Dr.Morris79
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PlayStation Plus is increasing its pricing globally starting September 6th
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Trogdor1123
Member
Looks like extra will be around $180 in Canada… that’s crazy
Dr.Morris79
Member
This is exactly the reason I dont even boot my PS5 up anymore. Sony dont even give free cloud saves, and thats bollocks.
No thank you.
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
Par for course.
To clarify my thoughts (not that you care), this is just the way these things work. Until something disrupts the cash flow, we should expect more of this from the big 3.
To clarify my thoughts (not that you care), this is just the way these things work. Until something disrupts the cash flow, we should expect more of this from the big 3.
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Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Greedy corporations are greedy. I’ll let my premium sub expire and just sit with essential. I have very little time to play as it is so these subscription services are not targeted at me. I’d rather just own my games and buy them ad hoc like I have been for the past 25+ years.
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ByWatterson
Member
Yeah, but see, this is a super reasonable reaction. At least half of the posts here are not this.
Fabieter
Member
We donr have fucking 30% inflation. There is stuff that barley raised in pricing because costs stayed the same and the only way to justify this is to show that they will improve their sub.
I would expect at least one sea of stars like day one quality game every single month with those new prices. At least ONE.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Jim Ryan is just shooting himself in the foot here
$60/yr? Ok, I’ll keep my sub and forget about it renewing. The value proposition was always kinda shitty
But…these hikes? People will notice and they will cancel
This is massively stupid for what boils down to cloud saves and access to MP games
Greedy as shit, I hope live service fails and they lose tons of subs
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yeah. I don’t play my ps5 that much these days, so I won’t resubscribe and just use GameFly to play the Sony exclusives.mhmmmm...looking back at my decision to drop PS+ entirely.
Much prefer renting games from Gamefly. Best deal in gaming.
phaedrus
Member
MatrixReloaded101
Member
They will probably start adding more new first party games at a quicker rate. That's the only reason that would make sense for why they increased the price by so much.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Fucking assholes are just trying to dry their loyal costumers without providing more value.
Decreasing their first party output, GAAS, and now hiking prices this much? This is a big increase.
Man fuck him and fuck them. After a dry year? Toilet status. I’m about to take my money elsewhere.
Venuspower
Member
Lol? $ 80 for Essential. Are they drunk?
R6Rider
Gold Member
No, they are Sony.
Trogdor1123
Member
Been with plus since day 1. Never got a single one of those promos that they used to do for free store credit or anything like that and I never complained then but I am now. I canceled my subscription today. Not that it means much as they have my money till May 2024 and I’ll probably rebuy when I find a cheap code online again but after ps5, I think they pushed me out.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
They can charge whatever they like, but we don't have to pay those prices. I just turned off auto-renewal.
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Sleepwalker
Member
fart town usa
Member
I understand if people don't want Extra or Premium but the selection isn't bad at all. Even the PS3 streaming, yea they're locked to 720p but the games play fine and there's a lot of gems in there.
Lots of misery going on here when you should be playing games you enjoy playing.
Lots of misery going on here when you should be playing games you enjoy playing.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
I hope we genuinely see a drop in subscriptions in q3 and q4 but I doubt it.
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
If this were the case, it would be in the messaging. It's just a normal price uptick. Everyone will be upset for a week or two, then life will continue as always.
Sleepwalker
Member
The problem for me with paying $160 a year to be able to stream PS3 games at 720p is that I just picked up a PS3 super slim for under $30 that will play them natively, and that for under 2 years of premium you can probably pick up one of those expensive back compat PS3s too.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
I expected a price increase but not a 33% increase, and not to PS+ Essential. Makes MS's Game Pass price increase look modest by comparison.
Guessing they're considering Day 11P releases? Doing Trails for all 1P and big 3P AAA releases in Premium pre-Day 1? They have to be adding more value to justify a price increase this much, but no info on that front. Sony/SIE pre-2022 would have pared this type of news well by, y'know, announcing new features and Day 1 offerings to the tiers, but not current Sony/SIE.
Interested to see how this plays out but if it backfires, it backfires. It is what it is.
Guessing they're considering Day 11P releases? Doing Trails for all 1P and big 3P AAA releases in Premium pre-Day 1? They have to be adding more value to justify a price increase this much, but no info on that front. Sony/SIE pre-2022 would have pared this type of news well by, y'know, announcing new features and Day 1 offerings to the tiers, but not current Sony/SIE.
Interested to see how this plays out but if it backfires, it backfires. It is what it is.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
LostDonkey
Member
They better add PSVR2 titles into the monthly games then!
For an extra £1.60 a month???
You're having a laugh
R6Rider
Gold Member
Without a price increase, paying monthly would already be more than this new price of $80/yr.
Eimran
Member
Dude they are making records profits and now they have the guts to raise prices 33%.
Do that the same again in two years, taking in account with inflation you'll be playing 250 for a year.
For the poor PS classics catalogue right now they can eat a bag of dicks. I'm not renewing my membership.
Sleepwalker
Member
Oh yeah, I forgot how big of a scam monthly is lol, I'm sure it'll go up even more now.
tmlDan
Member
Revenue records, not profits - their profits are actually pretty minimal.
They reinvest most of it back into their divisions
fart town usa
Member
That's valid, I still have my PS3 and a great library but PS+ Premium is still a feasible option for those who don't.
Just lots of knee jerk hyperbole. I get it, everyone has a budget and some people aren't interested in the "Classics" selection. I applaud people who cancel, vote with your wallet but don't act like it's trash across the board, that's just silly.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Ok, I just cancelled.
Astro Bot was pretty sad on the confirm cancellation page.
Astro Bot was pretty sad on the confirm cancellation page.
R6Rider
Gold Member
I wouldn't stay subbed if I didn't play so much online with friends. Free games and cloud saves are a bonus for me.
JokerMM
Gay porn is where it's at.
it's because off corporate ass lickers like these clowns that these fuckers keep on fucking us over
defending a 30% increase when groceries and fuel cost what they do these days and for what? FOR WHAT? AAA games are still 70 dollars and STILL full of microtransactions, unfinished buggy messes
im this close of being done with this indusrty
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SSfox
Member
Wait people are saying that Gamepass is still more expansive? Holy FUCK, i already think this is too much, more is kinda crazy and i don't care about "MUH DAY ONE GAMES MUH" Specially for a company that barely has any game
This is big disappointment, they should at least give us a new service for like 20 or 30 $ per year for Online play, i don't care about the shitty games
This is big disappointment, they should at least give us a new service for like 20 or 30 $ per year for Online play, i don't care about the shitty games
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