PS Plus Subscription Cost Climbs in Canada, Nearly Doubles in Turkey

Sony confirms PS Plus subscription price increases in Canada and Turkey, with significant hikes across Latin America, Asia, and Australia.

[P_Bomb]

Canada – 12-Month Subscription Prices:

Essential: CAD 109.99
Extra: CAD 189.99
Premium: CAD 224.99

What a trash bull**** move! They don’t even do Essential sales anymore unless your subscription lapses. 😤

[Profchaos]

Yeah I'm cancelling I feel like they are robbing me at this point I've had a ps plus Sub since the ps3 era

[RedDevils]

Same here too, if it wasn't for me already subbed for them already I would unsub to them this instant.

[Ps5conehead]

How are they robbing you. Did Sony hold a gun to your head to pay for it

[SegaSaturn669]

224?! holy cow, that's expensive. Go directly to steam, do no pass go. Do not collect 224 dollars.

[Gardenia]

Here in Europe those prices are already standard.

[yenevar]

The price after currency exchange is the same as the US price, actually it's still a little cheaper.

And Canadians actually have much higher minimum wage even after taxes.

[GenoPurpel]

Oh lord. $225 is still $225. Our salary to buying power is roughly the same across NA. If anything we have less buying power with what we earn and the cost of things because everything is significantly more expensive.

Regardless currency exchange withstanding, it’s not a price US folks would want to pay if they had to. They don’t even wanna pay $80 for games when we’ve had to pay $100 for 2+ years now.

It’s ridiculous thankfully I only sub every few months for one month at a time if I feel like there’s something I really wanna play online or play through plus but it’s getting hard even justifying that.

And pffffft if you think Canadians who make minimum wage can afford video games as a hobby, well I got news for you

[yenevar]

That's not how exchange works.

Just like 225 Peso is not the same as 225 CAD.

Factually all the adjustments that have been made have been equalizing the the price to current currency valuations.

If you want to be mad and cancel your subscription that's well within your rights, but you can not deny the factual reason why it's happening.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2...

225 CAD = 162.53 USD

PlayStation Plus Premium: 12 Month Subscription

$159.99 USD

So at current rate you're paying $2.52 more, though yesterday when I checked it was a few cents less159.87, that's how quickly the valuation can change.

[Profchaos]

The minimum wage argument is a outdated concept it doesn't take into account buying power.

When we look at buying power of citizens in a country it takes into account the economic climate which includes cost of living, taxes, market conditions etc

So to give an example a sandwich in the US might be 5 dollars but in Canada it's 10 dollars (I don't know exacts here I'm not from either country). So if the minimum wage is higher in the Canada but the sandwich costs more because of higher minimum wages, cost of goods and transport along with tax the buying power is different.

[yenevar]

If a sandwich costs $5 and minimum wage is $7 you can buy 1 sandwich.

If minimum wage is $20 and a sandwich is $10 you can buy 2 sandwiches.

[raWfodog]

It seems like the prices are coming more into line with what US is already paying once you factor in the US/Canada conversion rate. Sucks for Canadians though.

[OmegaSoldati]

I really like Playstation, but this generation was the last for me. Im going to build a mid PC or buy a Steam deck or even get the Switch 1 and see what i missed al these years. But im done with PS. Ps plus prices and games, paying to play online, overpriced games, every game is running on Decima engine, thats how they killed God of War, the same engine is used on Killzone, Rigs, Until Dawn 1 and 2, Horizon 1 and 2, Deathstranding a similar made by N. Dog is used by Last of Us and Days Gone. We are playing the same game over and over. The ps5 color and design is ugly imo, all that white and all those prices that recently have gone up.

[HectixRose]

Yup, worst thing is, at this point gamepass ultimate is better value compared to extra and premium. You get day one aaa games instead of dog shit catalog sony got on their service.

[Profchaos]

Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. So far and now Canada it's absolutely US and UK next

It really sucks I got a email I almost spat out my dinner last night 215 AUD for deluxe per year (no cloud stream) it's disgusting

There's no way I can justify 215 per year for deluxe I'll be taking it back to essentially and using the money saved to buy what I want in fact I might cancel the entire service I rarely game online these days unlike COVID times

[raWfodog]

I've never even been tempted to get anything higher than Essential. I'm perfectly fine with the lowest tier possible.

