no longer want to bear this price increase for basic features, the percentage of Premium users would automatically rise.
Without looking at the overall numbers, such presented results are useless and merely suggest to users that 'buying the most expensive product is the best choice because more and more people are doing it' - according to Sony.
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This thread alone:
Same for me, I was part of PSPlus for years, but they simply overdid it and as a result lost many formerly loyal customers.
You can back it up on any usb stick or external HDD/SSD
Assuming more and more Essential users cancel their subscriptions because they no longer want to bear this price increase for basic features, the percentage of Premium users would automatically rise.
Without looking at the overall numbers, such presented results are useless and merely suggest to users that 'buying the most expensive product is the best choice because more and more people are doing it' - according to Sony.
Edit :
This thread alone:
Eh, I'll be letting mine lapse when it runs out early next year. Haven't played an online game in ages and can't remember the last time I played one of the free games
No value in it anymore for me at least.
As i did, best decision i ever made ! Always some discount on games and you can buy keys from multiple sites. And did i mention free cloud saves and online ?
Same for me, I was part of PSPlus for years, but they simply overdid it and as a result lost many formerly loyal customers.
You can back it up on any usb stick or external HDD/SSD
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LimanimaPT
Member
I do. But I subscribe essential, and 2 months before it expires I upgrade to premium for a fraction of the price.
The objective here is to play some games for no cost.
Ratchet a rift in time, death stranding, returnal, demon souls, bloodborne, little nighmares 2 and others. I played all of those with this upgrade.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
As I've downsized to one console i won't be renewing this year so they can do what they want. I was only paying for cloud saves
They'll be just fine without me.
They'll be just fine without me.
Mr.ODST
Member
Tempted to sell my PS5 pro at this point the only hope is GTA 6, recently upgraded PC and seeing games half price on there and cloud saves etc.
My 400 hour elden ring save got overwritten because my console saved overwrote my cloud one.
Surprised the bootlickers still defending Sony
My 400 hour elden ring save got overwritten because my console saved overwrote my cloud one.
Surprised the bootlickers still defending Sony
ArtHands
Banned
It helps generate profit for Sony
Cakeboxer
Member
Most people are already too lazy to change discs, don't expect them to regularly backup things and one week of no backups can already ruin a complete game.
Noctis0Caelum
Neo Member
I think this is also one of the reasons why i dont play Playstation anymore. It just sucks to play games you need to pay a sub, also service, UI ect are extremely bad and confusing. I played playstation for like years since i was a kid, but now i just got to play only single player games like ex33 or FF, DS2 ect. As for multiplayer the pc just hits better to call your friends, getting in touch with them, text them these things cant be done right with playstation.
Kupfer
Member
Oh, it has been and still is talked about a lot - if you're asking the right people. What surprises me is how few people even know about this option and just assume cloud saves are the only way to back up their data.
I mean, is Sony a company that wants to make it as difficult and inconvenient as possible for customers to operate outside of their pay-for-services? Definitely. That and much more is something I hold against Sony.
Still, I'm glad we at least have some way to back up our data offline. On the PS4, of course, it was a dream in that regard..
Salmon Snake
Member
Yeah. My plus sub is about to expire and I wouldn't want to renew it. But I'll probably will just because of cloud saves. Sucks ass that it's pretty expensive feature.
Soodanim
Member
I'm thankful none of my friends really bother with online MP anymore because it means I have zero reason to have a console in addition to PC.
It's different strokes for different folks, but I'm happy to have found my preference without being charged for things like cloud saves. On basic principle I think that's a shitty thing to hold back in this day and age.
It's different strokes for different folks, but I'm happy to have found my preference without being charged for things like cloud saves. On basic principle I think that's a shitty thing to hold back in this day and age.
midnightAI
Member
Like every other business..... got it
(my point was prices for anything changes because of a variety of factors, meaning Sony are no different)