During the last conversation with Sony shareholders, the term “monetization of the current base” was used. Officially, it refers to the rising costs of DRAM and NAND memory and the depreciation of PS5 production, but it sounds like a preview of a greater focus on digital games and services.
The hardware is reportedly not going to get more expensive (secured supplies for 2026), but the question is, are PS Plus and first-party game price increases coming?
How do you interpret this, standard corporate talk or a signal that the ecosystem will start to be “squeezed” harder?
Posted by NerveSouthern3111
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The more expensive PS+ gets, the less likely I will resubscribe. I only subscribe during sales anyway, but I’m not a multiplayer gamer so I only use it for the monthlies + catalogue.
Yes I’m only one singular person and I will be offset by people choosing to resubscribe. I’m just saying what’s on my mind.
i mean yeah prices are going up we are already seeing that with ms trying to make outer worlds 2 and last year fall releases $80 and rising game pass and nintendo making making mario kart also $80 its not a question of if but when. i mean companies are at a holding pattern for the $80 game till more big games come out for that price and it does sell amazing.
I know it’s years away, but if ps6 has an optional disk drive, we boycott. That’s monopolization at that point.
Sigh… My significant other and I love our PS5’s as we’ve always preferred console to a degree, but moving over to PC is looking better and better. When you already have the hardware anyway…
The price of PS+ will undoubtedly go up. Anyone who doesn’t believe that needs to break away from that deluded mentality. Nothing on this planet has survived the price increases from the past few years upto today. Sony isn’t some kind of magical anomaly who will willingly want less money.
I already feel like the higher PS+ tiers are too expensive for what they offer. If they intend to make PS+ even more expensive it’ll just push me away.