Sony announces PlayStation Plus price hikes, starting on 6th September

thesixthaxis.com:

There’s a nasty sting in the tail of Sony’s PS Plus monthly games announcement, as they have confirmed that the prices for all 12-month PS Plus subscription plans (Essential, Extra and Premium) will be increasing from 6th September 2023.

“This price adjustment will enable us to continue bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits to your PlayStation Plus subscription service,” the company states, as they jump on the price hike bandwagon that we’ve seen spreading across pretty much every media subscription service, from Netflix to Disney+ and beyond.

From 6th September 2023, the new PS Plus prices for a 12-month subscription will be:

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

Compared to when Sony relaunched PlayStation Plus in the summer of last year, bringing with it the three tiers and a revitalised library of games, PS Plus Essential will now be £10 more expensive, PS Plus Extra will be £16 more expensive, and PS Plus Premium is £20 more expensive.

Basically prices are increasing 20% in the UK, which is bad enough, but spare a thought for other regions. Europe is being stung with a 26% jump, while the US is leaping up an eye-watering 33%! We’ve seen strange regional variations and equivalences to pricing over the years – the US and Euro have been $1:€1 for digital gaming for a long time – but that will make these increases far more painful as the needle swings in a different direction.

Honestly, these percentage increases make Microsoft’s recent Game Pass price