Sony Increasing Price of PlayStation Plus in the US, Canada and Brazil on September 22 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 August 2016 / 15,241 Views
Sony announced it is increasing the price of PlayStation Plus on September 22 in the US, Canada and Brazil to $59.99 USD / $69.99 CAD / R$ 129.99 for twelve months and $24.99 USD / $29.99 CAD / R$ 24.99 for three months.
The price for one month will remain at $9.99 USD in the US and increased to $11.99 CAD in Canada.
"PlayStation Plus strives to enrich your PlayStation experience through a world-class service built for our fans," said PlayStation Plus Content Partnership Manager Greg Lewickyj. "This marks the first time that PS Plus membership prices will increase in the U.S. and Canada since the launch of the service in 2010.
"The new pricing reflects the current market conditions while enabling us to continue providing exceptional value to our members. As a member, you will continue to enjoy the benefits and features that enable shared experiences, such as online multiplayer, free games, and exclusive discounts. You will also continue to get exclusive benefits such as online game save storage and discounts across the PlayStation digital services.
"If you do not wish to continue your subscription, please be sure to cancel it by turning off auto-renewal in your account settings before September 22, 2016."
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Of course they are going to increase the prices, what is going to stop them? People accepted the XBox Live fees when they appeared blocking online multiplayer, and barely anyone complained about the PS+ ones with the PS4. Now that fees for online multiplayer are commonplace and the PS4 has a huge lead, they can afford jack up the prices. Sucks for the ones paying, though, I hope Sony reverts the prices soon.
10 dollars extra is too steep! The quality of PS Plus games and servers should be better with this increase.
This can only mean other nations will follow
The Price in Europe increased already last year.
lol, and some are happy to pay more!!!!!!! I hope Sony double the price of PS+ by Xmas so they can be twice happier!!!!!!!
"All the boys upstairs want to see,
How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free."
I already don't pay $50 for a year, so i guess now, i just won't pay $60. Easy to find a deal sometime throughout the year for $10-$15 off. Well worth it, if you enjoy most of the free games.
Just keep bending over. They love it.
So do i apparently.
By definition, every comment is unnecessary.
So naturally, you decided to chastise me publicly instead of issuing said moderation. Yeah. Makes sense. Thanks.
I'll do what I think is right and live with the consequences.
Is that what you call this public back and forth we're having? Productive? If productivity was what you were after, it seems like that would have been the logical thing to do.
These comments are meant to discuss and debate the issue of Sony increasing their PS+ price. It's not a place for any of this. If you want to continue, private message me. Otherwise, I'm done. discussing it.
"If you do not wish to continue your subscription, please be sure to cancel it by turning off auto-renewal in your account settings before September 22, 2016."
That's pretty cool.
"This marks the first time..." and many more to come? This is NOT cool..
Well, Brazil does have a 8% a year inflation, so, normal stuff here. But Canada?
Our dollar is falling because of this recession that shows no signs of ending and our taxes go up because of our terrible Liberal government who thinks economic migrants are more important than Canadians.
Too late to complain about that. It was 10 years ago we had to bycott the payable online to make an impact, now it's too late. Now if they want to increase the price, just shut your mouthes, pay more or stop to play online just like I did since this gen. I never did nor will pay a single buck to play online in my entire life.
It's a shame you missed out on such things as Halo, Forza, Gears online play, games like World of Warcraft or services like IGC or GWG each month, those are/were such great services for the relatively tiny price they cost. (when you compare something like a year of PSN+ or Xbox live gold costs less than a new AAA title)
Well they didn't mention NZ so im not worried.
doesn't effect me, and others that prefer playing single player, but it sucks for those that like playing multiplayer.
Hope they offer better games or a VR game in addition or backwards comp. like mirosoft does, why pay more for the same, which isn't really worth it
What Sony are offering from their platform is not the same, the sales suggest that.
So this is what Sony means by "greatness awaits", they are referring to their profit increase.
To be fair to Sony if you think about it from an inflation point of view, this is the first increase since 2010 and it is going up by $10, if you look at it being 72 games during that year I'm sure the price of getting 72 games has gone up by more than 13cent per game over the last 6 years.
As upsetting as this news is, i knew inflation would fight back someday, it was just a matter of time. For awhile, Canadians have been paying $49.99 for a yearly memebership which is actually worth just above $38 USD. So techinically Canadians had it good for a few years. Best thing to do is just to stock up and top up your PS+ account now before the price increase.
Here, on Brazil, it was avaliable for 25US$ for over a year.
No biggie for me. I don't support sony for my gaming needs.
I'm not really phased by this. 5$ a month is nothing.
Funny. It used to be that Xbox was the more popular service and costly (with better online fidelity) while Playstation was free. Now it's the reverse. Most gamers are on playstation so they're upping the cost (but their service still hasn't topped microsoft's) while Xbox has become the cheaper if less favorable to some, alternative.
Ha, Nintendo has a free online system for their consoles
But they don't have games worth to be played online...
Hope it stays that way.
