Sony Reveals PS Plus and PS Now Voucher Conversion Rate to New PS Plus - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 April 2022 / 4,152 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed it has disabled stacking for PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscribers ahead of the relaunch of PlayStation Plus.
The company has assured users will be able to redeem the vouchers once their existing subscription expires and is deactivated, or after the new PlayStation Plus service launches.
Sony has provided details for the conversion rate for PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now vouchers to the new PlayStation Plus service.
"If you currently have a PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now membership, due to changes we are making to the service prior to launch, you won’t be able to redeem a voucher code for that service until your existing membership expires and deactivates, or after the new PlayStation Plus service launches in your area, whichever happens first. Rest assured that your voucher code is still valid," said Sony.
Added Sony, "If you are an existing customer, the PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now voucher you redeem will be converted to a length of time on your current PlayStation Plus membership plan equivalent to the monetary value of the voucher you are redeeming."
Check out the conversion rates below:
PlayStation Plus voucher conversions
- 1 month PS Plus voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 31 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Essential - Converted to 31 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 20 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 17 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
- 3 month PS Plus voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 92 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Essential - Converted to 92 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 58 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 46 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
- 12 month PS Plus voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 365 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Essential - Converted to 365 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 219 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 183 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
PlayStation Now voucher conversions
- 1 month PS Now voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 21 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
- Essential - Converted to 40 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 25 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 21 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
- 3 month PS Now voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 53 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium
- Essential - Converted to 105 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 66 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 53 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
- 12 month PS Now voucher
- Non-Subscriber - Converted to 183 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium
- Essential - Converted to 365 Days of PlayStation Plus Essential
- Extra - Converted to 219 Days of PlayStation Plus Extra.
- Premium - Converted to 183 Days of PlayStation Plus Premium.
The new PlayStation Plus service combines the current PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into a single service that will be available in three tiers - Essential, Extra, and Premium. It will first launch in Asia on May 23, in Japan on June 1, in the Americas on June 13, and in Europe on June 22.
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Seems pretty stupid to not let people stack. Why wouldn't you want all of those people locking in for long-term membership?
Because with how the system was setted people would be stacking PSNow for 60bucks a year (and perhaps discounts they got on the voucher) to get multiple years of PS+ Premium that would be worth 120USD.
It's almost like it's not Game Pass.
Yes, I understand that. I'm saying, I'd expect them to want to get a bunch of people on the service quickly. Allowing people to stack helps that.
Sony don't need to use this as marketing like XB has with subs. Sony just wants to offer a better service than prior and wants to profit from it.
Plus for a dollar ain't happening because it doesn't need to.
Right. But, those people are already on the service only for a short period of time though, because they're not allowed to stack.
I certainly understand the math of how this helps them be profitable sooner. But, I question whether that's a smart way to go about a subscription service. Every subscription service that I can think of across modern gaming, movies, TV has been introduced at a money losing price (maybe break even in some cases) In order to get people hooked on the service.
I get that gaming subscription services (of this sort) are newer and less ubiquitous than TV and movie streaming. But, I think there's enough in the market now that we can see the established, generally accepted best practice for launching these things. Sony seems not to be following that here. That's great if it works for them. But, common sense tells us they're playing a risky game by not taking obvious paths to subscriber growth. After all, if your competitors are willing to lose money and you're not, how are you going to compete?
And that is why most if not all of those subscrition services will fail. Look at Netflix. Its not sustainable to want to grow all the time without the possibility to get more money out of your EXISTING customers. The only thing once you reach the peak (look at netflix) is going down and harvest your existing customers. So you have to go up in price. And that makes you loose even more customers.
The Competition is not sleeping. They are only getting bigger.
Though I mean xbox does not only have gp. But why would you not want gp if you are on xbox because you get all their games for 10bucks a month...
They are mostly 1y subs instead of monthly (GP is the one that limits to 3m renewals isn't it?) and the stacking that is being limited is from the vouchers because of the loophole.
They already have 40+ PS+ subs, they don't need to boast about the conversion to premium, not even sure Sony will disclose these numbers.
glad microsoft does 1 to 1 conversion ive got cheap ultimate past few years
Yep, bought 3 years of Xbox live on sale for 40€, converted them to 3 years of game pass. Best deal ever
Sucks that PlayStation is being a bit greedy, but I get it, it would’ve been too good to get a 1-1 conversion for psnow to ps premium
Seems a pretty fair rate.
Stacking (which I've done for years) was a way of gaming the system by buying multiple subscriptions at a cheap rate. It was bound to end and the conversion rate to me seems fair.
The next step i can see is the scrapping of the PS vouchers for products and instead going down the PS vouchers for credit route. That way sony control the prices people are paying for services for rather than the retailers. The margins on vouchers for credit are I'm sure slime than for services.
This whole thing is adding more fuel to the fire of why I switched to Xbox this generation.
because it feels nice to feel valued as a customer? Both just want your money, but at least one makes you feel valued and not just ripped off lol.
