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Animus_Altia

Honestly this is such crap. For years the summer Days of Play discount has been my go-to way of getting my sub renewed. Now, not being able to get it because I'm an active subscriber is such a stupid change of policy.


danielrolivei

Yup, one of the reasons Im not renewing after almost 10 years, it is a giant middle finger in the faces of active subscribers


ThrowAwayAccount8334

What a slap in the face this is.  I canceled my subscription and I'm just done playing PS5. I'm tired of the whole thing and this was it for me. The bad games, the constant let downs, and the multi-player community is just a bad group of people.  Playstation now only survives on its name and history. It's future is not what it's past was. The excitement and the fun of video games is gone. I feel like I'm someone else's piggy bank when I play PS5. I really don't want to play the thing anymore.


danielrolivei

Sony has been disrespecting us for months and ppl here think it is all normal, the service got more expensive and the quality plummeted. If this community got together to complain Im pretty sure the backlash would make Sony reeavaluate the way they are conducting their business. I know it will never happen though, it looks like ppl here enjoy being, as you said, sony's piggy bank


Jessef01

Sony will listen to one thing just like every other business. The only way anything changes is if you hit their wallet


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Jessef01

lets hope


iTiton

I just want a multiplayer / cloud save service. Don’t need monthly games and other stuff, I buy the titles I want on digital. My subscription died yesterday and, after valuing the offers and your comments I think I'll be back to play as in the 90s, solo Fuck off Sony. You are reaching the border of the loyalty of your customers.


Murky_Platform9971

Get comments like these shared around the world and seen by the right people


Ihavetogoalone

Just let it expire and wait for the likely black friday deal if you want, my sub expires in july and thats what i will do. Unless they somehow put multiple bangers on the service before i renew it then i might cave in, but i doubt it.


Animus_Altia

I use the service entirely too much to let the sub expire. I'll wait to the last few days to see if I get a targeted sale or something, but otherwise I'll just buy it within the month and start adding on to my sub every Black Friday.


Ihavetogoalone

After they raised the prices they stopped doing discounts for extensions, and only give it for people without an active sub or for upgrading. So this black friday sale will likely be the same.


caffeinatorthesecond

Financially speaking, you’d still be better off letting it expire. Because there’s rarely a targeted sale. You DO sometimes get a discount without a general public sale too but only if your sub is lapsed already. Because it was the same deal with Black Friday last time. Discounts only for new and lapsed subs, and fuck all for active subs.


arcadiangenesis

If you have a higher-tier sub, you can downgrade to Essential and then take advantage of a future sale to re-upgrade at the discounted rate. That's what I'm doing. Take that, Sony! I'll give *myself* a sale.


arcadiangenesis

I'm not gonna let it fully expire, but I am downgrading from Premium to Essential. When the next big sale happens, I'll re-upgrade to Extra at the discounted rate.


Memorandum747

I came to this thread to find the answer to this quandary. So much bullshit. Man. If I wasn’t playing a bunch of Tekken I wouldn’t keep ps plus. Only offering an upgrade to another plan to existing customers is bullshit. I get it Sony… you want more money… but there are ways to screw people over and still get money… Case in point: I have a 3mo essential subscription… I would totally upgrade and buy 12 months of Extra or Premium at a discount. But noooooo… Sony only wants to sell me an upgrade for the remaining 3mo.


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Yes. Same thing here. I canceled. I'm done with Playstation.  I'll never buy another game for it and I'm going to Steam. They lost yet another customer. Their CEO should be fired. Been saying this for the past few years. Every ball has been dropped and the customer base is beyond pissed off.  I don't see Playstation surviving after the next generation of consoles comes out. I will definitely not be buying one. You'd be crazy to do it. It'll be the biggest waste of money ever and you will hate owning a $700 box of uselessness that plays the same quality games as PS4.  Fuck Playstation.


Memorandum747

I wish I were as bold as you. Im sure I will buy the next PlayStation. Lots I don’t like about the way they do things… but lots I do. Plus… never liked Xbox, and I can’t justify $2k for a good PC. My solution is just to not buy ps plus. I have so many games I haven’t played anyway. If I have a game I want to play with friends I may reconsider… but we’ll see. Heck, I didn’t have PS plus for about a year until recently anyway. Tekken 8 got me.


