Various PS Plus Subscription Prices Increasing in Europe, Again

We need a revamped ps now included.

Australia too! Just got the email 😒

I'm a bit miffed by the lack of much PSVR support. Logic suggests that dropping PS3 and Vita support would free up resources, but the games offered since March have been on par with the games offered before March. There's just less of them now.

I can't see this news going down very well. At all. In fact, if it's true and ends up applying to all countries I think there will be outright revolt and internet meltdown.

And I have to question what on earth Sony's game is, if true. I mean, the PS5 is on the horizon, you'd think they'd be trying to garner good will.

You relies none of those people in that form work for sony.your article is based on hearsay

As the article explains, it seems like a pricing correction for a few of them.

For Sweden, Switzerland, and Japan, it could also be an alteration due to exchange rates on their individual currencies. Doesn't explain France or Germany, though.

I'm subbed until 2021 anyway, and I always get mine as an annual sub through Amazon UK's Black Friday deals, which saves a lot.

If it's just raising the one-month sub so it's more expensive per month than getting a full year I don't think it's an issue.
Like @Paranoimia I'm subbed for a couple of years due to sales, as well Black Friday I'm pretty sure this 'Days of Play' event will make it cheaper. I can't remember the last time I paid full price.

@SwanPrincess83. Haven't checked the emails yet, what's the damage in our banana republic exchange rate that they use?
Only bought a renewal during the last sale mostly due to stuff like accessing Beyond Good & Evil,Scott Pilgrim (PS3),& a few like resogun,transformers devastation etc. on ps4, along with the plus discounts in the occasional sales.
Won't go down very well with a lot of people,but given Sony's social media team isn't exactly known for their interactivity will they pay much attention to the outcry??

It makes sense with all the extra games they've been giving us lately.

Wow, that blows. I'm glad I don't play online anymore.

PlayStation plus is fairly price inelastic as once people have got a PS4 they need it in order to play online. Therefore increasing the price of the sub looks like easy money. However it’s all part of a wider package people get when they choose between consoles and in the long run increasing the price will make PlayStation less competitive.

thank God I'm from New York.haha word up son

@naruball what extra games??

remember when PS+ had 6 games AND sometimes even extra VR games? good times...

Great. As if it wasn't bad enough to pay 70€ for new games in Germany, now they increase the price for the second time in a row. Not to mention that Europe is still extremely far behind when it comes to deals and PS Now games. The only good thing about this is that it only concerns the one month option.

@AdamNovice

So you don't want anything bad said about PS Plus ever? Wow, I though I was a fanboy 😒

@playstation1995 If you need another year of PS+ it's currently on sale on Newegg.com for $49.99, but supposedly only $44.99 w/ this code: EMCTAWT33 (I haven't tried it yet, still thinking it over)

https://www.newegg.com/sony-12-months/p/N82E16832886007?Item=N82E16832886007

@rjejr I found a Vetter deal on eBay for 43$.one year.word up son

@AdamNovice When you have to pay more for less, why shouldn’t it be a negative article?

(Though I would hardly call it negative.)

@Sauce01 They were joking.

In Norway, the price for a yearly subscription increases with 20 percent.

@AdamNovice Sony is charging more for less crap. I dont see how u can write this article into a positive

I wish more people would just play f2p multiplayer games and stop their subscription. We should send a message to Sony that charging the same price for less is not okay. But if the service goes up in price then even more so. Have a backbone, people.

My sub ends in 18 days I won't be renewing and you can bet your top dollor that everywhere will soon get an increase, what you get for plus right now is biscuits meh games so far the cloud storage upgrade which is needed as PS5 game saves will be even bigger anyway.

