Sony has updated its PlayStation Plus FAQ (tucked away at the bottom here) and further restricts the loopholes that have given consumers early discounts on the upcoming PlayStation Plus Premium service. It also pauses the activation of PlayStation Plus and Now vouchers for current subscribers until the launch of the new service in June, and even has an official conversion chart showing the value of these vouchers for the upcoming three services; PlayStation Plus Essentials, Extra and Premium.
After Sony announced its plan to restructure the PlayStation Plus into a new three-tier service to compete with Microsoft and Nintendo, things were a bit unclear about how the upgrade would work. Consumers have begun arranging prepaid subscriptions for PlayStation Now, Sony’s cloud streaming service on consoles and PCs, hoping the $ 59.99-a-year service will become the upcoming $ 119.99-a-year PlayStation Plus Premium. Sony has been quick to stop many people from taking advantage of this discount, but it hasn’t stopped people from buying and redeeming cards for some kind of service – and these remaining PS Now voucher cards will give you at least a partial subscription to the PlayStation Plus Premium.
At least they will start in June. Sony now does not allow many people to redeem prepaid vouchers until after the restart of PS Plus. Only users who have not yet subscribed can redeem one, three or 12-month prepaid cards, which are still sold in many retailers (including directly from Sony).
What happens if you have a prepaid voucher after June? Well, it will still be worthwhile to cash them in as soon as you can. Sony has made this a useful chart to explain how much they cost when switching to the new service. While one month of PlayStation Now won’t buy you a month of PlayStation Plus Premium, Sony says you’ll still get “a length of time equivalent to the monetary value of your original voucher.”
Sony PlayStation Plus voucher conversion table.
Did I say useful? I meant awful. But just as Sony’s announcement of its new PS Plus service was fraught with confusion, so has its conversion communication so far. We hope that the next piece of new information from Sony will be the full list of games available with PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, so that people have a clearer idea of why these new levels deserve a subscription.
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