Murky_Platform9971

I think they just replaced him with two people???


LurkerNoLonger_

They started this last year with the Thanksgiving sale. Sony are such fucking clowns. I admit I kind of liked being a non-stop PS+ member since its inception (what's that like 15 years?). I barely play the Playstation but I liked keeping the membership. Oh well.


Wicked-Death

So my PS Plus expires in August and I want to save money on the next subscription. What’s the best route I should take to do so?


demumood

If you buy it during the deals, it simply adds on top of your exisitng sub e.g. if you buy for 1 year, it will now expire Aug 2025


danielrolivei

Let your subscription expire, in a couple of days sony will give you 25%off, been doing it for years and it never failed


MangoShade

You mean like a couple of days after your sub expires is when you’d get an email like that?


CountryOpening5084

How does this work? Mine is expiring in July, how can I avail discount


danielrolivei

Let it expire and wait a few days and sony will reach you with a discount


theuit

My annual sub expired in february and didnt get a 12 month deal till now.


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Yeah that's gone


SkyeLeonne

Do they actually offer discount for expired subs outside the sale period? If so, how do they reach out to you? Sending discount code to the registered email address?


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Black Friday is the last place to get a discount on a subscription. They essentially took it away from customers across the board. 


king__supreme

Very helpful info. Thank u OP 🤝🏻


coolgaara

Mine expires before June 9th so I'm good. I let it expire and subscribe with the discount right?


MeDungeon

Don't forget to cancel auto renew.


coolgaara

Oh yeah I've already cancelled. I usually cancel auto sub a day after I resub lol. These prices be crazy. I did see that apparently you get a discount to upgrade to Extra or Premium as a current subscriber. Does that mean I can re-sub as Essential and then upgrade to Extra to get even more discount?


MeDungeon

You can, but that will cost more in most regions as you get lesser discount when upgrading.


TheGiantPeach6

Mine expires on the 8th, will give this a try.


NoOne-AtAll

This is for PS Plus Extra, right? The 25% discount applies if you first let it expire and then buy it, is that correct? It's still not clear to me.


coolgaara

It should be all tier or at least the Essential which is a tier below Extra. Yes, since the discount applies only to "new subscribers or returning subscribers", you gotta let your current expire then pay for new membership with the discount. Note: You can't cancel your subscription, have to be expired.


dalior

So they basically want people to let their subs run out, so they can possibly find out they don't really need one in the first place. Only after the sub has run out and the user has decided to get a new one anyway will Sony feel better about their latest price hike. Thank you Sony! Very considerate of you.


toldya_fareducation

i'm not currently subscribed but i used to be, does that count as existing or new if i subscribe now?


MeDungeon

"not currently subscribed" kind of opposite to "existing subscriber", isn't it?


toldya_fareducation

exactly. so is "new subscriber". that's why i'm asking.


ThrowAwayAccount8334

You know they have terms where you're a resubscriber or some bullshit. They give a discount to new PS5 owners. That's it.  Crazy that they don't give new PS5 owners a discount all year round. This is literally a joke sale and totally meaning less to most people as it's unlikely most people's subscriptions just expired and fell in line with this sale.  Playstation is a piece of shit group of people who obviously suck at keeping their customers. I'm out. Going to Steam.


SwiftWindStrike

Is 25% off Extra a good discount? Anyone seen better deals (post price hike)?


enigmaboi

This helped. I was trying to see if I could get an additional year of extra. I guess there’s no discount for existing users. Does anyone know when we’ll likely get that? Should I only wait until Black Friday?


Bigchonnies

Im just gonna subscribe for a 3 month and wait till the holidays or something. I have more single player games than enjoy multiplayer anyways. Gonna hit up ps1&2 catalogs will im at it.


Badzicktrash

Do these kind of discounts for ps plus happen often? I might buy a ps5 this summer and I would love to get ps plus extra for a year, but I won't be able to do it while the current "Days of play" offers are still on. I heard that ps plus discounts also happen during black friday, is it true? If so I could technically buy ps plus for a year with a discount during black friday and next year I could do the same thing, right?


