PlayStation announced that it will be raising the price of PlayStation Plus. Predictably, reactions to the news for the sudden price hike have been negative.
What is the new PlayStation Plus price?
Starting May 20, 2026, PlayStation is raising the price of PS Plus for new customers. In a statement that blames “ongoing market conditions” for the reason, PlayStation notes the new prices will be $10.99 USD / €9.99 EUR / £7.99 GBP for 1-month subscriptions and $27.99 USD / €27.99 EUR / £21.99 GBP for three-month subscriptions.
PlayStation says the price change doesn’t apply to current subscribers unless they lapse in their subscription or change it in any way.
Unsurprisingly, reactions to the news have been negative. Fans immediately questioned the move, with some calling it “insane” to blame market conditions. Others brought up Xbox’s recent moves to trim down the price of its Game Pass services.
“At some point ‘market conditions’ just becomes the industry version of ‘because we can,'” wrote one angry reply. “How THE F— does an online service go up due to ‘ongoing market conditions’ What exactly does that mean? There’s a short supply of subscriptions to give out? What the f—?” asked another, while one person noted, “Blaming market conditions is insane. It should be free to play online games without paywalls in 2026.”
Others noted that this new increase came less than a year after PlayStation also raised prices on year-long subscriptions in mid-2025. PlayStation hasn’t commented on the negative reaction as of yet, and even though it’s unlikely they will, fans as a whole seem to be extremely unhappy with the news.
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