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[Thabass]

Okay, great use of GIF.

 

[Aenima]

Probably yes during the Black Friday promo for the PS+ Extra tier. The price hike is agressive though without a promo. If its below 100€ for a year of PS+ Extra i still sub it.
The price hike for Essential is the most agressive and if i was only subbed to that i would rather let is expire than sub for that price.

 

[Labadal]

I was always willing to renew despite previous price hikes, as I would add several years during discount periods. However, this time, I do not feel compelled to renew, ever again. I will let this sub to run out.

 

[Venom Snake]

Yes and i don't care.
Although i understand that others are pissed off, this is a hefty increase with no guarantee that the service will be any better.

 

[RyanEvans21]

No Choice! We have to pay for playing online games. Plus its cheaper every Black Friday and CDKeys.

 

[EverydayBeast]

PSN on PS3 was perfect

 

[LoveCake]

Yes will renew and have done before the price rise.

 

[NewYork214]

I have 2 years left. See how premium is at the time. If still not pumping out classics and game trials, I'll switch to extra

 

[Madjaba]

Nope, so far the offer is sub-par and the really good games have already been played at full price by a majority of players.

I'll sub from time to time depending of what they add but I won't sub for long periods anymore.

 

[Long Far Gone]

Well, I've stacked mine on discount until late 2026 so I'll think about when it rolls round.

 

[ghostz]

Sony decided to increase their prices for PS Plus with an astronomical 33% for all tiers. Prices are changing within a week:

$20 increase for essential. $59.99 -> $79.99
$35 increase for extra. $99.99 -> $134.99
$40 increase for premium. $119.99 -> $159.99

Considering I bought the premium for the classics library and how poor it has been so far (compared to the vast Playstation library) I can say Sony can eat it and I'm not renewing.

Not a chance.

 

[Mahavastu]

Voted "not sure yet".
I still have about 2 years left on my extra subscription, purchased rather cheap during sales.
Not sure what will happen in this 2 years and what kind of sales will happen during that time.

While IMHO the selection of games on the Extra package is really good, I use it way less than I expected. Somehow I still buy most games I play.
So far my thinking was "ok, it is 40 bucks per year more than PS+ essential which I will get anyway. If I get to play 1-2 games a year, I am fine with that". Now it is over 60 Euro more than the old Essential price, and such it takes nearly 3 games for me to see it break even. I do not have that much time for playing, so I am not sure if it is still worth it...

 

[Esppiral]

Cloud save games shouldn't be behind a pay wall...

 

[Vblad88]

I'm doing sub'n'cancelling every now and then to play particular game, and with price hikes of single games I think I will still stick to that scheme. Little to no games are worth owning anymore, even on digital storefront, as with all the entertainment really.

 

[RoboFu]

It’s just a one time payment a year. It really isn’t that much overall.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I still have 10 months left to see if the situation changes, but I wouldn't count on Sony backtracking on this idea or giving bigger discounts than current -20%/-30%. I am planning to finally play some PS+ games I've collected over the years and then I'm not renewing.

 

[RyanEvans21]

It’s just a one time payment a year. It really isn’t that much overall.

Plus if you live in US, they have discount every black friday.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Likely.

I don't get the highest tier.

 

[Laieon]

I've never had PS Plus and I don't have Game Pass.

 

[semiconscious]

It’s just a one time payment a year. It really isn’t that much overall.

 

[OverHeat]

Nope

 

[Sleepwalker]

PSN on PS3 was perfect

 

[Faust]

Plus if you live in US, they have discount every black friday.

Which is still more than buying it prior to the price hike. That isn't much of a deal.

@OP: No.

 

[Mr Moose]

I'll wait until it's 25% off, buy a £45 PSN thing for £39 and use that to purchase PS+.

 

[German Hops]

It's time to stack before this hike goes into effect.

 

[Three]

I have premium stacked for 3-4yrs from the loophole before it launched. I think we need more poll options though, I might resub in a few years when it runs out depending on what's on there but it's not because I don't care about the hike. The hike is absolutely shitty. If it's not cheaper than the comp as it is now even with the hike at that time then maybe I won't and move elsewhere if it's not saving money in any way. It's the shitty way these companies make money on subs, get an audience then price hike. Buying quality games might be cheaper overall.

 

[PaintTinJr]

I'm in no rush, but mainly because I'm tunnel vision about the return of PES/efootball master league - that is probably neve coming.

I only got my previous sub to play PES 2021 update occasionally online, and eFootball is such shallow version of PES towards Fifa that there's nothing currently that demands I have access to paid multiplayer and I still buy games physically, so probably get superior value buying the games I actual want - because the gamepass and PS+ free games ae really just paid demos, any game I've liked eg FF7 remake I then buy.

