Sony announces PlayStation Plus price increase for new customers starting May 20

Marc_LFD · May 21, 2026

Skelletonike said:
It depends on the games, some games actually have a stronger online presence on Nintendo, Megaman Battle Network and Monster Hunter Rise come to mind for example, same happens with GTA Online which has way more players on consoles than PC.

I personally did stop subbing to Plus since mine expired and monthly subs were already expensive. I'll probably sub again when they make another decent sale on Plus prices.

I used to play Mario Kart 8 online for free before it became a paid service, but afterwards did I start paying for it? No, I just quit playing it online.

That was pretty much the only Nintendo game I enjoyed playing online and in a way they took it away from me by greediness, though can you blame them? I mean yes you can, but M$/$ony were doing it for years now.

It's just business and people are clearly happy to pay for it now.

Skelletonike · May 21, 2026

Marc_LFD said:
I used to play Mario Kart 8 online for free before it became a paid service, but afterwards did I start paying for it? No, I just quit playing it online.

That was pretty much the only Nintendo game I enjoyed playing online and in a way they took it away from me by greediness, though can you blame them? I mean yes you can, but M$/$ony were doing it for years now.

It's just business and people are clearly happy to pay for it now.

I pay for Nintendo because it's like... 24€ a year or so, last time I bought it was 2 years ago, where I got another free year for subbing, so yeah. It's negligible compared to like 150€ for Sony without discounts.

BlusterBong · May 21, 2026

Ruh Roh Raggy!, all of the PSN tiers got price hiked, and not just the one they told us

ChronosNotashi · May 22, 2026

BlusterBong said:
Ruh Roh Raggy!, all of the PSN tiers got price hiked, and not just the one they told us

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Just a friendly reminder that, once again, this has happened before even one price increase has occurred for the Switch 2 or NSO. Let's see how many more times Sony increases the Concord tax before September.

MeowthBlep · May 22, 2026

ChronosNotashi said:
Just a friendly reminder that, once again, this has happened before even one price increase has occurred for the Switch 2 or NSO. Let's see how many more times Sony increases the Concord tax before September.

Ooorrr… you could buy a pc

ChronosNotashi · May 22, 2026

MeowthBlep said:
Ooorrr… you could buy a pc

Which has also gone up in price multiple times before Switch 2/NSO prices have even gone up once. And with no cheaper options, since Valve doesn't make Steam Decks anymore. And with PC being stuck with Sony's live service games going forward, the Concord Tax screws them over, too.

Points for trying to sound smart with your deflection attempt, though.

Ambers_Crimson_8K · May 23, 2026

Honestly after looking up the so-called price hike, it increased $1 to $5 depending on the category or version.
Honestly it looks like they are trying to just get everyone to get the Premium Version, because it holds the best value, so they are increasing the other too.

And lately they have given out an amazing library, the 1 year premium will be good for those that don't purchase a lot of games per year.

NeSchn · May 24, 2026

I'm not much of a gamer these days and have no subscriptions to anything besides YouTube Premium but hell, even YT Premium keeps going up and I'm thinking about getting rid of it. I feel bad for gamers with all these price hikes as of late, it's almost as if companies don't want customers anymore. Greed is at an all time high.

Marc_LFD · May 25, 2026

NeSchn said:
I'm not much of a gamer these days and have no subscriptions to anything besides YouTube Premium but hell, even YT Premium keeps going up and I'm thinking about getting rid of it. I feel bad for gamers with all these price hikes as of late, it's almost as if companies don't want customers anymore. Greed is at an all time high.

You sub it to get ad free? I just use Brave, ReVanced, and adblockers.

ZeroT21 · May 25, 2026

I gave it up years ago, and it still keeps getting worse.

NeSchn · May 26, 2026

Marc_LFD said:
You sub it to get ad free? I just use Brave, ReVanced, and adblockers.

Initially yes, but I've had it since 2019 when it was only $8 a month but now have a lot of videos downloaded/saved and mainly use it on mobile. That's how they lock you in I guess, my wife also uses the YouTube Music part of it so it would suck to get rid of now even though I really want to, so I feel for gamers who have so much invested into their subscriptions while prices keep getting jacked up.

Marc_LFD · May 26, 2026

NeSchn said:
Initially yes, but I've had it since 2019 when it was only $8 a month but now have a lot of videos downloaded/saved and mainly use it on mobile. That's how they lock you in I guess, my wife also uses the YouTube Music part of it so it would suck to get rid of now even though I really want to, so I feel for gamers who have so much invested into their subscriptions while prices keep getting jacked up.

The videos downloaded through the YT app have DRM so it's not that great, but you're paying for more than one person to use those services which isn't too bad.

Check out the Grayjay app you might be interested.

MeowthBlep · May 26, 2026

NeSchn said:
Initially yes, but I've had it since 2019 when it was only $8 a month but now have a lot of videos downloaded/saved and mainly use it on mobile. That's how they lock you in I guess, my wife also uses the YouTube Music part of it so it would suck to get rid of now even though I really want to, so I feel for gamers who have so much invested into their subscriptions while prices keep getting jacked up.

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