It will be £60 soon for plus if not next year I bet you, Sony soon will need to merge plus with now soon to even make it worth anything

@sinton Did you also receive two emails? The first had a %twelve_price% tag in stead of the actual price amount. In the second email this was corrected. However the translation to norwegian was still erroneous, as it stated an increase by NOK 580,-
That would have been awful. I pray this is the new total amount and not just the increase 😂

@gamer_since_83 Yeah, there seems to have been some mishaps in the communication there. 😂 According to Norwegian video game site Press Fire, Sony have confirmed that NOK 580 is the new price for a one year subscription.

@playstation1995 Dumb f*ck what you think you're safe? The US is next soy boy.

_{Enjoy your ban - get2sammyb}

@naruball

Doesn't make sense at all if you don't take advantage of the games on offer. It's a tax plain and simple.

@FrankGarrett hahaha 🙈word up son

@AdamNovice

Old how? I consider myself a Playstation fanboy and I prioritize Sony exclusives over anything else and even I think not calling Sony out on anything just because Sony haters will pounce on them is ridiculous.

I only realised the other day my ps plus sub ran out several months ago due to a cancelled debit card. I have played several games intensively and done whatever I have needed to do. I had to ask myself. What is it i am ACTUALLY paying for? It's become like my Netflix account. I still pay for it even though im not completely sure why. 🤔

@lacerz 'Logic suggests that dropping PS3 and Vita support would free up resources, but the games offered since March have been on par with the games offered before March. There's just less of them now.'

This is business and if Sony can get away with giving less for more they will. I am not saying its morally right what they have done as its not. Everyone in the comments was calling for Vita and Ps3 support to stop and my answer was always why? No one knows how the companies are paid to supply games - My gut feeling is that ps3 and Vita games over the last few years were a pittance to put on the igc and the business savings were primarily on the team who negotiated with publishers and the marketing, IT and infrastructure for each new batch of free games. None of us PlayStation gamers have won in this scenario and its no surprise to me that the sales on the ps store are now omnipresent (possibly the same team who used to run the IGC).

The instant game collection was a massive coup for PlayStation and its been trimmed away and as @Ryall has mentioned in his post. The next time we buy a console for the next gen the free stuff we get will be taken into consideration by more and more people.

It probably won't affect my decision to buy a PS5 but I am concerned that the IGC boom time has come to an end.

F*ckers. They are going to squeeze us like stones because we're their customers.

@Robocod an extra $1, so it’ll be $11.95

Thx @SwanPrincess83-s'pose we should be relieved if its only the monthly one then...the problem of regularly throwing in VR or ps now stuff with the plus membership is PS Now has limited access atm & psvr ownership vs non owners is quite large. This might well change with the next-gen plans & the possible azure/cloud agreement. But meantime the two games a month has resulted in a AAA vs Indie "freebies" turf war or which represents better value & leaving people unhappy.
Likewise, I agree given the EU/AU PSN in particular seems pretty average as a storefront vs Switch/XB & US psn in getting games approved/released etc.

@naruball Lets hope they bring some extra stuff. Maybe with the BC on PS5 they bring extra games or at least some PS Now in there. Or a movie rental but you dont have that in the Netherlands.

Hong Kong getting price increase on all 3 memberships as well.

Needing PS+ to play online to begin with is ridiculous. At the very least they should offer a certain amount of free online play every month, I don't wanna have to pay for a whole period if I just want to hop onto an online game every now and then.

It's just another reason to go to PC.

If they had an online only payment for playing multiplayer games and the current PS plus. I would take the option without games every month of the year. Isn't worth it imho

@Sauce01 sarcasm...

@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah, so far they've only done the opposite (remove 4 games, some which where also crossbuy, so you'd get a 3rd if not a 4th ps4 game), but we'll see. It doesn't look good and they most certainly should have done something and by something I don't mean increase the prices yet again.

Especially when they brag in the financial reports about how much of a goldmine ps+ is.

@naruball Totally agree atleast combine something maybe PS Now. Or make a lower tier with no games and discounts but only backup and online play for like 30/35.

Wonder if there will be any discounts on subscriptions in the Days of Play...?