Today Pearl Abyss hosted its traditional Calpheon Ball news livestream, and the developer of Black Desert certainly had a lot to share.
Black Desert Online is celebrating its 8th birthday with a handful of major milestones since the game Korean launch in 2014.
The seasonal end date has been removed.
New pricing changes to PlayStation Plus 12-Month plans.
"starting September 6 we will be increasing the price for PlayStation Plus 12-month subscriptions globally across all benefit plans. This price adjustment will enable us to continue bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits to your PlayStation Plus subscription service."
Here are the new prices for PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription plans.
PlayStation Plus Essential 12-Month Subscription
79.99 USD | 71,99 Euro | 59.99 GBP | 6,800 Yen
PlayStation Plus Extra 12-Month Subscription
134.99 USD | 125,99 Euro | 99.99 GBP | 11,700 Yen
PlayStation Plus Premium 12-Month Subscription
159.99 USD | 151,99 Euro | 119.99 GBP | 13,900 Yen
Insane price hikes I guess they have to make their money back from the hardware price cuts from somewhere.
I wonder why MS raised their gamepass prices too. They didnt even give us a console price drop.
Big increases. Interesting they're only changing the annual not monthly.
Still a lot cheaper than GamePass but the difference isn't as stark anymore...
Game Pass annual - $60
Base version of PS Plus - $80
"Still a lot cheaper than GamePass"?
@Christopher
No, its base gamepass when compared to PS Plus Essential.
If we're talking about GamePass ultimate, then the fair comparison would be the top tier of PS Plus, which is now more expensive than Ultimate.
@olMyerslo
Yes Plus is still way cheaper than Gamepass.
Check the current pricing.
I was shocked so your saying that they didn’t change the monthly? That what plan I picked for PA Plus Premium.
This is the result of no real competition. Sony can increase their prices all they want because they know their gamers will pay those new prices.
BTW, Sony fanboys were making fun of Microsoft's increased prices... I wonder how they feel now.
Well the competition (MS) is already way pricier, if that's what you mean by no competition. Sony obviously has competition so I don't know what you mean
We have no choice. Can't play games like Diablo IV without PS Plus. If it weren't for that and having to access saves in cloud storage I wouldn't even bother.
Gamepass in general is bad. In a future where subscription based service only exist the annual will need to be $300+ a year to keep triple A games relevant. It’s killing Triple A. Devs aren’t gonna make great games to sell gamers to pay premium when services are paying their dev cost just to make a quick profit. Disgusting.
"Sony said for current 12-month subscribers, this price increase will not take effect until your next renewal date that occurs on or after November 6. However, any membership changes you make on or after September 6, such as upgrades, downgrades or buying additional time, will update your plan reflecting the new prices."
Anyone who already has a 12mo plan that is not set to expire until after these dates can extend their time before the deadline for just $99. Mine expires next year in January but I can add another year to it if I buy by 9/5.
Rip off especially in a cost of living crisis how do Sony justify this.. giving us saints row one of the worse rated games haha
As a bit of Playstation fan since the PS1, Sony has been making questionable decisions for a while now. The PS4 the hit it put the park and smashed the last generation but as time goes on, it's starting to feel like the arrogant, "we're untouchable" Sony is coming back.
I'll always favor Sony even if I own both consoles but I hope Xbox finally pulls its socks up and brings some competition again.
@KyRo "The PS4 the hit it put the park"
I'm sorry but I got an aneurysm trying to understand you.
Disgusting.
Seems like only yesterday that they just increased it and yet here we are again.
Yeah that's why I want Microsoft to do well even though I am a Sony guy.. it pains me to see Microsoft keep failing with there bad management and lack of innovation.. Sony are getting too confident and with absolute no competition they are starting to take the piss and its all about the money and not the games.. only GAAS bullshit
Oof. Unfortunately the benchmark is set by Microsoft and Game Pass Ultimate still costs a lot more than PS+ Premium. $80/year is asking a lot to be able to play on-line. All on-line gaming should be free on both consoles. My current plan runs out in 2025 [Edit, 2026] so that’s when I’ll get hit.
That's a pretty large price increase there. Kind of hoping this tells people how expensive subscription gaming will be if it continues to centralize in such a manner. More Game More Costs.
It should also make people consider what can happen if subs weaken or eliminate other options. These increases would be less of an issue, and possibly something Sony wouldn't have attempted, if there was still the ability to play online without a subscription. They are leveraging the elimination of that option to implement these price increases.
Agreed, it feels like a market correction of sorts.
But I really think they would have been better off dropping the quality of the essential games and leaving the price the same. That's gonna tick some people off
Well I'm not renewing anytime soon, holy crap! sucks that it literally JUST ran out yesterday. Actually been wanting to try all of these
Sony is going back to the PS3 days and Jim Ryan have a lot to do with that 😂
Who the hell buy subs at full price, been getting discounts since day one except that auto charge time.
