**Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Hike, Gives Gamers the "Privilege" of Paying More for Less**

Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Hike, Gives Gamers the “Privilege” of Paying More for Less

AITA for thinking Sony is on a mission to single-handedly fund their next disastrous live-service flop? 💀

TL;DR: Sony just cranked up the price of PlayStation Plus, because clearly, the shareholders need a third yacht this year. The Essential tier is now $79.99 (up from $59.99), Extra is $134.99, and Premium is literally just “we’ll take your soul and $159.99.”

But wait, it gets better. In exchange for this “generous” 30%+ hike, Sony is gracing us with… the same collection of PS4 indies you’ve already beaten in 2016, a handful of broken PS5 ports, and the monthly “classic” game that’s just a PS1 era game that runs worse than it did 25 years ago. They’re also throwing in the ability to re-download your games from the previous server, assuming you don’t have a data cap.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is over here offering Game Pass for the cost of a pizza and a firm handshake, but sure, Jim Ryan’s ghost needs to pay for his next NFT project. The real kicker? They’re doing this right before Concord flops harder than a fish on dry land.

Honestly, at this point, I’m waiting for the “PlayStation Plus Ultimate Platinum” tier for $499.99 a year, which comes with a free digital sticker of Kratos’s beard and the option to pre-order the next Spider-Man game six minutes early.

ETA: Forgot to mention they’re removing the monthly games you didn’t claim from your library retroactively. (That’s not true, but it feels true, and that’s the vibe, right?)

So, Reddit: Is