Sony weighs in on PS Plus subscription stacking – and you're not going to like it

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PS Plus and PS Now subscription stacking in advance of the new service rollout has finally been addressed by Sony.

Savvy shoppers started snapping up PS Now subscriptions last month. The surge in sales was to make the most of what looked like a pretty big loophole for the upcoming new PS Plus service. In a nutshell, because of how current subscriptions will carry over, members thought they could save up to 50% on PS Plus Premium and bought up years' worth of PS Now subscriptions to maximize the savings.

Sony didn't weigh in, but existing PS Plus members began receiving emails that stated they'd «keep any stacked subscription period» they'd already paid for. So for a hot minute, it looked like they'd gotten away with it. But thanks to the new FAQ page, we have official confirmation that that's very much not the case.

Eager beavers read the initial comments about PS Now subscriptions converting to PS Plus Premium and then went ham on buying up as many PS Now memberships as possible. Because of the price difference, the thinking was that any stacked subs would convert to the equivalent time period once the conversion came into action. 

So a 12-month PS Now subscription priced at $59.99 / £49.99 would convert to a 12-month PS Plus Premium membership. The top tier of the new PS Plus plan will cost  $119.99 / £99.99, so that's a 50% saving. 

But Sony's workaround hinges on the monetary value of the subscriptions, and not the duration. So the email telling customers that their pre-paid stacked subscriptions will be honored still applies. You can get a full breakdown in the chart above.

If you're more interested in how current PS Plus subscriptions will convert into the new tiers, check out the table below. 

If you have stacked subs,