Sony Raises PS Plus Prices For One- And Three-Month Subscriptions

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The company is blaming this increase on "ongoing market conditions."

Sony has raised prices of the PS Plus subscription service. A one-month subscription to the Essential tier now costs $11 per month, an increase of $1. Additionally, a three-month subscription just went up to $28, an increase of $3. It looks like annual subscribers are off the hook for now, and the wording of Sony's post on X announcing the change makes it sound like the Extra and Premium tiers are also impacted. This only impacts new subscribers, except in Turkey and India.

The company is blaming this increase on "ongoing market conditions." When a tech company says this in 2026, it's typically referring to Trump-adjacent tariffs or AI-based memory crunch. However, PS Plus is a digital subscription service that provides a handful of monthly game titles to download. Members do get cloud save storage and online multiplayer access,...

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