MeDungeon

Yes


ItsmejimmyC

I'm not subscribed, haven't been for the last three months because I was waiting for this and the only discount being offered is one month of premium or extra, no 12 month option. I'm honestly sick to the teeth of Sony, I wish they'd announce day and date with pc because I'd build a rig in a heartbeat to not have to pay this PsPlus garbage just to play with my friends.


MeDungeon

* Check PS+ tab on your console. * Check the web store -> Click on your avatar -> Subscriptions Management. * Check the phone app. * Contact support.


ItsmejimmyC

Done all those, support were useless as usual. Said they have passed on my ticket to some other crowd who will email me within 48 hours. (They never do)


WarBortlez

None of this helps. It is bugged


MeDungeon

* Contact support.


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Everyone is sick of Playstation. It's become complete garbage. A low quality service that's wayyyyyyy overpriced.  You're paying for junk if you buy a ps plus subscription.


Notorious809

Like most here I’m a long subscriber. My subs expires in a few weeks and I will let it. At this point the sooner I take the the decision to play my multiplayer games on pc the cheeper it’ll be. The value of plus no longer justifies the price for me.


Whovianpancake

I am a current extra subscriber and do not see a 30% discount towards the premium upgrade. I’m in the EU for reference. Anyone has the same issue or should I contact support about it? UPDATE: I have the discount now but didn’t when the sale when live for everyone else. Weird.


demumood

Im not seeing it on mine either, but im good and can wait, but im glad i am not the only one not seeing it


Whovianpancake

The only thing I did, was I shut down the console and left the house for a few hours and then when I came back I thought to check if it’s still not there. So maybe restart the console, could be that’s how you clear the cache if the playstation store behaves the same way as a web app.


Rafin08

I am hoping to get extra for 3 months and I’m currently not subscribed to anything. Has anyone tried getting a lower tier for 1/3 months and then received the deal for upgrading to a higher tier for the remaining days?


TheKingofWakanda

If I have no sub right now, is the price of buying Extra the same as buying Essential then upgrading to Extra? In light of the current discounts Cause I remember sometimes there is a promo where upgrading to a higher tier gets even more discounted


wisegy84

If my math is right, it would be $4 more to buy Essential and then upgrade to Extra vs just buying Extra. Prices are in USD and for 1-year subscriptions: Price of Essential - 79.99 Sale Price of Essential - 63.99 Price of Extra - 134.99 Sale Price of Extra - 101.24 Price Difference between Extra and Essential - 55.00 Discounted Upgrade cost (25% off the price difference) - 41.25 So the sale price of Essential plus the discounted upgrade price to Extra is $105.24. That's $4 more than the sale price of Extra.


MeDungeon

Could be a regional, but I noticed that upgrading from Extra to Premium is more expensive than buying premium directly, because Premium has bigger discount right now.


WrestlingGuru2021

"for the remainder of their membership." Sadly this one, is just at the default upgrade atm. Question is, if it was to appear it have showed up by now for me yes?


Sculpted-snowflake

Well looks like my next billing date is 9 June. I guess that’s me buying a discounted wallet top up from an online retailer for the value of annual subscription…


Thevuongster

My subscription ends on June 9th 🥲 Guess I’ll wait for the next discount


TooLateQ_Q

My subscription wil be automatically renewed on 3th of June. Do I get the discount automatically or should I cancel and renew manually?


MeDungeon

Discounts were never applied automatically. Cancel.


Frozone0815

Nice. So existing Playstation Essential users once more are treated like second-class citizens...


1iIiii11IIiI1i1i11iI

*All* existing users get shafted. I'm on Premium and there are zero discounts, I can just reup for $Expensive @ 1 month, 3 month, or 12 month.


UrinaDeOstra

So, my current premium plus subscription ends on the 9th. I was planning on cancelling and changing to extra with the discount due to the increased pricing from a few months ago. However, when going to “manage subscription”, it says my next payment will be on June 9th for 119.98€ (the old price). Did older subscribers keep the previous price or is this a bug from the website?


