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PlayStation Plus prices in Canada increased to 22.6%, affecting all three levels.
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Many countries have seen that PS Plus prices are increasing recently, including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
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Sony explains the price increase in world market conditions.
Prices for a subscription on PlayStation Plus They just saw a big hike in Canada, the last country in a long list to experience an increase in the value of the digital game subscription service. PlayStation Plus members in Canada should count on a payout of up to 22.6 percent more per annum, as the Sony streaming service is undergoing pricing.
Up to recent ads, the last increase in the great price on PlayStation Plus came in 2023. This increase also affected all its three levels, and the annual cost of significant membership increased by $ 20, which is approximately 33 percent more than the previous price.
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Information on the official Canadian PlayStation website has shown new prices with annual Playstaion Plus Essential Tier cost, an additional level of $ 189.99, and a premium class – $ 249.99. Based on the previous pricing models, these new values are equated with the additional $ 15 for the required, $ 35 for the additional and $ 35 per award, with the highest percentage of increasing the middle of these three levels. Subscribers will still be able to pay monthly or quarterly installments, although it will cost them as much as $ 75 in the year, and the biggest blow was a monthly premium subscriber.
PlayStation Plus prices go on Canadians
Canada is the latest in the growing list of countries seeing their PlayStation Plus Onscriptions Rise. About a week ago, PlayStation Plus prices in Latin America saw large jumps up to 21 percent depending on the level of service. These changes affected 16 different countries, including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. In these cases, the Sony leadership noted that the reasons for increasing subscription prices were related to the terms in the world market and the confidence that the company will still be able to afford to offer access to quality games for its members.
The increase in the cost of video games can be felt throughout the industry, as the cost of development and production of triple games has increased much more than these years than the prices that pay for them. This goes beyond the broadcast service, with the recent announcement that some Nintendo Switch 2 games will be really expensive, at $ 90 for physical versions and $ 80 for digital downloads. In addition, former Sony Computer Entertainment President Sean Liden has recently gone from the record, saying that the game prices had to notice an increase in the last few generations of consoles, and the price growth of prices now seems to pick up stagnation of historical costs.
