Sony is raising short-subscription prices for PlayStation Plus
… In the US, the changes result in a $1 price increase for a one-month Essential tier subscription and a $3 increase for a three-month Essential tier subscription. …
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Plex is tripling the price of a lifetime pass to $750 after doubling it last year
… Plex says monthly and annual subscription prices aren’t changing today, and nothing will change for existing lifetime pass holders. Those changes came last year. …
Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features
… TechCrunch says these subscriptions won’t replace its paid verification subscription, Meta Verified. …
Microsoft teases mysterious Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership
… I reported in February that Microsoft is looking at ways to bundle third-party services with Game Pass subscriptions. Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters told The Information last month that he and Sharma had “kicked around ideas” for partnering on subscription bundles. …
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games
… Microsoft went ahead and added Call of Duty to Game Pass, but the removal of new entries in the franchise from the service is a clear indication that it was a mistake to add Activision’s big revenue driver into the subscription mix.
Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models
… One of Sharma’s first big Xbox changes was cutting the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in April. Microsoft also partnered with Discord last month to bundle a free Xbox Game Pass “starter edition” with Nitro subscriptions. …
Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
… Going forward, the subscription service will drop from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, less than a year after getting a major hike. …
Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo
… I wouldn’t expect any immediate price changes in the coming days, but it certainly seems that Sharma is aware of the Game Pass pricing issues and is getting ready to address them in the coming weeks.
Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices
… Other price hikes will also impact Japanese Nintendo customers, with sweeping increases to Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions and uncapped pricing for playing cards also due to take effect on May 25th. …
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
… This article was updated with details about the subscription pricing and a quote from the app’s creator.