Sony Increases PS Plus Prices In Certain Countries

<p>PlayStation 4 owners across the globe are furious to have discovered that Sony is stealthily increasing the cost of PS Plus membership in certain regions&period; South Africa&comma; Turkey&comma; Russia&comma; Ukraine  and select states in India have all seen price hikes&period; These are not insignificant changes either&period; The cost of a three month PS Plus subscription in South Africa has increased by 50&percnt; to R219 &lpar;&dollar;19&period;55&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony has explained that the rise in prices is due to &&num;8216&semi;various market conditions&&num;8217&semi;&period; The company has stressed that they have no plans to increase prices in North America but this will provide little confort for PS4 owners in the regions affected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In other Sony news&comma; gamers in Italy&comma; Germany&comma; Greece&comma; Australia&comma; Spain&comma; the USA and the UK have reported that PSN is currently down&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll bring you more on that story as things unfold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;ps-plus-prices-creep-upwards-in-select-countries&sol;1100-6422692&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;