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keenest · Sep 30, 2014

Due to various market conditions, the price of your PlayStation Plus subscription is going to rise slightly. On 01/10/2014 the price of a 12 month subscription will rise from ZAR489.00 to ZAR749.00.

If your PlayStation Plus account is set to renew automatically you dont need to do anything. You wont begin paying the new rate immediately on 01/10/2014; instead you will start paying the new price from your first renewal date after 01/10/2014.

http://sagamer.co.za/2014/09/30/looks-like-ps-plus-has-nearly-doubled-in-price-only-in-south-africa

This excerpt is from the Sony PSN email sent out this evening to all SA subscribers. As you can expect there is some outrage at the slight 53% price hike which comes in effect from tomorrow.

Smooth Operator · Sep 30, 2014

"slightly"

yatesl · Sep 30, 2014

How do those prices compare to a £45/$60 game? For a point of reference.

besthijacker · Sep 30, 2014

Doesn't everyone have NA account anyway for cheaper stuff?

Toki767 · Sep 30, 2014

It's like a $20-25 increase.

zephervack · Sep 30, 2014

Toki767 said:
It's like a $20-25 increase.

Thats actually pretty awful, hoping they dont follow suit with Canada due to "inflation"

orthodoxy1095 · Sep 30, 2014

Why the increase? Is something happening in the economy or in regulatory shtuff? I don't see why they'd just double the cost arbitrarily. Especially when Live hasn't been increased...

hongcha · Sep 30, 2014

yatesl said:
How do those prices compare to a £45/$60 game? For a point of reference.

It's an increase from approximately $43 USD to $66 USD, at today's rates.

Black Republican · Sep 30, 2014

man that sucks for them

Jonnax · Sep 30, 2014

53% isn't nearly double. Though that's quite a big increase. Is there any reason for it? Has the value of the currency changed or new tax?

As a comparison: 489 South African Rand to British Pounds is around £27
749ZAR is about £41

The UK RRP for 1 year of PS Plus is £39.99 so it could just be them putting things in line.

keenest · Sep 30, 2014

I'm contemplating hitting the "cancel automatic renewal" link in the email. For now I've bought a new PS Plus subscription online before chances. This should last me quite a while coupled with my exiting subscription.

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · Sep 30, 2014

They try that in UK and im letting the thing run out.

No way am I paying 50-60 quid for plus. They can piss off.

manesan · Sep 30, 2014

yatesl said:
How do those prices compare to a £45/$60 game? For a point of reference.

For new releases on PSN it is $90 for PS4 games and about $60-$65 for PS3 games. NexGen tax in full effect.

KainXVIII · Sep 30, 2014

In Russia too, fuck!
(but that for 3 month subscription)

For 12 month

По ряду экономических причин стоимость вашей подписки PlayStation Plus незначительно вырастет. Начиная с 01/10/2014 стоимость 12-месячной подписки увеличится с RUB1950.00 до RUB2399.00.

Keyser Soze · Sep 30, 2014

Garrett Hawke · Sep 30, 2014

I wouldn't be surprised to see this everywhere outside the US. Companies keep increasing prices outside of the US but leaving games in the US at the golden $60 because they know if they tried to fuck with the US tons of people would complain. Sigh.

Minions · Sep 30, 2014

Sounds like a good time to stock up on PS+ cards... If you buy now it should be pre-increase.

BKK · Sep 30, 2014

Keyser Soze said:

Better to compare to Euro as South African PS Plus is run by SCEE.

Xion_Stellar · Sep 30, 2014

Add another reason to the list as to why having a US PSN is cool.

But seriously why the increase?

keenest · Sep 30, 2014

Also interesting to note the Xbox One launched in SA last week and the Digital Games in general are significantly cheaper on the Xbox Store compared to the PSN Store.

http://sagamer.co.za/forum/showthread.php?142506-Digital-PS4-vs-Xbox-One-Price-Comparison

manesan · Sep 30, 2014

keenest said:
I'm contemplating hitting the "cancel automatic renewal" link in the email. For now I've bought a new PS Plus subscription online before chances. This should last me quite a while coupled with my exiting subscription.

Im thinking of just letting it expire.

MarionCB · Sep 30, 2014

Erm, I don't think "slightly" means what they think it means. Amazing word usage there considering its only effect will be to inflame the recipient.

keenest · Sep 30, 2014

Ah Russia as well. I wonder what's going on here.

The Llama · Sep 30, 2014

Thats crazy. Is there any reason why?

ZangBa · Sep 30, 2014

They can barely keep their service functional, yet they ask for even more money. I'm guessing they are just trying to find the right price in those areas, because if they had the nerve to raise it worldwide, that would be asinine.

BlackBuzzard · Sep 30, 2014

They better not try to do this in Europe.