 

[SHA]

Just because it's my secondary platform, doesn't mean I should spend alot on games, the membership matters for me to catch up with missed games, there's nothing wrong with that, I play older games first.

 

[Aenima]

Plus if you live in US, they have discount every black friday.

Also in Europe. I only renew my PS+ subs during the Black Friday promos. Never subscribed at full price.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Hah, nope. Perfect timing for me, my renewal from a year ago was up on 9/3. Easy cancellation.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Probably go mid tier on sale. Is it possible to renew at the current price?

 

[RiccochetJ]

As long as I keep on saving money compared to buying games outright for the year, yes. Once that inverts then I will cancel.

 

[Housh]

Probably go mid tier on sale. Is it possible to renew at the current price?

You can stack your current tier membership at the current price. However, I am unable to downgrade from Premium to Essentials and stack. I get errors trying to buy 12-mo of Essentials to stack on the end of my Premium membership.

 

[bitbydeath]

Cloud save games shouldn't be behind a pay wall...

I doubt anyone is paying for that feature.
Online shouldn’t be behind a pay wall.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Yes cause I ain't broke like you bitches

 

[LaughingStock]

I barely use my PS5 anymore. I forgot to cancel it last year. Not again.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Don't have it - not getting it.

 

[Rockman33]

Absolutely not.

I got my current 1-Year Extra sub at $60.

It ends Q1 2024. I won't be renewing at over double the price.

Even though I'll probably beat 30 games by the time the sub ends, I don't think it's worth more then $60-$70 for a year.

I might as well just sell the PS5 when my subscription ends while it still holds value.

I did too. Really only reason I got it was for TLOU multiplayer…

 

[noise36]

Zero chance as never use my PS5 these days.

 

[ProtoByte]

Already canceled Gamepass at last price increase and today canceled PS +. Put my Seriex X, 4 controllers, PS5, 4 controllers for sales on Facebook Marketplace. I'm out. I'm going PC and sailing the high seas so these fucks get no money from me again.

A thief insulted by having to pay for things. Lol

 

[ProtoByte]

Luckily I have quite a few years stacked so I'll be OK but I won't renew afterwards unless they do something drastic like day 1 first party games.

You're not insinuating day 1 PlayStation 1st party games amounts to 80, or even 140 dollars of value to you, are you?

 

[Mossybrew]

Yeah, as I said in the other thread, less than two bucks a month over a year is pocket change, don't care.

 

[ByWatterson]

Yes, mainly for my monthly games library, which is now hundreds of games. Having young kids, it's always hard to find them something appropriate and accessible to play, but that library always has something.

Sticking with Essential though, and just reupped today to avoid the increase through 2025.

 

[dotnotbot]

I just woke up and have to take 2 big Ls as a PS owner.

Extra is off the table now. I only have had Essential and that's the tier I'm gonna stick to indefinitely (and as always, I'm gonna buy it at a discount). I'm so mad I didn't stack few years in advance.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

ive never paid for a console's online service

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[Fbh]

This is such a sad but true fact. We, that is those of us who have real passion for the hobby, are the minority and don't determine the future of it.

I know this mentality can come off as "grr, stop liking what I don't like", but it's bad for both sides. People who aren't tuned into the industry don't give a shit that they get fucked up the ass with greedy practices, and those of us who do care will still feel the brunt of it because we're the minority. I would like to think that even the fifa or COD players would stop and think "this is too expensive", but at the same time I'm of the mind that most people in the world are stupid, and sadly a lot of the people who pay into those games have more money then sense.

But these are the same people that will happily drop $50+ on those FIFA ultimate team microtransactions, or $15 on a Fortnite skin or whatever COD is doing with microtransactions these days. So they probably don't really think $70 for a year of multiplayer is too much.

Also their gaming spending is ultimately still lower than the average "hardcore gamer" because if you only buy 2-3 games a year even adding Ps+ and some microtransactions they are probably spending less on games than some people on GAF who've bought like 6 games at launch this year alone (probably more by the end of the year)

 

[ComputerBlue]

My subscription is good for another year and a half or two, so I’ll make a decision then but I definitely am not keeping premium that’s for sure. Even at this price it’s not worth it, with that increase they must be out of their fucking minds.

 

[odhiex]

This is sucks, but I will always renew when it is on sale anyway...but still sucks

 

[Esca]

Was already thinking about downgrading to essential. I'll only grab essential when I can get a good deal and no worry if it lapses before that.


This pisses me off, not that they did a price hike but imo the unreasonable amount of it.

 

[truth411]

I'm subscribed to 2033, but I think the price increase is a bit much at one time.

Edit: There are usually sales around Black Friday.