Reminder: PlayStation Plus Prices Increase in North America Tomorrow

You've been warned

by Sammy Barker Wed 21st Sep 2016

A friendly reminder for all of you with active PlayStation Plus subscriptions: the price of the service will increase in the United States and Canada starting tomorrow. You won't be charged any extra money until your membership lapses, but we figured that it was worth positing a subtle reminder should you be due to be charged any time soon.

Starting tomorrow, the annual subscription price will raise to $59.99 USD / $69.99 CAD, while the quarterly sub will cost you $24.99 USD / $29.99 CAD. Those of you who pay monthly will still only have to shell out $9.99 USD in the United States, but Canadians will have to pod out $11.99 CAD. You can get 12 months membership for as low as $49.99 from Amazon right now, and subs do stack.

The price of the PlayStation Plus membership will not change in Europe or Japan at this time, so it's very much a North American tweak for now. It's perhaps worth mentioning that, while extremely disappointing, the hike does put it in line with Xbox Live Gold, which has cost more than PlayStation Plus since its inception.

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[source News: PlayStation Plus Price Increase Confirmed for US and Canada]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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rjejr
Wed 21st Sep 2016

Or you can buy a digital code on Amazon here for $49.99.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RMK5QG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3ODHND3J0WMC8

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get2sammyb
Wed 21st Sep 2016

@rjejr Good shout, will update.

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rjejr
Wed 21st Sep 2016

Anybody looking to avoid Amazon for whatever reason - I have to pay them NY tax - can buy a card via snail mail from Newegg (whom I don't pay tax and have Premier 2 day free shipping)..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879260003&ignorebbr=1

There is a $2.99 shipping fee, but also a $5 off code, so it still saves $2.

0920BSFBGS98

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darkswabber
Wed 21st Sep 2016

@get2sammyb the reason the price won't go up in europe is because it already went up about an year ago.

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Tasuki
Wed 21st Sep 2016

Enter Sony is greedy and I don't understand basic economics comments.

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Flaming_Kaiser
Wed 21st Sep 2016

@Royalblues 2 times without PSN with my PS4 in 1,5 years could be worse.

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Flaming_Kaiser
Wed 21st Sep 2016

Americans should stop crying you get a lot of extra stuff/deals we don't get in Europe. We did pay more in Europe anyway.

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Tasuki
Wed 21st Sep 2016

@Royalblues I am not defending them, just like I don't defend my local gas station when gas prices go up or McDonald's when the Big Mac goes up cause there is nothing to defend it's inflation pure and simple.

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Xaessya
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

@Tasuki
Sony is the Orange Lantern Entity and I sold my $10 dollar bill for 2 $1 dollar bills because 2 is more then 1.

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VenomSnake08
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

Ehhhh. Oh well. That's the way the world of economics works.

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WanderingBullet
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

@rjejr Won't Amazon eventually increase their price to 60USD as well?

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rjejr
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

@WanderingBullet I checked both Amazon and Newegg at 9:41AM eastern time and still $49.99. It might not take a affect until noon on the west coast or something. But really, how would a store sell a PS+ card that says $50 on it for $60? Who would buy that?

Amazon is a digital code so that could change sooner or later but I do think they are run on Pacific time. I wonder if Sony would be dumb enough to charge an upgrade online? If you got a card in July for $50 and try to redeem it tomorrow or next month? Surely not. So I'll guess cards in the wild will stay at that price for awhile, digital will increase later today.

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WanderingBullet
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

@rjejr I personally buy the codes either from a local store or Amazon myself but yeah, I wonder how the physical card versions would work for those who bought extras in the past.

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rjejr
Thu 22nd Sep 2016

@WanderingBullet @get2sammyb Amazon now has the 1 year and 3 months codes listed as Currently Unavailable but 1 month is still up so I'm guessing they are in the process of updating their system.

Newegg still has the physical card for $49.99

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rjejr
Fri 23rd Sep 2016

@get2sammyb Not that anybody ever seemed to care but me, but it seems like the remainder of the physical cards will still be sold for $49.99 while they last, but Amazon is at $59.99 for digital, and in PSN it's $59.99 as well.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Sony+PS+Plus+12+Month+Subscription+Card&oq=Sony+PS+Plus+12+Month+Subscription+Card&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64j69i60&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=Sony+PS+Plus+12+Month+Subscription+Card&tbm=shop

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/subscriptions/cid=STORE-MSF77008-PS3AOSUBSCRIPTIO?emcid=ps-ga-871&utm_medium=Paid_Search&utm_campaign=Games&utm_source=Google&utm_term=ps-ga-871&utm_content=Brand

Guess I should finally go ahead and order it on Newegg while the getting is good. Just hate buying something I won't use for 3 months.

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rjejr
Sat 24th Sep 2016

@get2sammyb Ok, my last comment on the matter. Ordered my PS+ card about 17 hours ago and FedEx just delivered it. Who needs digital when I can get FREE overnight shipping? No tax, no fees, Newegg will be getting a lot of my money going gorward.