The problem with this is Sony isn't adding any value to justify these price increases. From what I'm seeing no improvements are being made.
We could at least justify these increases if Sony would possibly add day and date for their first party games to a higher tier. But all I'm seeing are games that have been on Game Pass already and then Saints Row which I heard wasn't even that awful but definitely wasn't as good as the past games.
Less than 7$/mofor essential up to 12-13$/mo for premium at full price isn’t too bad imo. But you can find sales every year. I’m subbed to premium until 2028 and I’ll look for sales before it’s up. I have never paid retail besides maybe the first however many months when it came out during the PS3 days. If I don’t find any sales I may just let it run out until I want to play MP which isn’t often. I don’t need plus I just get it because I can. I mainly play single player games and want to own them so I’m good either way. I do like cloud saves though.
At least there's a bit of a delay for current subscribers:
"For current 12-month subscribers, this price increase will not take effect until your next renewal date that occurs on or after November 6. However, any membership changes you make on or after September 6, such as upgrades, downgrades or buying additional time, will update your plan reflecting the new prices. You can change or cancel your subscription at any time, details"
It’s just weird timing and kind of out of no where, especially considering Extra and Premium literally use launched what just a year ago and already upping in price.
I could see if it was essentials only, and it jumped to $69.99 with the promise of higher quality new release games and the addition of 1 PSVR game, but $20 is just a weird increase, and with no information on the addition on the higher tiers it just leaves a sour taste.
I generally stack all my subscriptions anyway so I’m still 2+ years out, so I’ll buy up some enough PS+ to not have to worry about for years to come, but crummy.
This is the first time in a while it’s just been a hard negative for me with them. I get it, they’re in a content spending war with MS and others, and they don’t have the instant revenue, but if you make a drastic change you need to make a reason for it, and if anything have the value addition there DAY 1, like VR games, PS3 games remastered natively for PS5, etc…
So Xbox drops Gold after giving you stinkers for games for the last few years. PS keeps the quality but raises the price in response. I'd like to see a cheap option that includes just online features and no games for people that don't want to pay more.
€72 for a years essential! Absolute dirtbag move here! These aren't minor price hikes they are massive differences.
Yeah, this pricing is awful.
- Extra is getting €26 price hike (€99.99 -> €125.99)
- Premium is getting a €32 price hike - €152 for Premium is a joke. They've been putting classic games on the store at a snail's pace too. Jesus.
To other PS fans here, please don't defend this, guys. This needs a huge backlash.
I’d actually support it if they actually spent money from the billions that they earn per quarter from their loyal fans and acquired a major publisher like Microsoft did where they would receive beloved legacy IP that their current studios will never match.
A square enix or capcom would soften this move a lot. They could implement Final Fantasy into PS Stars and other media.
@adonis I don't get how PS buying Capcom would help you as a consumer. That Sony would start making Street Fighter movies? No thanks
Yeah, I feel like they have should of gone up ten bucks instead of 20 bucks for PPE in US .
Awesome hope this leads to more gamers jumping ship and joining the Xbox family and jumping into gamepass. Sony has become too full of themselves again and need to be giving a nice knock off their high horse.
Xbox had a 2 dollar monthly increase recently which is a bigger increase over the Sony Hike. So not really a market leader move.
So price increases so consumers move from a $135/yr PS extra plan to a $204/yr plan GP Ultimate plan? That doesn't make sense.
What I hope is that customers realize this subscription model ultimately sucks and they're better off making choices on which games they should buy. You don't need Sony or Microsoft making those decisions.
when it comes out how much of a joke starfield is I can't wait to see the justification.
Lol you already made up your mind about Starfield without playing it. You're not a gamer. You're pathetic.
Just looking at this months essential games, I don't see the value. I am, and going to stay single player enjoyer on the PS. Prices are ridiculous.
Same. $20 hike for multiplayer is insane. Definitely letting my sub lapse. And sticking to single player only. I will not be trying to 'stack' as much years of essential as I can. I shouldn't have to unexpectedly splurge money all at once to avoid having to pay an unnecessary huge price hike for a couple of years. Barely play multiplayer at all anymore. The free games and hope that a multiplayer game that would eventually get my interest would come were the only reasons why I kept renewing, but this $20 increase doesn't justify it, not that the current price did anyway. Multiplayer should not be behind pay wall in the first place. This is why I hate subscription services to begin with. It's already gotten out of hand with tv services. Gaming is getting there now.
Yes, perfect. I hope more follow suit.
Charge us some small amount for online ($30/yr?) and let us buy our games again
I'm shocked it's coming to the Xbox consoles, just seems a waste or money and time for little in return.
I heard this game is a pop-in simulator.