{"id":248945,"date":"2026-05-18T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/playstation-plus-price-is-going-up-but-you-might-dodge-the-hike\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:50:08","slug":"playstation-plus-price-is-going-up-but-you-might-dodge-the-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/playstation-plus-price-is-going-up-but-you-might-dodge-the-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Plus price is going up, but you might dodge the hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/playstation-plus-price-increase-3668214\/\">PlayStation Plus price is going up, but you might dodge the hike<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/playstation-plus-price-increase-3668214\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/playstation-plus-price-increase-3668214\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 16:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oliver Cragg \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PlayStation Plus Essential will cost more for new subscribers from May 20.<\/li>\n<li>The monthly plan in the US is rising from $9.99 to $10.99, while the three-month plan goes from $24.99 to $27.99.<\/li>\n<li>Similar price increases are taking place in other regions, but current subscribers are unaffected unless their subscription changes or lapses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re getting depressingly used to price increases in 2026. Services like YouTube and Netflix have increased their prices in recent months, and on the hardware side, it feels like there\u2019s a new story about a handheld gaming console getting more expensive every week. However, PlayStation Plus has managed to avoid the worst of the subscription price creep for a while, at least if you only pay month to month. That run is about to end for new customers in select regions, with Sony raising the starting price of PlayStation Plus from May 20.<\/p>\n<p>As detailed in a post from the official PlayStation X account, the monthly PlayStation Plus Essential plan is increasing from $9.99 to $10.99 for new subscribers in the US. The three-month plan is also increasing, from $24.99 to $27.99. Sony is making similar changes in Europe and the UK, where the new prices will start at \u20ac9.99\/\u20ac27.99 and \u00a37.99\/\u00a321.99, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"PlayStation Plus Price Increase X Post\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post-64w-37h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post-1000w-579h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post-657w-380h.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post-675w-391h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"PlayStation Plus Price Increase X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PlayStation-Plus-Price-Increase-X-Post.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You may have already spotted the important caveat, which is that current subscribers mostly dodge the increase for now. Sony says the new prices won\u2019t affect existing members unless their subscriptions change or lapse. The exceptions are Turkey and India, where current subscribers will also see price changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A $1 monthly increase isn\u2019t exactly a shock, especially as these shorter Essential plans appear to have held steady since the PlayStation Plus revamp in 2022. Sony\u2019s explanation for the increase is that it\u2019s \u201cdue to ongoing market conditions,\u201d which is one of those phrases that may well be accurate, but doesn\u2019t really&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/playstation-plus-price-increase-3668214\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayStation Plus price is going up, but you might dodge the hike https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/playstation-plus-price-increase-3668214\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps5-logo-scaled.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,102],"class_list":["post-248945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248947,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248945\/revisions\/248947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}