Miles Quaritch · Sep 30, 2014

Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

Twinduct · Sep 30, 2014

keenest said:
http://sagamer.co.za/2014/09/30/looks-like-ps-plus-has-nearly-doubled-in-price-only-in-south-africa

This excerpt is from the Sony PSN email sent out this evening to all SA subscribers. As you can expect there is some outrage at the slight 53% price hike which comes in effect from tomorrow.

Assumed this was due to the weaker rand. Considering $60 games on the store seems to be around the R800-R900 mark, this kind of makes sense with it following.

Of Course this basically just means more the reason to move forward via the US PSN. Given the local pricing of almost everything I might as well jump ship with my main account.

Storm360 · Sep 30, 2014

I have two years of plus on my account, but if it raises in other regions I won't bother renewing, the free games lately have been kinda bad anyways

Oersted · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

Where are you getting that from?

chubigans · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

only south africa can save us from lizard squad

MarionCB · Sep 30, 2014

Well, now I'm worried about the Australian price increasing considering our dollar is dropping so much. Maybe it's fortunate we already pay too much for PS+, ha.

Roxas · Sep 30, 2014

Keyser Soze said:

Shadow_FFVI · Sep 30, 2014

Setting a precedent. Guys, ready your wallets.

Miles Quaritch · Sep 30, 2014

Oersted said:
Where are you getting that from?

The assumption that Sony will eventually roll out a price increase to all regions?

chubigans said:
only south africa can save us from lizard squad

I'm assuming they'll roll this out to all regions eventually. Might not be straight away so as to not impact the holiday period, but I could see them announce a price increase for all regions early 2015.

BKK · Sep 30, 2014

It's just SCEE bringing the prices inline.

12 month PS Plus Prices:

Code:

   Old New  
EU 50 50
SA 34 53
RU 39 48

I guess those currencies have devalued against the Euro since PS Plus first launched.

Dambrosi · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

Arbitrary price rises that the consumer is forced to pay if they want to play online is a "good thing" now, according to gamers*. Well, that's nice to know.

You just keep bending over for the corps, I'll be over here giving them the finger and switching over fully to PC and Wii U**.

*You better be being fucking sarcastic.
**...if Sony tries that shit in the UK or USA.

Edit:

BKK said:
It's just SCEE bringing the prices inline.

12 month PS Plus Prices:

Code:

Old New EU €50 €50 SA €34 €53 RU €39 €48

I guess those currencies have devalued against the Euro since PS Plus first launched.

This had better be true, because I just realised that PS4 owners are powerless to do anything against arbitrary PS+ price rises for any reason.

manesan · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

Our userbase is tiny. This just hurts consumers and will do nothing to improve PSN. Worst part is that they only given 4-5 hours notice before the increase take effect. Its 10:30pm at the moment here, so you have 90 minutes left before the increase take effect. Most people will only find out about it when they wake up tomorrow when it is too late.

They should at least given 30 days notice so that people could have gotten paid and renewed their subs. This is disgusting.

Raist · Sep 30, 2014

The Llama said:
Thats crazy. Is there any reason why?

Arrogant Sony is back!

Or maybe it's just because these currencies have crashed over the past year or so.

pants · Sep 30, 2014

Yeah I got an email earlier and I was like WTF I guess when my sub expires, I'm done

JayEH · Sep 30, 2014

That doesn't seem unreasonable if they're bringing it inline with the Euro.

Oersted · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
The assumption that Sony will eventually roll out a price increase to all regions?

I'm assuming they'll roll this out to all regions eventually. Might not be straight away so as to not impact the holiday period, but I could see them announce a price increase for all regions early 2015.

This an assumption to explain an assumption. Erm.

Ominym · Sep 30, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Looks like Sony are finally getting serious about investing money into upgrading those PSN servers.

MS did the same with Gold. This is a good thing.

Haha, okay.

Anything to back that up other than wishful thinking? I read your other post too, not buying it.

manesan · Sep 30, 2014

BKK said:
It's just SCEE bringing the prices inline.

12 month PS Plus Prices:

Code:

Old New EU 50 50 SA 34 53 RU 39 48

I guess those currencies have devalued against the Euro since PS Plus first launched.

The currencies have devalued quite a bit over the last 2 years but average salaries have only increased 4-6% PA. This increase is difficult to stomach. It should have been increased gradually or they should have given people more time to renew their subs, not four fucking hours.

Raist · Sep 30, 2014

Taker34 · Sep 30, 2014

It's odd how I participated in a PSN Plus survey yesterday. They asked questions about price, slogans and psn+ vs xbl gold stuff. While that's probably just a coincidence, Sony definitely are working on something.

RustyNails · Sep 30, 2014

...Da fook?

parcali · Sep 30, 2014

in Turkey too..
50%

pants · Sep 30, 2014

RustyNails said:
...Da fook?

If you really want to laugh, look at the price of the xbone and ps4 is South Africa. I puke when I look at it.

GifGafIsTheBestGaf · Sep 30, 2014

Raist said:

couldnt they foresee this and do it incrementally instead of just going balls deep on our brethren on the other side of the pond? or is it hard?

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