Playstation Plus Users Discover They’ve Been Paying $60 a Year for a Digital Couch That Only Plays ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Skyrim’
In what meme historians are calling the wildest subscription irony since Netflix added commercials, the internet is roasting “PlayStation Plus” after a viral thread revealed the average user has spent $480 over eight years just to access online multiplayer—only to play the same two games they already own. The meme’s punchline? Players are paying for the privilege of being Sony’s digital roommates, with one user quipping that their “free” monthly games have an average completion rate of 3% because they downloaded them “just in case.” Meanwhile, a separate viral tweet claims the service’s secret feature is a guilt subscription that auto-renews after you swear you’ll finally play “Days Gone” this month. Critics argue the real irony is that while you’re paying for “PlayStation Plus,” your PS4’s fan sounds like it’s trying to join the service itself—by taking off.