-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Netflix increasing prices again ($11 for 2-device HD streaming)
- Thread starter giga
- Start date
nocturnalis
Member
Oh fuck you Netflix. Your content isn't even that good anymore.
Skellig Gra
Member
Sucks I guess but its still a rock bottom price considering all the content we are getting.
It's $1 man.
It's $1 man.
SpartanN92
Banned
Are you really that venomous over $1-$2?
peppermints
Member
So if I'm already subbed to the 4K plan.. it seems like there's no price hike? Am I reading that right?
It is though
Living the Dream
Member
🙄🙄🙄
Skellig Gra
Member
Looks like a $2 increase?
$11.99 -> $13.99 for the 4K tier
No, I think thats going up to $13.99. Thats the premium plan.
Im torn, $14 is getting into the do I really need this territory since I watch Netflix so little. On average I feel like I watch maybe an hour a week of it, might consider unsubbing for a while after I binge Stranger Things.
**And I have regular cable w/ DVR so its not like Im a cord cutter, vast majority of my TV watching is through traditional means, so its really just like adding $14 to my cable bill at this point.
metalslimer
Member
They're going to end up dangerously close to the edge, but I can't knock the prices for all the content
The Netflix 4k has also been pretty disappointing so getting a 2 dollar hike is trash
The Netflix 4k has also been pretty disappointing so getting a 2 dollar hike is trash
"The price of the premium tier will rise from $11.99 to $13.99. "
Duuuuuuuuumb but whatever. The amount of time I spend on Netflix is way worth the extra $2 I guess.
robotzombie
Member
Are you going to say this each time the price goes up?
peppermints
Member
Ah damn I was thinking the chart in the OP was what the prices were changing to.
That stinks. I'm not gonna fuss over $2, but I have no need for more than 1 screen at a time so it'd be nice if there was a tier with 4K that reflected that.
Lets get the fake outrage outta the way. You good now?
Along with "there's a horror alternative"
GregLombardi
Member
This isn't the point. If you multiply that number by their subscribers it is clear what they are doing.
Also, that's per month. If I could get $1-$2 per month from that many people I'd be much wealthier than I am.
nocturnalis
Member
I'm not mad at $1, I'm mad at them continuing eroding their service. When they made it $7.99 for just streaming, it lost half its value. Then they upped it by $2 and now they are raising the price again, while their catalogue is getting weaker and weaker. I subscribed for movies and TV shows, and I'm seeing a lot less of those. I didn't subscribe for their original content because I don't like most of it.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
I'm pretty sure they've raised it 3 times in a row in Canada lol :S
Very Berry Sunday
Member
I share with like 4 other families on the 4K plan.
TheCochese
Banned
Wonder if T-Mo is going to pony up the other buck.
Mark Andrew
Member
Eh, not the worst thing in the world. For people like me who subscribe a few months a year for originals its really a non-factor.
Then unsubscribe and move on.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I'm curious what the upper limit really is for people. Like someone might say $15, but if it's $13 now and then $15 two years from now maybe they just roll with it?
legacyzero
Banned
Getting ready for that Stanger Things hype
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Not surprised. I figured this was coming to a lot of services movies, music, games ect...
It's getting tough though. $2 in an off itself doesn't feel bad, but $2 here $5 there adds up when you look at all of the services like Netflix, PS Vue, PS+, Spotify ect... you are paying for and the prices start slowly creeping up.
It's getting tough though. $2 in an off itself doesn't feel bad, but $2 here $5 there adds up when you look at all of the services like Netflix, PS Vue, PS+, Spotify ect... you are paying for and the prices start slowly creeping up.
MercuryLS3
Junior Member
They're investing heavily in content, they need money to make that happen. Netflix, even with a dollar hike is a great value for what you get.
It's clear what they are doing? Yes, they want to make more money. Or is there some other motive I'm not understanding?
Anyway, I'd glad pay $1 more. It could probably go up a few bucks a month and I wouldn't cancel. I wonder what my price point is. Considering how much I watch it, I would say... 20?
nocturnalis
Member
I'm not outraged, I'm mad that a service is continually raising their prices while offering less. They're so busy trying to compete with the big boys of HBO and Showtime that they are forgetting why people subscribed to them in the first place.
I dont even know what to say to this. I guess just unsub?
Skellig Gra
Member
For now, I'd easily pay a couple more dollars for the service.
That's your preference and I have no issue with it at all. I'm in it for the streaming shows, if I was mainly interested in the discs I would have unsubbed years ago.
Freddy=Legend
Member
Shudder really needs to get a PS4 app. Was planning on only subbing to Netflix when new season of Marvel shows or GLOW anyway. So, the price increase will only effect me for a few months a year. But, I do love watching random & ridiculous horror flicks hidden deep in in the catalog. So, Shudder, come on, get that PS4 support.
Lol you're wrong. And sound like a slickdealer.
Flame Lord
Member
I don't think it's at all crazy to claim that they don't have the content to back up their prices. Yeah they put out some good OG content, but not everyone is interested in all of that content. Then you have their movies and tv show selection, which when I was last a subscriber, not only was lacking, but was getting weaker and weaker as time went on.