Sony has temporarily blocked existing PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now members from expanding their subscriptions as it prepares to merge them into the revamped PS Plus. It’s a definite attempt to stop users from getting years of access to the highest-level update service at a low price.
When Sony announced the new plans last month, it said PlayStation Now members would convert their subscriptions to PS Plus Premium for the same amount of time. This tier of service will include current PS Plus benefits and 400 PS4 and PS5 games from the mid-tier, as well as hundreds of games from previous generations and cloud streaming on PS4, PS5, and PC.
Sony clarified this week that if users have both PS Plus and PS Now memberships when the new service launches in the coming weeks, they’ll get access to PS Plus Premium for the longer of the two terms before they need to. Renew. In other words, if you have seven years left on the PS Plus plan after accruing a one-year membership, but recently purchased a 12-month PS Now subscription, you’ll get seven years of PS Plus Premium access significantly after the switch Discount.
As discovered by the Twitter game trading guru Wario 64, Sony has updated its PS Plus FAQ section to note that current PS Plus and PS Now subscribers are temporarily unable to redeem coupon codes and extend memberships. They’ll be able to redeem them again when their current membership lapses or when new PS Plus services become available in their region – whichever occurs first. Therefore, the company has blocked people from exploiting the PS Plus Premium vulnerability.
“As we prepare to launch our new PlayStation Plus membership service, we are doing some work behind the scenes to make the transition as smooth as possible for all of our existing members,” Sony said. “As part of this effort, we’re temporarily disabling stack memberships for existing customers until after launch.”
If you have an unredeemed voucher, it will now be converted for a length of time equal to its currency value. So if you’re a current subscriber and you have a one-month PS Plus or PS Now code in a drawer, you can convert to one month of PS Plus Essential or 17 days of PS Plus Premium access. Sony has released a conversion table detailing how everything works.
The revamped PS Plus service is scheduled to launch in select Asian markets on May 23rd, in Japan on June 1st, in the Americas on June 13th and in Europe on June 22nd.
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