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Sony is seemingly responding to the popularity of Xbox Game Pass, and is planning a new subscription tier to take on their console rival.
Read More »Sony is restructuring PlayStation Plus in a bid to compete with Xbox Game Pass
UK bank account data shows 71% rise in gaming spending during lockdown
“A growth in subscriptions on platforms like Playstation and Xbox have contributed to overall sales in gaming"
Read More »Playstation 4 sees surges in digital sales, up to 74 per cent of full game sales during COVID-19 pandemic
Sony's Q1 FY2020 (April-June 2020) has been enormously successful for the company, with the COVID-19 pandemic boosting digital sales on the Playstation store.
Read More »PlayStation Now doubles subscribers, Playstation Plus boosted by COVID-19 lockdown orders
The subscriber numbers for Playstation Plus rose by 2.7 million in the first three months of 2020
Read More »PlayStation Plus subscription costs to rise in Asia and Europe
No price rise in the UK this time, though
Read More »PlayStation Plus subscribers hit 26.4m, up 27% YOY
The number of paid PlayStation Plus subscriptions rose to 26.4m in 2016, Sony has confirmed, showing a growth of 27 per cent since 2015. The news comes from Sony’s investor relations day 2017 presentation, where the company talked about its plans to further grow the PlayStation 4 ecosystem. However, considering …
Read More »PlayStation Plus prices increased in North America
Sony has announced an increase to the subscription prices for PlayStation Plus in both North America and Canada. As of September 22nd an annual subscription to the service will increase from $50 to $60 in the US. A three month membership plans will jump from $18 to $22. Monthly membership …
Read More »No PlayStation Plus required for No Man’s Sky online features
PS4 owners will not be required to subscribe to PlayStation Plus if they wish to advantage of No Man’s Sky galaxy-spanning online features. While No Man’s Sky is pretty much a single player experience as you roam around the almost impossibly vast game world, the title does boast a number …
Read More »Hitman beta open for PlayStation Plus subscribers next week
An open beta for Square Enix’s next Hitman game will be released for some PS4 owners next week. Square Enix has said that PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download the beta on March 4th. Until now it has only been available to those who have pre-ordered the game. …
Read More »PlayStation Plus subscribers given a free day as outage apology
Sony has offered PlayStation Plus subscribers a one-day extension as an apology for a network outage earlier this month. PSN went down for around ten hours on January 4th with most services forced completely offline. The breakage was or particular irritation to Destiny players as that was the final day …
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