PlayStation Plus Essential/Extra/Premium - New Subscription Service

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Wedgie wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:Have they said anything about the upgrade path for current plus subscribers?

Just that the current sub will revert to the standard tier. Not sure about PS Now.

jiggles wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:Have they said anything about the upgrade path for current plus subscribers?

Just that the current sub will revert to the standard tier. Not sure about PS Now.

PS Plus gets converted to PS Plus Essential.
PS Now gets converted to PS Plus Premium.

I would assume if you have more time remaining on your Plus than Now, it’ll bump you down to Essential when your premium runs out, but I wouldn’t expect the time to stack (I.e If you have 4 months of Now and 6 months of Plus, you get 4 months of Premium then 2 months of Essential).

The reasoning being if you had paid for both you’re still getting exactly what you paid for without being overcharged, while if you’d just paid for Now you paid for a service that includes streaming and the only one that has that is the one that includes everything. More of a “we have no other choice but to bump you up” than actual goodwill for loyalty or whatever.

Samuel_1 wrote:

jiggles wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:Have they said anything about the upgrade path for current plus subscribers?

Just that the current sub will revert to the standard tier. Not sure about PS Now.

PS Plus gets converted to PS Plus Essential.
PS Now gets converted to PS Plus Premium.

I would assume if you have more time remaining on your Plus than Now, it’ll bump you down to Essential when your premium runs out, but I wouldn’t expect the time to stack (I.e If you have 4 months of Now and 6 months of Plus, you get 4 months of Premium then 2 months of Essential).

The reasoning being if you had paid for both you’re still getting exactly what you paid for without being overcharged, while if you’d just paid for Now you paid for a service that includes streaming and the only one that has that is the one that includes everything. More of a “we have no other choice but to bump you up” than actual goodwill for loyalty or whatever.

Thanks, but just wondering how we're going to upgrade to higher tiers from essential...?

Samuel_1 wrote:...just wondering how we're going to upgrade to higher tiers from essential...?

jawa_ wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:...just wondering how we're going to upgrade to higher tiers from essential...?

Sony hasn't published any news on this yet, dude. I'd imagine that Sony would offer a pro-rata payable upgrade fee depending on the time left on your existing subscription, as Nintendo do when upgrading from Switch Online to Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Of course, anyone doing so will pay the appropriate proportion of the full advertised price. I'm gonna be looking out for discounted sub codes from online retailers... if Sony allows for this. (Sub codes wouldn't be of use to folk with existing long-running memberships, though).

jiggles wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:

jiggles wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:Have they said anything about the upgrade path for current plus subscribers?

Just that the current sub will revert to the standard tier. Not sure about PS Now.

PS Plus gets converted to PS Plus Essential.
PS Now gets converted to PS Plus Premium.

I would assume if you have more time remaining on your Plus than Now, it’ll bump you down to Essential when your premium runs out, but I wouldn’t expect the time to stack (I.e If you have 4 months of Now and 6 months of Plus, you get 4 months of Premium then 2 months of Essential).

The reasoning being if you had paid for both you’re still getting exactly what you paid for without being overcharged, while if you’d just paid for Now you paid for a service that includes streaming and the only one that has that is the one that includes everything. More of a “we have no other choice but to bump you up” than actual goodwill for loyalty or whatever.

Thanks, but just wondering how we're going to upgrade to higher tiers from essential...?

Ah, right, yeah, it's bound to be just a purchase for the difference. (£4 a month for Extra, £6.50 a month for premium)

Samuel_1 wrote:

jiggles wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:

jiggles wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

Samuel_1 wrote:Have they said anything about the upgrade path for current plus subscribers?

Just that the current sub will revert to the standard tier. Not sure about PS Now.

PS Plus gets converted to PS Plus Essential.
PS Now gets converted to PS Plus Premium.

I would assume if you have more time remaining on your Plus than Now, it’ll bump you down to Essential when your premium runs out, but I wouldn’t expect the time to stack (I.e If you have 4 months of Now and 6 months of Plus, you get 4 months of Premium then 2 months of Essential).

The reasoning being if you had paid for both you’re still getting exactly what you paid for without being overcharged, while if you’d just paid for Now you paid for a service that includes streaming and the only one that has that is the one that includes everything. More of a “we have no other choice but to bump you up” than actual goodwill for loyalty or whatever.

Thanks, but just wondering how we're going to upgrade to higher tiers from essential...?

Ah, right, yeah, it's bound to be just a purchase for the difference. (£4 a month for Extra, £6.50 a month for premium)

Probably, was hoping they'd do a little sweetener for existing plus subscribers.

Damian wrote:Having thought about this more, I'll probably give the full-on version a go for a year.

Buffalo wrote:

Damian wrote:Having thought about this more, I'll probably give the full-on version a go for a year.

Exactly what I’m going to do, then knock it down to the mid-tier.

Update: We're making fantastic progress with our launch efforts and I wanted to update you on the latest. We're rolling out our new offering for PlayStation Plus a little earlier in select markets in Asia, followed by Japan. Here is a look at our updated regional rollout schedule.

Asia markets (excluding Japan) – targeting May 23, 2022
Japan – targeting June 1, 2022
Americas – targeting June 13, 2022
Europe – targeting June 22, 2022

PushSquare wrote:...as expected, if you’re already an existing PS Plus subscriber, you don’t need to do anything. You’ll automatically transition to PS Plus Essential – an “equivalent subscription plan”, the organisation describes it – and your stacked subscription period will persist unchanged. You’ll continue to enjoy “the same benefits”, and there’ll be no changes to price or payment dates. Things will simply continue as normal.

However, you will have the option to upgrade to PS Plus Extra or PS Plus Premium at any time. “To do so, you’ll need to pay the difference between your current plan and your new plan, adjusted for the remaining time of your subscription,” the email explains. In other words, if you have six months PS Plus service left, then you’ll be able to upgrade to one of the higher tiers for the remainder of your plan by paying the difference.

It’s unclear whether those who’ve stacked their subscription for years will potentially have to pay for multiple years all at once, but the wording from Sony certainly implies as much.

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jawa_ wrote:

PushSquare wrote:...as expected, if you’re already an existing PS Plus subscriber, you don’t need to do anything. You’ll automatically transition to PS Plus Essential – an “equivalent subscription plan”, the organisation describes it – and your stacked subscription period will persist unchanged. You’ll continue to enjoy “the same benefits”, and there’ll be no changes to price or payment dates. Things will simply continue as normal.

However, you will have the option to upgrade to PS Plus Extra or PS Plus Premium at any time. “To do so, you’ll need to pay the difference between your current plan and your new plan, adjusted for the remaining time of your subscription,” the email explains. In other words, if you have six months PS Plus service left, then you’ll be able to upgrade to one of the higher tiers for the remainder of your plan by paying the difference.

It’s unclear whether those who’ve stacked their subscription for years will potentially have to pay for multiple years all at once, but the wording from Sony certainly implies as much.

For folk who stacked up their PS Plus sub and want to upgrade, potentially there may be quite a large cost - depending on how far ahead you subscribed for!

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:
That's an interesting wrinkle to the issue. How many years does Sony let you stack? Is it 3 years like Xbox?