PlayStation Plus Subscription Prices Will Increase by Up to $40 USD per Year
Across its Essential, Extra and Premium membership tiers.
Sony has announced that it will increase the yearly subscription prices for all three PlayStation Plus plans on September 6.
Beginning this month, the Essential plan will cost $80 USD, marking a $20 USD increase from the previous pricing. The Extra plan, meanwhile, will increase $35 USD to $135 USD annually, and the Premium plan will climb $40 USD to $160 USD each year. The price changes will not affect current PlayStation Plus members until their annual plans’ renewal dates.
Sony has not yet announced a price change for PlayStation Plus’ monthly ($10 USD for Essential, $15 USD for Extra and $18 USD for Premium) or quarterly ($25 USD for Essential, $40 USD for Extra and $50 USD for Premium) plans. The company did state that the new annual plans still tally less than its monthly and quarterly options over the course of the full year.
The company has decided to increase its prices in order to “continue bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits to your PlayStation Plus subscription service.” September’s games will include Saints Row, Black Desert — Traveler Edition and Generation Zero.
The news comes just a few months after Microsoft increased its Game Pass prices. PlayStation Plus is significantly less expensive than Xbox Game Pass, though the latter membership program offers players access to all of its first-party games once they have been released.
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