Sony Interactive Entertainment will increase prices for PlayStation Plus for new customers in select regions starting May 20, the company announced, citing “ongoing market conditions.”
I did this awhile ago. Played like 3% of the games I got each month. Service wasn’t worth it for me. Switch to Steam, still only playing a fraction on my library but at least no monthly fees and free online play.
No you pay the ISP for internet access in general, that is justified by the cost of infrastructure, which you ALSO have to pay when accessing it on playstation on top of ps+. It’s really not the same thing at all.
Btw I personally pay for ps+ because as someone that jumped into the ps5 after the last console I had be the ps2, I’ve found I’m never without something to play from all the back catalogue alone. Even just the 20 game pack they gave on release was worth it to me at the time. I just put away $3 a week and buy it on black Friday sales with change.
Spiderman 2 that they gave access to this year basically covered the price alone, and I don’t have to justify each game I buy, it’s just another annual bill like Netflix. Will I lose the whole thing if I stop paying or Sony changes things? Yeah. But I already knowingly factored that in. It’s a Netflix for games and I’m okay with that.
A few years ago I looked at what I spent on ps+ 2020-2025 vs steam 2015-2020, and ps+ was less. That’s enough for me to be happy.
I did this awhile ago. Played like 3% of the games I got each month. Service wasn’t worth it for me. Switch to Steam, still only playing a fraction on my library but at least no monthly fees and free online play.
Well technically you pay your ISP for online play… Lol
No you pay the ISP for internet access in general, that is justified by the cost of infrastructure, which you ALSO have to pay when accessing it on playstation on top of ps+. It’s really not the same thing at all.
Btw I personally pay for ps+ because as someone that jumped into the ps5 after the last console I had be the ps2, I’ve found I’m never without something to play from all the back catalogue alone. Even just the 20 game pack they gave on release was worth it to me at the time. I just put away $3 a week and buy it on black Friday sales with change.
Spiderman 2 that they gave access to this year basically covered the price alone, and I don’t have to justify each game I buy, it’s just another annual bill like Netflix. Will I lose the whole thing if I stop paying or Sony changes things? Yeah. But I already knowingly factored that in. It’s a Netflix for games and I’m okay with that.
A few years ago I looked at what I spent on ps+ 2020-2025 vs steam 2015-2020, and ps+ was less. That’s enough for me to be happy.