PlayStation Plus Retail card was (notice we used past tense so you know where this is going) a good way of saving money when making subscriptions and purchases required for online play on PS4 and PS5 consoles. The PlayStation Plus service offers a monthly and yearly subscription for all things Playstation-related, including online multiplayer, cloud storage, exclusive deals, and many others.
It seems Sony is quietly going away with it while replacing it with the revamped PS Plus subscription service. In this article, we will discuss Sony discontinuing PlayStation Plus Retail cards, and everything you need to know about the revamped PS Plus subscription service. In case you were wondering if this is really happening, it is.
It was first observed in a Polish site where the retail cards were not being restocked or accepted. Sony, the company that owns the Playstation brand has discontinued restocking PS Plus cards and PS Now cards in retail stores as they move towards transferring everyone to the new PS Plus service.
These are currently being replaced with the PlayStation store gift card. There has been a bit of confusion as the discontinued cards are still listed on a lot of platforms, however, a click to purchase on any of these platforms will simply redirect one to the PS Plus Service launched earlier this week. The revamped PS Plus service still offers one, three, and twelve months’ worth of subscription, but there are now three membership tiers; essential, extra, and premium. Each of these has three price points, the least being $9.99 and the highest clocked at $119.99. Let’s break it down further.
PlayStation Plus Essential Price:
- Monthly Price: $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99
- Yearly Price: $59.99 / £49.99 / €59.99
PlayStation Plus Extra Price:
- Monthly Price: $14.99 / £10.99 / €13.99
- Yearly Price: $99.99 / £83.99 €99.99
PlayStation Plus Premium Price:
- Monthly Price: $14.99 / £10.99 / €13.99
- Yearly Price: $99.99 / £83.99 €99.99
Admittedly there are advantages to this seeming merge of services into just one, one of such being the reduction in the number of complaints stemming from confused customers who could not exactly place what service offers what. What’s more, each of these listed membership subscriptions comes with its benefits. Going forward, it would be just plain easier for users to simply purchase PS Plus Gift Cards.
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