Sony may have revealed a new way to get a cheap upgrade to PlayStation Plus Premium when the tiered system launches in June. PlayStation Plus is upgrading to a tiered system, which will merge PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into one service, and will include an extra tier with retro games, called PlayStation Plus Premium.
The original announcement for the tiered PlayStation Plus system piqued fans' interest, as it was revealed that anyone with an outstanding PlayStation Now subscription will be bumped up to PlayStation Plus Premium in June and that they will keep access to the highest tier until their PlayStation Now subscription ends. This meant that fans were suddenly interested in stocking up on subscriptions, as it was cheaper than paying for PlayStation Plus Premium, which is the most expensive of the tiers. Sony preemptively stopped fans from stockpiling subscriptions by ensuring that PS Now cards were pulled from stores and updating the app so that it only allowed limited subscriptions until the launch of the new service.
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It seems that there is a new way to get the PlayStation Premium upgrade, though it requires a PS Now subscription. The PlayStation Plus page on the official PlayStation website has new details about the upgrades to the service and there is an interesting response in a Q&A section at the bottom of the page. In response to a question asking about what will happen to people who have both a PlayStation Plus and a PlayStation Now subscription when the updated service launches, PlayStation responds:
If you are subscribed to both services when the new PlayStation Plus launches, you will be migrated into the PlayStation Plus Premium
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