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Sony has sneakily increased the price of its PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium membership tiers, despite this week’s communication implying only PS Plus Essential would be hit.
The prices, which have now rolled out worldwide, are as follows for the US and UK:
Subscription Length
PS Plus Essential
PS Plus Extra
PS Plus Premium
1-Month Subscription
$9.99 > $10.99
£6.99 > £7.99
$14.99 > $16.99
£10.99 > £11.99
$17.99 > $19.99
£13.49 > £14.99
3-Month Subscription
$24.99 > $27.99
£19.99 > £21.99
$39.99 > $43.99
£31.99 > £34.99
$49.99 > $54.99
£39.99 > £43.99
As previously reported, the 12-month subscription option is unaffected across all three membership tiers, although some readers have reached out to us to report this isn’t the case in some countries. Australia, for example, is seeing price increases across the board – including to its 12-month subscription plan.
It’s worth noting that these changes only affect new or lapsed customers, so if you’re committed to a rolling plan, you won’t have to pay the new prices – unless your subscription expires.
Sony’s original communication said “Starting 20th May, PS Plus prices for new customers will increase in select regions” – but it only mentioned the PS Plus Essential price changes.
Starting May 20, PlayStation Plus prices for new customers will increase in select regions. Due to ongoing market conditions, prices will start at $10.99 USD / €9.99 EUR / £7.99 GBP for 1-month subscriptions and $27.99 USD / €27.99 EUR / £21.99 GBP for 3-month subscriptions.…— PlayStation (@PlayStation) May 18, 2026
In hindsight, I actually think this is quite sneaky and misleading.
While I appreciate the new PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium prices are largely in-line with the increases to PS Plus Essential, this should have been better communicated.
You can read my overall thoughts on this through here, but generally I think Sony’s trying to push customers into annual subscriptions; I don’t think it wants members bouncing around, buying one-off subs here or there.
Regardless, it seems like fans aren’t happy: just 18% of you said you think PS Plus Essential represents value for money in 2026. We framed the poll like that because Sony didn’t mention PS Plus Extra or PS Plus Premium in its original communication.
Not great, is it? This deal just keeps on getting worse.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.