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Sony will be increasing the cost of their subscription service, PlayStation Plus. On August 31, the annual fee will go up from £40.00 to £50.00 for the UK. In Europe, costs will increase to €60.00 yearly while Australia will be faced with a rate hike to $80.00. Those in North America will not face these same rises in price, but only likely because there already was a rise in cost for subscribers back in September 2016. Customers can still buy PS+ memberships for the current rate, until the end of August, so it may be wise to grab a year if you're interested in what the service offers.

 

[Bimmel]

Pay 60 Euro to get "free" games. Makes sense. :-)

 

[Arras]

Oh well, I don't really use multiplayer anyway and the free games aren't that good, so I wasn't subscribed in the first place. It sucks for those who actually want to play multiplayer though.

 

[gamesquest1]

I guess you could buy a few prepaid year passes if you plan to keep psn+ for the foreseeable future, or to resell once the price hite tajes effect and make a sneaky profit, if I was running a game retailer I would just invest in a hundred or so now to make a tidy profit on and cut sony out of the price hike

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Pay 60 Euro to get "free" games. Makes sense. :-)

Once Sony hikes up the prices once more those "free" games will become even better of a deal.

I guess you could buy a few prepaid year passes if you plan to keep psn+ for the foreseeable future, or to resell once the price hite tajes effect and make a sneaky profit, if I was running a game retailer I would just invest in a hundred or so now to make a tidy profit on and cut sony out of the price hike

Read comments from folks who said they stacked up till 2020. I mean, that seems excessive but they decide what they want to do with their wallet.

 

[leon315]

Pc mustard race rulez, get folk all you consol peasants luul

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Pc mustard race rulez, get folk all you consol peasants luul

Muh online console subscription is way better than your PC online gaming.

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

That's pretty annoying, better buy another year for later.

 

[Qtis]

Muh online console subscription is way better than your PC online gaming.

One could beg to differ after HumbleBundle started their Monthly system. Easily the best value after PS+ took a dive in game quality after the PS4 release.

Sad to see a price hike as PS+ is quite expensive already :/

 

[Hielkenator2]

Dumb move, even if needed.
I was planning on getting a PS4 ( Pro ) again, but now I am not so sure anymore.
A decent gaming PC Seems all the more tempting now......

What are the exclusives besides, uncharted and God of War?

 

[Bimmel]

Dumb move, even if needed.
I was planning on getting a PS4 ( Pro ) again, but now I am not so sure anymore.
A decent gaming PC Seems all the more tempting now......

What are the exclusives besides, uncharted and God of War?

Hm... Crash Bandicoot?

 

[Hielkenator2]

Pay 60 Euro to get "free" games. Makes sense. :-)

Uh you mean borrow those games. Remember if your subscriptions ends, no more ps+ games. Besides 60,- is not "free". basically you pay for renting and acces.

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Hm... Crash Bandicoot?

No, thank you, I rather play a good game ( though crash of Wii was nice back in the day )

 

[migles]

can you like, grab like 5 of the ps plus cards, fill the account and done, got ps plus "for life" ?

 

[Yepi69]

If I was paying yearly I would rage as well but I already my subscription along with my internet bill and it comes out cheaper than the average PS+ card
But lately PS+ has been having such shit PS+ monthly games.

 

[Armadillo]

Again 60 dollars is 51 euro so still a 9 euro price increase over the increase in the US wich amounts to 10 dollars

yeah, that's the problem with Europe and console's price.
they usually pick the same number...
60$ and 60€ for PS+ 1 year

The Nintendo Switch is 389€ in Europe, and 389$ in USA too. (384 to be precise)
see how the prices work ?

US prices don't include tax. Difference in PS+ price pretty much comes down to the vat in EU. Might not like it, but the raise is basically inline with the US raise and then tax on top.

Pretty much same deal with the console. $389 is €330 + vat at 20% (correct me if I'm wrong, but it's around that in most eu countries) is €396.

So if it's €389, your pre-tax price is slightly lower than the us.

Yeah you can't buy without tax, but that isn't Sony/Nintendo/X companies fault. The price set is practically the same as the US, it's the local tax that pushes it over.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

US prices don't include tax. Difference in PS+ price pretty much comes down to the vat in EU. Might not like it, but the raise is basically inline with the US raise and then tax on top.

Pretty much same deal with the console. $389 is €330 + vat at 20% (correct me if I'm wrong, but it's around that in most eu countries) is €396.

So if it's €389, your pre-tax price is slightly lower than the us.

Yeah you can't buy without tax, but that isn't Sony/Nintendo/X companies fault. The price set is practically the same as the US, it's the local tax that pushes it over.

Theres only a tax charge if you buy the cards from physical retailers. Subscribing via Sony is tax free, or buying cards off of eBay as well.

As to the price raise, PSN cards go on sale so often it makes 0 difference. I haven't paid full price for 1 year PS+ cards in like 3 years, so meh.

EDIT: It also depends on the state, each one has a different sales tax number. Here in MI it's only 6%, some states it's 0.

 

[xBleedingSoulx]

I don't have PS+ as I only use my PS4 for exclusives but you're all complaining over a price rise of less than £1 a month. From the equivalent of £3.33 a month to £4.16. I'd say that's still pretty good value if you're into online multiplayer, plus the 2 free games a month is pretty cool.

 

[CathyRina]

Yeah I think I'm not gonna bother with online multiplayer games on my PS4.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

No, thank you, I rather play a good game ( though crash of Wii was nice back in the day )

I respect your opinion despite disagreeing completely.

can you like, grab like 5 of the ps plus cards, fill the account and done, got ps plus "for life" ?

You can but if you spend so much money to stack it up and then end up not using then it's just not worth it.

 

[CuriousTommy]

Unfortunately, maintaining servers isn't free. Those who believe we shouldn't pay for online services are wrong. The last thing I want to see rise up, is a Free To Play online service. We all know the absolute crap fest that F2P brings. We don't need that.

Is it known exactly how much of the money is being distributed to the developers and Sony? I tried looking online about this, but I couldn't find anything on this.

 

[GoldenBullet]

There is some hope for this. Some recent evidence have hinted at ps now being part of ps plus. I believe if they do this, it would be a limited version with cycling games (mostly ps3 games). Still, this would put the psplus service at higher value than Xbox gold service. One can only hope though. Luckily I recently bought a year subscription