Sony price-hiked their games a while ago. God of War was the first one with the price-hike.
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Sony's raising the price of PS Plus in Europe and Japan - again
- Thread starter Warrior of Light
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Not good, free games are just a trojan horse really, if it wasn't for mp games I'm sure most wouldn't sub
They don't have euros. Switzerland too and the price of the 12 month subscription will raise there too
We can always dream. But the real reason is simple: They are the undisputed market leader in Europe. They raise their prices because they can.
No one would be subbing if MP was free, they know that. So does Microsoft
Not sure if anything has changed now, cause my current sub is until June 2020, I purchased 3 years worth back in 2017 during a sale.
But yeah will wait once the sale starts and see again. If subbing directly doesn't work I will just get the subscription card directly to stack cause there is a promotion for that too (12 months + 3 months).
Here are the promotions for those holding a Singapore account, valid from 7-17 June.
Sure but then you would need your friends to do so as well. So since that's not happening XBL and PSN can charge whatever the market will bear.
This is no different from publishers charging higher prices for Switch games even when on digital sale.
Yes, cards should work. The store hasn't allowed you to stack Plus on sale since last year's Days of Play which was the last time you could do so. The couple of Plus sales they've done since then (Black Friday, Christmas and one in March this year) they didn't let current subscribers buy extra time.Not sure if anything has changed now, cause my current sub is until June 2020, I purchased 3 years worth back in 2017 during a sale.
But yeah will wait once the sale starts and see again. If subbing directly doesn't work I will just get the subscription card directly to stack cause there is a promotion for that too (12 months + 3 months).
Here are the promotions for those holding a Singapore account, valid from 7-17 June.
Pleased I'm covered till 2021.
It's crazy they keep upping the price without any additional value.
PS Now access of sorts seemed like the logical option when the announcement was made last year.
It's crazy they keep upping the price without any additional value.
PS Now access of sorts seemed like the logical option when the announcement was made last year.
lmao at those Swiss prices
But I guess we're used to being taken advantage of. *stares at Nintendo*
But I guess we're used to being taken advantage of. *stares at Nintendo*
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I've updated the OP with some examples. Feel free to quote me with information on how your country is affected and I'll add that too.
That doesn't change the fact that it's factually increasing -again- in those regions.
What's dramatic about that?
You can do it via a browser too. Just log into your PSN account, click on your PSN icon/avatar and choose "Subscriptions Management".
Croatia
12 months - 438.00 kn (no changes)
3 months - 181.00 kn (no changes)
1 month - 65.00 kn (from 58.00 kn)
I hope this subscription model dies soon or at least go back to real value because as of right now, PS Plus is a joke.
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"But it doesn't affect me!"
That's how I read it. Prices do in fact seem to be going up in every single country, but not necessarily for every subscription plan. Some countries are hit harder than others.
You won't be playing online then.
The online paywall is where they get most of their subs. They could get rid of the monthly games entirely and wouldn't see many cancellations over it.
The worst part is given your post history whenever Sony makes a stupid/bad for consumers decision, you're absolutely serious in this delusional statement.
Singapore
1 Month - 8.90 SGD (from 6.90 SGD)
3 Months - 21.90 SGD (from 14.90 SGD)
12 Months - 53.90 SGD (from 43.90 SGD)
This sucks in general because they've now stripped the service to 2 games but at least the 1 year plans aren't going up. That's what I e always used and maybe that's their goal - to get more ppl to take the yearly sub? Regardless, I do not love ps plus but feel I need to keep it at this point for access to years of free games :/
This is bullshit. They got rid of ps3 and vita games for plus, left the ps4 with 2 and the games we get are still cheap as hell.
If it wasn't for Siege, I'd cancel because this is bullshit. Fuck Sony.
If it wasn't for Siege, I'd cancel because this is bullshit. Fuck Sony.
That's not happening as long as every console has an online paywall. That's what is making people sub to PS Plus and Live Gold - they're forced to do it to play online with friends.
Yeah - I won't be resubscribing to PS Plus next time my subscription is up.
The only games I need online for don't require it, and the games aren't really getting my attention.
At this point NSO is a better value proposition lol.
The only games I need online for don't require it, and the games aren't really getting my attention.
At this point NSO is a better value proposition lol.
So, in Germany they're only raising the 1-month-sub from 7.99 to 8.99€. While not that much, this still goes to show that Sony seems to be willing to casually increase prices how they see fit. As the platform holder, they're entitled to actions like these, but to be completely honest they only increase the chance of me personally skipping out on the new PlayStation generation. Already let my Plus sub expire in April and stuff like this doesn't make me want to renew out of principle.
Well yes. What the hell else am I gonna do if I want to play with my friends online lol?