Sony Raises PlayStation Plus to $11, Keeps First-Party Single-Player Games Off PC
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Updated · Gizmodo · May 19
Sony Raises PlayStation Plus to $11, Keeps First-Party Single-Player Games Off PC
8 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · May 19
PlayStation said new and returning subscribers in select markets will pay $10.99 a month and $27.99 for three months starting May 20, lifting U.S. prices by $1 and $3.
Sony is also pulling back from its recent strategy of bringing first-party single-player titles to PC after a one- to two-year delay, while multiplayer games such as Marathon remain multiplatform.
Executives cited brand dilution and lost hardware revenue as concerns, tying the tighter exclusivity push to Sony’s effort to keep players inside the PlayStation ecosystem.
That ecosystem is already getting pricier: the PS5 slim recently rose to $600 and the PS5 Pro to $900, while online multiplayer still requires a PlayStation Plus subscription.
PC sales appear mixed—only 4 of 14 Sony single-player titles on Steam topped 50,000 peak concurrent players, with Ghost of Tsushima leading at more than 77,000.
Will walling off games and raising prices save PlayStation, or will it push players to competitors like Xbox and PC?
As the AI boom drives up hardware costs, is the era of affordable next-generation gaming consoles already over?