

Existing PlayStation Now subscriptions, meanwhile, will be converted to the $17.99 per month or $119.99 per year PlayStation Plus Premium tier. While Sony hasn't commented publicly on these new subscription limitations, the move seems designed to prevent users from "stacking up" on years of cheaper PlayStation Now or PlayStation Plus subscriptions before that subscription time is converted to the coming tiered format in June.Īccording to online FAQs, existing PlayStation Plus subscriptions will be rolled over into the PlayStation Plus Essential tier, which usually costs $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Even that limited subscription option was removed from the store sometime after April 14, according to archival copies. By March 29, though-the day the new tiered structure was announced-the PlayStation Store page changed to offer only one-month PlayStation Now subscriptions. PlayStation Now subscriptions of up to one year were still available on the PlayStation Store as of March 20, according to versions captured by the Internet Archive. The area of the store's Subscriptions page where that subscription was previously listed now shows a message telling users that "PlayStation Now is changing soon and merging with PlayStation Plus." The message points players to an FAQ page. Subscriptions to Sony's streaming-focused PlayStation Now subscription, meanwhile, are no longer available for purchase on the PlayStation Store at all. Accounts that aren't currently subscribed to PlayStation Plus can still sign up for up to a year, though. Further Reading Breaking down Sony’s confusing PlayStation Plus subscription relaunchSony has temporarily cut off users' ability to renew their PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscriptions, an apparent effort to prevent users from converting those cheaper subscriptions into more expensive PlayStation Plus Premium subscriptions when the services transition to a new unified, tiered structure in June.]Ĭurrent PlayStation Plus subscribers who try to renew their subscription through the online PlayStation Store are greeted with a cryptic message reading, "Can't Purchase Can't Add to Cart You've already purchased this item." Users across the Internet are reporting similar issues using physical prepaid PlayStation Plus cards to renew their subscriptions.
