Credit where credit’s due: Sony has taken PlayStation Plus to new heights this year. The perks – particularly if you’re a PS5 owner – are the strongest they’ve been since the PS3 days, and it’s clearly a concerted effort from the platform holder to retain its highly lucrative userbase. Of course, while it wants to keep existing members in its ecosystem, it’s also eager to attract new users – and it’s running a deal now through 22nd March to achieve that.
If you don’t currently have an active PS Plus subscription, then subscribing for 12 months will net you £12.50/$15.00 in PS Store credit to spend on a game. As mentioned, this offer is not eligible to existing subscribers, so you can’t tag on an extra year of service and get the credit. You also need to purchase your membership through the web-based PS Store or the one on the PS4 – bizarrely, the terms and conditions appear to rule out the PS5.
There have been better PS Plus deals around the web of late – our American readers may recall the CD Keys offer earlier in the year – but if you’re looking to subscribe and can’t find a better price then you may as well get the free PS Store credit, right?
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Damn and blast, I would have spent the credit on Streets of Rage 4 while it's on sale if I wasn't already a subscriber.
Always nice to be rewarded for our loyalty. /s
That’s a great deal for new PS5 owners as they’ll get access to the collection and have a bit of dosh to spend.
Mine runs out here in the next week. Maybe I’ll remove my card so it doesn’t auto renew and then buy it so I get the discount
Already bought a 1 year subscription from CD Keys and feel good about saving a little over $30, but I have to admit, this is a great deal for new subscribers.
Just buy 1 year psn for $30 at cdkeys and pocket the $30 difference 😁
@Pleasance yeah kinda like when I didn’t get an email invite to have the pleasure of purchasing a PS5 from Sony themselves, despite having an active ps+ sub for 12 years and owning more digital games than physical by a mile
Ah shame, my sub runs out at the end of the month.
Been a subscriber since day one. It would be nice to get something for that!
Makes sense. Rather than discount it so people can spend the remainder elsewhere, lock them into spending it with you. Good strategy.
I used get a year from
CDKEYS for about £35 each year
It's the same deal for a years worth of PSNow too btw.
Well this is sh*t! You don't get the credit if you're an existing sub or if you buy it on PS5?! As the great George Wood of Gaming in the Clinton years once said, "Now that's ridiculous folks!"
My sub runs out soon, can't I let it run out then re sub?
Woooowo. Yeah, woulda considered it as mine runs out in about 2 months, but now I'll just get it cheaper elsewhere.
This is so dumb,the offer runs out on the 22nd. My subscription ends April 1, and wont let me get this.Is sony allergic to making money?
Is this also in the UK?
I've lost $100 this week alone on things going free or super cheap that I paid full price for recently. Sony loves me.
Just seen this on the store I have an active Plus subscription and it doesn't say anything about only for new customers unless it's super hidden but surely they'd make that clear.
Also it's currently showing £15 of wallet funds not £12.50. Maybe they've updated the deal @get2sammyb ?
Ha. When it comes to giving you money it's £12.50 and not £15, but the other way around...
It's still cheaper to get a discounted key somewhere like cdkeys - which seems to ALWAYS have them at least 40% off - so long as it works and you don't have any issues. I tried one vendor that had to refund the purchase because their system wasn't working or they ran out of keys (but I didn't lose anything but time on the failed transaction, at least).
My sub runs out two days after this expires.
Bumholes.
I got sent an email yesterday from PlayStation and you get £15 of store credit when you sub to PS Now for 12 months as well.
I received an email offering a £15 credit if I sign up to 12 months of PS Now.
Don't bother with it. It's still cheaper to buy it from CDKeys. That offer is still very much there and I am starting to think CDKeys offer is permanent.
It's 29.79 usd and 37.89 cad on cdkeys and I am pretty sure it's been at least that for a year or more. Sometime, they shave off a few extra dollars with promos, but even at that price, it's much cheaper than what Sony ever offer.
+1 for the £15 credit for ps now which does look a better deal than the ps+ one as there are always deals on plus.
Love the fact that the only give it to people who don't have it already shows how they care about people that have been with them.
Anyone else have problems with CDkeys' site? It never completes the checkout for me.
what is the dam point? rubbish! no benefit for current subscribers! boo!
@GigaGaia @wiiware Agreed CDKeys is still a much better deal.
Especially since you can also gift the memberships to friends or family.
I redeemed my 12 months ps plus code. Haven't received any credit yet.
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