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PlayStation Plus: Payment changes

ps4insider.de reports that Sony just started sending out E-Mails, stating that the PlayStation Plus Payment System is about to change. Starting October 10th you will not pay each 90 Days, instead you will always pay at the end of the 3rd month ( with the renewal) .
In doing so Sony probably wants to streamline the PlayStation Plus payment system before the launch of the PlayStation 4

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rustyspoon803854d ago

I'll still be paying each year. Much better deals for 365 days worth.

FamilyGuy3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

This is actually giving you MORE days for your 3 months subscription in most cases. An extra 2 days to be precise.

If you start on the 1st, 17th, 23rd you will then end on the 1st, 17th, or 23rd respectively. Up in till now it has just been adding 90 physical days. If you purchase a 3 month subscription you'll be getting MORE days now if those months have 30 days or more and all months, with the exception of February, are 30-31 days.

February for example would be short to do the new 3 month subscription model because it's only 28 days most years.

UltimateMaster3854d ago

So basically. Instead of 30 days, it's month by month.

FamilyGuy3854d ago

Yes, and most months are 30 or 31 days. February is the only short one.

ShinMaster3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

For some reason when I checked my PS Plus subscription a week ago, it said it didn't expire until 2015... did anyone else get 2 years? I only remember paying for 1 year at a time.

CuddlyREDRUM3854d ago

It still is cheaper for a year at $50, which is what he said. He never mentioned 3 month increments.

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kreate3853d ago

If it wasn't for the free games, I would never pay.

Akuma2K3853d ago

Same here, i pay once a year.....more convienent for me.

ninjahunter3854d ago

*Checks PS+*
"Expires on October 9th"
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Sarick3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

You'd think they'd want to extend the periods one extra month of credit if they're partially into a month.

That would mean that if your pay period is one any day in between a month that an extension would be carried over until the next months billing period.

They could also offer a partial refund for the left over service days towards PSN credits.

Not sure if they'd do that but if they want people to be satisfied with the proposed changes. IMHO: This would be a better transition then skimming a portion of a month.

In your example you'd be billed again for the full period on the 9th and only receive the remainder of that month.

In my example of fairness you'd continue receiving benefits until the end of that month at which you'd be billed in full for the next period on the 1st.

One thing that can be a concern here is an issue that happened with Final Fantasy 11. People would start a subscription late in a month only to see a DOUBLE bill.

Wescyde3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

You do realize you can buy PS+ anytime during your subscription and it will stack right?

They will not cut off what you paid for though it would just end on the final day if you turn off auto renewal

isarai3854d ago

Wait so does this mean you could end up getting less than what you paid for? for example if i got the membership on the 20th of the first month, then do i only get like two months and ten days?

grumpc3854d ago

Why would they suddenly cut off some of your days? They wouldn't do something as stupid as that for such a good service.

isarai3854d ago

i'm just trying to wrap my head around this new policy, it really doesn't make much sense. It says it will not count 90days instead it will just stop at the end of the third month, to me that sounds like if i buy in the middle of the first month, then it will still just end at the end of the third month which again does not give me a full 3 months. I don't expect them to do something so dumb, it really doesn't seem like something Sony would do, but that's just what it sounds like to me

Sarick3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

Only if they do the transition unfairly and not refund the remaining unused/leftover portions into PSN credits.

If you paid for a full month on the 25th of October then only 6 days of that subscription is consumed. Either an extension can be made or the other 24 unused days could be credited towards PSN.

darren_poolies3854d ago

No, what it means is that if you buy a 3 month subscription on say the 20th October then that will end on the 20th January. Whereas on the previous 90 day method, if you bought a subscription on the 20th October that would end on the 18th January. That clear things up a bit?

Soldierone3854d ago

So in other words, don't buy PS Plus in February?

FamilyGuy3854d ago

They will cut you off on the 20th.

They are going by the month rather than by 90 days. If you start on the 1st, 17th, 23rd you will then end on the 1st, 17th, or 23rd respectively. Up in till now has has just been adding 90 physical days. If you purchase a 3 month subscription you'll be getting MORE days now if those months have 30 days or more and all months with the exception of February are 30-31 days.

February for example would be short to do the new 3 month subscription model because it's only 28 days most years.

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Spontogical3854d ago

I just received an e-mail from them stating that it is now moving to a 12 month period thingy..

they say 'automatically renew'... hmm are they forcing automatic renewals on me?

I'm utterly confused.

isarai3854d ago

i'm sure that's an option, every subscription service has to have an option to disable automatic renew

Riderz13373854d ago

If you pay with a credit card, and you have a credit card number saved on your PS3, then it automatically renews. Of course you can turn this off in the settings so that it won't renew without your consent.

kidhero993854d ago

PLAYSTATION PLUS - CHANGE IN PAYMENT
As Sony announced by means of a circular mail to all PlayStation Plus customers there will be a small change in the PlayStation Plus payment system.

To make the renewal date clearly visible, PlayStation ® Plus membership will be converted to the calendar months, so each extension is made ​​on the same day of the month. From the 10th October, the PlayStation Plus membership is automatically renewed at the end of every third month of membership and no longer as usual every 90 days.

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mkis0072h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows902h ago(Edited 2h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot36m ago(Edited 34m ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis00729m ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Michiel198911m ago

the score on metacritic is 71 from journos, its 9 points lower than your review so stop making stuff up. They didn't hate it from the start, they on average just liked it slightly less than you.

-Foxtrot8m ago(Edited 7m ago)

@Michiel1989

I'm not making anything up, they held a grudge against it and made stuff up themselves like mkis007 has just pointed out. That 71 on Metacritic is why it didn't get a sequel.

Anyway how can I make anything up when I didn't even mention metacritic in my original post?

Leeroyw2h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy8549m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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