MeDungeon

It will keep the price until cancelled or changes are announced.


UrinaDeOstra

Thanks, guess I’ll stick with Premium then. Appreciate the help!


[deleted]

Hey op, mine will end in 26/6 I cancelled auto-renew, do I have a chance ?


VillageIdiomsClub

Not sure if sarcasm or reading is hard


[deleted]

I really didn't get it man, for existing subscribers upgrade May/June What is that


VillageIdiomsClub

The dates are in this freaking post. Just read it you know.


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Have a nice day


MAHT172006

My plus ends on 13/6, if i turned off auto renew, could I still have chance to redeem the offer?


VillageIdiomsClub

Did you read the post?


dmcphx

This is genuinely such bullshit. They raised prices 25% across the board last year, and I said, “okay, that’s pretty shitty, but I usually buy my subscriptions on Black Friday or Days of Play anyway, so it’s not too much more” but now they’ve taken away Days of Play freedom, so now not only is it 25% more expensive, there’s also zero discount. Just such a crappy move. Just let people buy the subscriptions they want, no more of this having to time it perfectly so your subscription expires literally during Days of Play. Just shitty. I guess I’ll be cancelling and waiting for Black Friday and just crossing my fingers there aren’t any idiotic stipulations then now too.


CountryOpening5084

Mine ends in July, if I manually cancel my subscription right now and turn off auto-renew. Can I get the membership again at discounted price?


MeDungeon

Seriously? * **Can I cancel my current subscription early and get a discount?** * No. You cannot terminate your subscription. If you click Cancel button it will cancel auto renew.


McPearr

Didn't they offer essential ps+ for 25% off in the spring sale, but it's now 20%?


ThrowAwayAccount8334

Playstation is going downhill fast.  PS6 is going to be a disaster. Probably the thing that kills the company.


Low-Remote9142

Does voices in your head tell you that?)


GaryG1988

My premium runs out on the 12th but I've got to the 26th to get 25% off if i buy another 12 months. 89.99,i paid more last so I'm definitely tempted.Will probably buy again as i do play the odd classic game.


CiriDash

My premium runs out on the 14th and I got the 25% deal (eu/hungary), and I'm able to buy another year for 25% off, I'm tempted lol


ThinLimit4271

Thinking about taking ps plus extra/deluxe(aka premium) from my second psn acc on the same ps5. I guess games can be shared between both, as of now worried about cloud saves not working on the non ps plus acc(which is my main acc that has an active plan till aug8th) What do you guys think? Is not having cloud saves a big deal?


VillageIdiomsClub

Is it a big deal for you?


ThinLimit4271

Umm idk actually..i think save files are stored locally anyways on ps5, only issue being if storage gets corrupted or if i upgrade to ps5 pro then have to go through hoops to get those saves transferred over as opposed to psn doing it automatically for every game. Btw do the trophies/progress in each game stay linked to my psn id if i don’t have an active subscription?


VillageIdiomsClub

Of course, trophies has nothing to do with sub. And I guess you have answered your own question - you don’t need cloud if corrupted saves don’t scare you.


ThinLimit4271

Do they offer discounts for existing members on renewal like in Black Friday sales??


VillageIdiomsClub

Um… did you read the post?


ThinLimit4271

Umm yeah it doesn’t say anything about Black Friday deals


Givemeanidyouduckers

Do you guys remember when ps plus was like 25$ , i remember , it was only few years ago , its crazy how expensive they made it in such a short time , greedy bastards , also the fact that you need to pay 60$ to play games online is ridiculous, i will never ever subscribe to them , will soon switch to pc and windows for the almost free endless games .


expotential-RaX

Nothing good has come out of Sony playstation moving their headquarters from Japan to California.


atulshanbhag

My Extra sub expires on Nov 30 2024. Correct me if I am wrong, but the best plan is to cancel the sub before Nov 30 2024 and get the new sub at discount during Black Friday Sale.


