One of the biggest hot button topics in gaming is how expensive the hobby is becoming.Sony, along withActivisionandTake-Two, were some of the first publishers to embrace the $70. Now, withNintendoandMicrosoftembracing $80 games,gamers are pushing back. That’s not stopping companies from raising prices. Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida said thatan $80 game is still a “steal"and that gamers shouldn’t be complaining about the price. Naturally, people weren’t too happy about these comments, but that isn’t stopping current Sony execs from possibly raising their prices.
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Even though they were free, we all still felt that we had been shortchanged.
While Sony has not said whether or not they’ll start pricing their games at $80, they hinted that the cost of PlayStation Plus subscriptions may continue to rise.
Sony Says They Will Continue to Adjust Pricing Strategy, AKA Most Likely Raise Prices In The Future
Nishino all but confirmed that Sony will look to raise prices based on the fact that people are willing to pay the premium, as he explains in the following quote (emphasis mine):
This is even after the global price increases we implemented in FY2023, and more recently, the local price increases in selected countries, to improve our pricing strategy across certain market clusters, and also to account for [foreign exchange] movements.
These price increases were partly a result of increasing value we bring to the players, through the quality and diversity of content we continue to add, as well as investment in the features to improve the service further, such as player personalization and enhanced content discovery.
The PlayStation Plus service offers great value for our players, and we will continue to add more value andadjust our pricing strategy in a dynamic way to maximize profitability.
More Countries Are Getting PS Plus Price Hikes And It’s A Bit Worrying
Australia, South Korea and more countries are getting PS Plus price increases across all tiers.
Sony has alreadyraised the price of the PlayStation 5 console in several countries.Analysts think this is only the beginning, and they could continue to raise the price elsewhere.
The company raised the price of the PlayStation Plus subscription in 2023,a move that went over as well as you’d expect. It looks like they’re getting ready to do the same again, and I’d expect it to go over just as “well.”
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