PlayStation Decline in PlayStation Plus Subscriber Count

[Demon_Skeith]

According to the latest financial report from PlayStation 5 manufacturer Sony, PS Plus lost about 600,000 subscribers between December 2021 and March 2022. While that may not seem like a lot compared to PS Plus’s 47.4 million remaining subscribers, it’s still a noticeable dip in the number of members. This is also reportedly only the second time PS Plus saw a membership drop in the last eight years. In addition, the service also saw a decline in active users, defined as the expected total number of unique accounts that played games or logged in to the PlayStation network. Reportedly Sony has lost about 5.9 million active users since March 2020.

So, while PlayStation plus is hardly going through a crisis, the dip is still significant. Still, PlayStation CFO Hikori Totoki seemed unconcerned when he recently spoke to a reporter from the news website Toisthe. According to Totoki, while demand has declined since 2020, PS Plus has seen high levels of engagement from the remaining subscribers. He also expressed the opinion that the service will recoup its subscribers over time, describing the dip as a “transient issue.” He is also optimistic that PS Plus can maintain its high levels of engagement.

Furthermore, Totoki added that Sony expects an uptick in users following the subscription service’s planned redesign.

 

[froggyboy604]

I feel Inflation and higher prices for things like food, rent, and gas is one of the reasons that people are not subscribing to PS Plus and other digital services.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Yeah, PSN is getting costly for little, hopefully the revamp works.

 

[Ash]

I would guess it's due to people having to choose between priorities and things that are nice to have. At least with the Xbox Game Pass, you get free games to play. With PS Plus, you're paying to use your own internet

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I would guess it's due to people having to choose between priorities and things that are nice to have. At least with the Xbox Game Pass, you get free games to play. With PS Plus, you're paying to use your own internet

Isn't that the same with Xbox? Xbox live needed for online gaming and the such?

 

[Ash]

Isn't that the same with Xbox? Xbox live needed for online gaming and the such?

Yeah, but if you buy Xbox Live, you can upgrade to Game Pass Ultimate for the entire period for just £1/$1. That way, you don't even have to buy games because you have the whole GP library to try out. Way better deal than PS Plus

 

[Artisan Vistra]

I mean when you get your older titles you can play offline the online stuff as a requirement doesn't work out very well. I think more people might move on to other services they'd rather use.