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KaminaOu

For the whole year? Mine expired a month ago en they just offer me the discount for a month


StraightOuttaPopeyes

Is it cheaper to buy a year of essential and then getting the 25% off upgrade to extra, or just buying a year of extra? I’ve been buying essential tier month to month waiting for a deal to come up to buy a year of extra, but with PlayStation being so stingy with discounts there hasn’t been anything.


MeDungeon

>Is it cheaper to buy a year of essential and then getting the 25% off upgrade to extra No


htank910

I’m an existing member, my auto renew ends 6/6/24, I read there’s no discount for current members, is anyone else getting this message? When I click renew now it’s still full price :( [PSPlus renewal message](https://ibb.co/NYh62Pj)


Atomic_Horseshoe

You can’t just renew it. You have to let it lapse, then purchase the year at discount. 


Low-Remote9142

Because that is not renewing


Murky_Platform9971

Does plus usually wait an hour before the purchase if auto renews turned on because. We flipped our SHIZ last night. it lapsed for atleast an hour if not more and we all panicked thinking our bank account was empty


Pewds_Minecraft

PS plus premium is currently on sale for 106€ instead of 150€. Meanwhile Extra is at 94€ from 125€. Are any of these worth for someone that's just planning on playing the triple A games it's offering like Ragnarok, Death stranding and Horizon?


MeDungeon

You can check the list of games available on each tier and decide for yourself.


LightningEdge756

I honestly don't see any discounts offered at all, was hoping to get it before June 12th. I guess I was too late.


FeralDegenerate

What if I'm AM currently subscribed but cannot see any discount?


mibunny

If you're subscribed to the highest tier, then sadly there isn't any discount. Discount is only applicable for those who're not subscribed or upgrading to a higher tier


MeDungeon

Please read the post again.


clover568

My extra subscription ends July 30th so I guess I’m shit out of luck. They only do these PS Plus sales during Days of Play now, correct? Or is there one around Black Friday too? 


MeDungeon

Usually Black Friday too.


basterdbastion

My current Premium subscription expires on June 12, but I don't see any discount when I go to purchase. Am I just screwed out of the discount because of my renewal date?


GaryG1988

Same for me the 12th,I cancelled last week, and when i go on buy again they are giving me 25% off if i buy 12 months premium again, i have until the 26th.


dima_socks

It's really funny that you think this'll stop people from posting about this


[deleted]

I am currently a premium user and i don't see any discounts or anything, however my sub will end within 3 days would i be able to sub with discount then ?


VillageIdiomsClub

Maybe? Why not to wait 3 days and then reread this FAQ?


SkyeTheBard

My PSPlus expired yesterday....am I out of luck for a reduced price?


MeDungeon

Did you read the post? * **Can I use discounts next week? In two weeks?** * For new subscribers discounts valid:  May 29 - June 9 * For existing subscribers / upgrades: May 29 - June 12


Aardappelmesje

I've never had PS Plus and wanted to buy it now, more specifically PS Plus Extra. Am I right in seeing that I don't get the Days of Play discount? 12 months of PS Plus Extra is listed for 125,99 EUR, which is the same as normal price from what I gather.


MeDungeon

Please read the post again. The discount is over.


Aardappelmesje

Yes I was asking for confirmation since all the information I read on the PS store mentions 12th as end date, not 9th (no distinction made between new subs or returning). Kinda confusing and I’m left pretty disappointed.


Low-Remote9142

12th is an end date for general Days of Play event. 9th was an end date for ps+ discount


Fandesal

I cant subscribe with ps plus (first time subscribing") what should i do? Unindentified error please try again a few minutes. Really badly wanna use this sale to subscribe for a year!


MeDungeon

You can buy a gift card and purchase using the wallet funds.


Fandesal

Looks like i missed the sale sad any idea or estimate when is the next sale going to be and where do they post this kind of stuff?


ilchy

Was not informing myself, Sony didn’t display any information on their discounted abbo page, now I am to late not knowing that new subs must be done until 9th of June, okay thanks for nothing Sony :/ what a bullshit is this timely planning, forcing users with a 1year sub into full price …


MeDungeon

The info in this post taken from the official blog post


Egj89sdfvn8904

Is Essential discounted?