[goken]

I am in Malaysia. Essential is going up to RM285/year, which is like USD$70.
Around 5 years ago I subscribed for PS plus for only RM90, which i stacked up a bit, it has a couple more years to go.
Anyway, for me the new price would be over 3 times of what i last paid…

[gold_drake]

its ridiculous.
iv waited to sub again literally until a few months ago, so i dont have to pay as much.

its rly getting to a point, well for me personally, where subbing aint worth it anymore, or for a full year atleast not

cause lets he honest, theres alot of trash in those tiers. ha.

[Profchaos]

100% agree and let's be honest if I take the cost of the sub I could buy pretty much everything I am actually interested in and no ongoing fees.
There's better games coming lately but it's not like those don't go for under 20 on sale

[gold_drake]

right?

the sub definitely has its moments, but those are far and between

[The_Blue]

Cancel my sub

[RedDevils]

Sony gonna get lots of unhappy customers, and I hope most unsub them.

[OhReginald]

Not renewing my ps+ subscription. Most multiplayer games are free to play only these days. This is why bungie is pressured to make marathon a premium paid title, so they can get their ps+ numbers up

[Duke19]

Cost of shit is getting insane. All to play online... Thanks Sony

[Goodguy01]

Being all digital, sony has no excuse to increase the prices lol. They could come out and say they'll add even more games than before but nope, just price increases. Worst generation ever guys. You can vote with your money, remember that.

[neutralgamer1992]

This is the obnoxious Sony back before ps3 launch. They feel like they can do whatever and there is no competition for them. Nintendo has shown their own greedy practices with recent reveal

We need MS to release the console a year before Sony to get some market share otherwise get ready for even more price hikes and remakes/remasters

[Profchaos]

All these companies doing at the same time despite their consumers screaming at them I feel like it's more economic activities than flat out corporate greed.

Either way I'm not renewing at that ludicrous price I've kind of realised how little I actually use my deluxe membership and if he better off just buying the game I want

[thesoftware730]

"We need MS to release the console a year before Sony to get some market share otherwise get ready for even more price hikes and remakes/remasters"

I'm not sure I see that happening. PS's die-hard fanbase is almost like Nintendo's, so they will wait.
even more so now that MS is releasing their games on everything...just look how well MS games are doing on PS, the fanbase refused to buy an Xbox to play the games, even though they were interested in the games.

I think Xbox consoles will always get the 30-40 million per gen, but not much more. The only thing that can change that is if they knock the handheld out of the park.

[neutralgamer1992]

Software

I see your point but I think if they release a console a year before with some great games they will definitely gain an advantage. They have nothing to lose might as well try it

[Profchaos]

Agree the generation has felt lackluster overall I'm straight up spending more time playing NES and mega drive games than my ps5 lately it's sad how samey all the latest games are feeling

[repsahj]

I hope NA will not follow! $159 per year for a premium subscription is too expensive already.

[pwnmaster3000]

Sony is really acting like POS as of lately.

[PanicMechanic]

Have a terrible weekend. Try not to get hit by a car. Pussy.

[pwnmaster3000]

Who are you again?

[isalas011981]

I havent renewed any subscription after the price hikes 2-3 years ago that went from 50 to 80. Sony lost me. I now only play single players and IF i want to play multiplayer, I just use my PC.

[BABI-PANGPANG]

What the hell is happening with Sony these days? I think a lot of people were already pretty shocked when they raised the prices last year, but now they’re like, 'Let’s be cheeky and ask for even more.' I’m honestly so glad I dropped it back when they made that move. The price just isn’t justified anymore, especially compared to the strong lineups we had during the PS4 era.

[SimpleDad]

In EU is €72 Essential, €126 Extra and €152 Premium.

They are basically equalizing everyone to the same price.

I thought this was way off a year ago.

[Redgrave]

Waaaaaay too much. Even the essential tier is too much, considering it's basically $110 for the privilege to play online.

