Sony has announced that PlayStation Plus is getting a price increase, effective from May 20th, essentially doing what they stated back in February.

The company posted the announcement on X where they also showed the new prices. The lowest level of PlayStation Plus, the Essential tier, will now cost $10.99 USD / €9.99 EUR / £7.99 GBP for 1-month subscriptions, and $27.99 USD / €27.99 EUR / £21.99 GBP for 3-month subscriptions.

Subscription Length	Previous Price	New price
1 Month Subscription	£6.99 / $9.99	£7.99 / $10.99
3 Month Subscription	£19.99 / $24.99	£21.99 / $27.99

Basically, the price has gone up by £1/$1 for the monthly sub, and £2/£3 for the 3-month plan.

There was no mention of yearly subscription costs going up. I assume this will be to encourage people to pay for a full year upfront, which is better for PlayStation’s financials.

“This price change does not apply to current subscribers (except in Turkey and India) unless the existing subscription changes or lapses,” states Sony in their announcement. The wording isn’t entirely clear, but it seems to suggest that if you already have a subscription that automatically renews you’ll be locked into the old prices. Again, though, it’s not completely clear if that’s the case.

It seems to the higher tiers of PlayStation Plus are also safe. At least, for now.

The price hike isn’t surprising. Back in February of this year, Sony stated that in order to “minimize the impact” of rising memory costs, PlayStation would seek to monetize the existing user base more, including “network services”.

Still, a price hike always sucks for the end user. At least it isn’t a massive price hike like Microsoft did with Game Pass before walking it back a little, right? Small mercys, and all that.