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Sony raising PS Plus pricing by 33% (www.pushsquare.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Tier                          Original Pricing.       New Pricing
PS Plus Essential	£49.99 / $59.99	£59.99 / $79.99
PS Plus Extra	        £83.99 / $99.99	£99.99 / $134.99
PS Plus Premium	£99.99 / $119.99	£119.99 / $159.99

33+% is quite a hike, considering that Sony doesn't offer PS+ Day 1 Launches, unlike Xbox. I hope they start offering their games day one, else people will start to unsubscribe.

It's a bummer, since I like PS+ Extra a lot (don't get PS+ Premium, it's not worth it)

Also very scummy of them to hide their pricing update behind the Sept PS+ monthly games blogpost

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[–] 79 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Save your money, buy a Steam Deck or a desktop PC, play games online with the internet service that you already pay a shit ton of money for, and don't look back. It's really stupid that we allowed game consoles to charge us to play online.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Steam deck is a great way to get into PC gaming if you don't have a lot of money or a PC. It can run a lot of games. Enough that you won't get bored any time soon.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I would say a pc would be cheaper if ur on a budget as u can easily get a bunch of used hardware and rig it together till you can afford something better for an upgrade

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Agreed. I built up a nice console PC using a used HP Pavilion Gaming PC.

    Threw in a 50$ 32gb ram kit and a 60$ 2tb SSD.

    Total cost <450$ and it's a bit faster than a Steam Deck.

    I wouldn't call this beginner friendly compared to a deck, but the potential cost savings are real.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, if you can, get a PC, they might cost more initially but they pay for themselves in the long run. No reason to own a console.

    I bet Steam machines would do better if they were released now.

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