And the "value" and "quality" that supposedly justifies the increase still hasn't been seen, even from the previous increase. Nor will it be.

Fuck this noise entirely.

[CrimsonWing69]

What’s the excuse for this, now?

[DivineHand125]

To the person's that are upset about the increase now and wish to boycott. I really wished you all joined me when they originally increased the price from $60 to $80 USD. Maybe if enough of us cancelled their subscription then, we wouldn't be seeing this foolishness from Sony now.

[b00mFargl3]

PlayStation is becoming money hungry like Nintendo.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

Subsidizing the poor Americans. It's time for them to stop complaining and pay out their asses as well, like the rest of us. And maybe don't vote on Trump next time lol.

[Ps5conehead]

Don’t tell me who to vote for.

[b00mFargl3]

Free speech, they can say whatever. 😘

[Npugz7]

It’s getting rediculous

[Bebedora]

Lets make online gaming great again

[Bebedora]

See the ravens.

[Bebedora]

Make it happen

[BlueDaBaDee]

Gabe wins again.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Imagine spending over $100 just to play video games online

[kpgs]

I'll probably just downgrade to Essential, since I'm on Premium now. And frankly, I rarely even play the premium tier games.

[FPS_D3TH]

Paying $225 a year on top of a $700-900 console is truly peak insanity. Why wouldn’t you just pay for a pc and get all the free games on epic or free prime subscription games if you pay for that? Arguably would cost you less in the long run.

[RedDevils]

Amazon Prime give me free forever AAA games every month, not this Plus BS where it will be gone when you unsubbed them.

[FPS_D3TH]

Yup. GOG is great for that

[Flewid638]

Thanks for those tariffs, yo!

[Knightofelemia]

I don't do online gaming on console any more I played GTA on PS5 and only had plus for a month. If I online game I play L4D2 on Steam for free. The raise in prices will push people away.

[PRIMORDUS]

Slowly but surely more people will pirate in the future, either on PC or a handheld PC. Cost is the main issue, another reason I spend so much less now on games, and just take what's available.

[Kassanova07]

I stopped renewing months ago. This shit is getting out of hand.

[MocBistro]

What is it called? Cyber robbing or digital bullying?

[DarXyde]

Music to my ears.

One of three things likely to happen:

Sony drops the price following backlash;

Sony keeps price but drops requirement for online play; or

Sony sticks to their guns, people leave the service, and they'll have to focus on offline multiplayer/single player games.

I love these moments of weakness from Sony on full display. It forces a complacent consumer and comfortable Sony to do something. In the end, we're better for it. So either Sony gets it together, or they flirt with undermining their own survival. Frankly, if this is what they want to become, good riddance. I already have endless contempt for Microsoft. Sony and Nintendo can join them if they really want to go these places.

My backlog will take me well into retirement, I'm pretty sure about that. Modern gaming doesn't offer enough new experiences anyway.

[Inverno]

Remember when PS gamers all agreed that paying for online gaming was a scam? Cause I remember, y'all to blame cause this scam will keep going as long as you keep paying for it.

[Soulrakk]

Sony has done fuck all for gamers this generation besides milk them for everything they can.
What a sham of a generation for PlayStation. Keep this in mind, for the first time they've done nothing for current subscriptions in terms of sales neither. They usually do something for the holidays. They did absolutely fuck all for people who had current subs & still haven't. I have gone to paying monthly now and I can't see myself staying for long if this continues. I got 3 years of UGP over on the green brand for $120. Put that in perspective.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Cancelled multiple games due to an over-obsession for GaaS, repeatedly raised the price of their consoles, raised the price of games to $70, and now repeatedly increase the price of their online services, all while having a severe lack of First Party games that are exclusive to their system.

Sony has gotten so arrogant this generation, and all it takes is losing the good will of their fanbase to start losing people left and right. With the rise of portable PCs and Xbox potentially adding Steam-related compatibility for the next system, they have got to right the ship fast.

[InUrFoxHole]

I don't have a problem since all the new 1st party games coming out this year are day and date on PSN.