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EA Play Subscription Price Is Going Up Next Month

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EA Play Subscription Price Is Going Up Next Month

EA will be raising the price of its subscription service, EA Play, starting from next month. According to GamesIndustry.biz, it isn’t a massive increase, but as we all know, these prices are never coming back down.

EA Play’s standard subscription tier is going from the current monthly price of $4.99 / £3.99 up to $5.99 / £5.99. Annually, however, the price increase is much more noticeable. It’s jumping from $29.99 / £19.99 per year to $39.99 / £34.99 — which is reminiscent of the PS Plus price hike that was implemented in 2023.

Meanwhile, the more expensive EA Play Pro subscription is increasing from $14.99 / £14.99 to $16.99 / £16.99 per month. Annually, it’s another more notable leap, going from $99.99 / £89.99 to $119.99 / £99.99.

All of this is set to come into effect from the 10th May, so you’ve got a month or so to weigh up your options.

For those who might not know, EA Play gives you access to a back catalogue of previously released EA titles, and is available on PS5 and PS4. Building on that, an EA Play Pro subscription allows access to new EA games at launch, and nets you various in-game rewards as an extra perk.

Are you at all surprised that EA Play’s prices are going up? Are you an EA Play subscriber? Give your resub some thought in the comments section below.

[source gamesindustry.biz]

Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, he’s played ’em all — a little too much, some might say.

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jonnus
9h ago

Since when is a 50% increase (standard monthly) and 75% (annual) not a “massive increase” ? 🤯

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iapaulogise
9h ago

Not surprising but on console at least, it doesn’t offer enough to keep it monthly. I sign up when there’s a game I want to play and cancel immediately after, Dead Space Remake being the last time. And they offered a €1 p/m offer when that got added

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Lolbit
9h ago

first they apprently cancel dead space 2 remake and then up the price of ea play not good ea not good

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Czar_Khastik
9h ago

This price increase is justified because of:

war in Ukraine
post-covid effects
Gaza crisis
that ship which was stuck in the Suez Canal 3 years ago

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Nepp67
9h ago

Could not imagine supporting EA with a sub service.

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KaiBrunnenG
9h ago

Glad mine auto renewed last week. I totally forgot about it tbh. I won’t be subscribing for another year. I fail to see how ea can give me anything new that can justify that extortionate price hike.

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alexianus
9h ago

In Turkey its 1000% hehe

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PsBoxSwitchOwner
9h ago

Hmmm wonder if GPU will have to
Go up a £ or 2 as EA play is part of it.

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CaptD
8h ago

Good luck with that.
My price point for one month is 79p.

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Rob_230
8h ago

Genuinely forgot EA Play was even a thing

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rjejr
8h ago

@jonnus ” 50% increase (standard monthly) and 75% (annual) “

Curios to know where or how you got those numbers from, looks more like 20% or 33% to me, which I agree w/ the article isn’t massive. It would probably have to double for me to call it massive though, even 50% at these prices I’d consider normal. 🤷‍♂️

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jonnus
7h ago

@rjejr uk pound price change. I would still say 20% is bad. When was the last time you had a 20% pay rise? 😉

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BeerIsAwesome
7h ago

@Czar_Khastik Not to mention Brexit, which happened 8 years ago now (do you feel old all of a sudden?). Then there’s the 2008 financial crash. If you go back even further, I’m sure we can work World War 2 into this somewhere. Godwin’s law be damned.

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TheAcolyte
7h ago

The article says increase is on May 10th but he price increase is now enabled on my end upon checking the PS store.

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Steel76
7h ago

Only used it twice on PC, to play through the Jedi games. Easily the worst service, when it comes to adding content. Especially the barebone version on consoles.

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Jacko11
7h ago

It was a bargain at 19.99, now not so much.

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Stickleman
4h ago

I don’t like EA but I do like EA play ans use it across PC console and my steam deck so. I’ll keep paying 8 suppose…..

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rjejr
4h ago

@jonnus Pay raise? Never heard of it. 😁 But if you look at all the prices rising in similar things like PS+ and all the streaming services which are now raising prices like 2x a year I guess I don’t see $1 more as a big deal. 🤷‍♂️

Now if you want to see a real price increase go look at the Disney Speedstorm free to play game trying to get people to pay like $30 every 2 months. 🤑

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Nexozi
4h ago

@rjejr £4 increasing to £6 is an increase of 50%. £2 is 50% of £4.

@BeerIsAwesome 8 years! Dam where did they go!?

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rjejr
3h ago

@Nexozi Thanks. Those new numbers are so off balance from the old ones I don’t think my brain was even registering it. Like I’m looking at it now thinking – How did I not see that before. 🤷‍♂️

Pretty sure that would be enough for me to quit.🤑

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BeerIsAwesome
3h ago

@Nexozi Other notable numbers: since the Japanese grand prix happened this weekend, I was reminded that Jules Bianchi had the accident that he sadly passed away from 10 years ago.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is 16 years old.

The Matrix is 25 years old.

Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 is older now than Sonic 1 was when it was released.

The character of Super Mario is 43 years old (first appearing in Donkey Kong in 1981).

The Xbox 360 is 19 years old, the Wii and PS3 18 years old.

God, do I feel old. 😭

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Nexozi
3h ago

@rjejr Yea, its the .99 that subconsciously makes u think it’s less. I remember reading about it somewhere years ago saying its a marketing ploy. Can get a bit more out of people without them noticing.

Edit: My sub is up in July so will def be cancelling.

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Nexozi
3h ago

@BeerIsAwesome Yea, def need to stop looking up how long ago things actually happened. I feel like I’ll blink and I’ll be holding a walking cane. 😭

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BeerIsAwesome
3h ago

@Nexozi Hehehe. I feel your pain, but I guess if you look at it another way, life is fleeting and the problems you had back then no longer exist, or have turned into something different.

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rjejr
3h ago

@Nexozi No it wasn’t the 99c, I’m a sociologist, subliminal messaging and all of that stuff is kinda my thing, what it was was how they jerked over anyone using the pound or euro, whichever one we’re talking about.

Pretty sure my brain read:
$4.99 / £3.99 up to $5.99 / £5.99
as
$4.99 / £4.99 up to $5.99 / £5.99

and

$29.99 / £19.99 per year to $39.99 / £34.99
as
$29.99 / £29.99 per year to $39.99 / £34.99

and
$99.99 / £89.99 to $119.99 / £99.99
as
$99.99 / £99.99 to $119.99 / £119.99

That last one in particular b/c the one right before it is:
$14.99 / £14.99 to $16.99 / £16.99

How the @#$%^ does that make any sense?!?!?! Almost none of their numbers make any sense. 😜

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Falkirk4life
1h ago

Lmao 🤣 am sure EA Wil kiss Microsoft ass like ubisoft and add EA Pro on xbox while playstation gets pooo version ubisoft plus classics (LAME) while on pc and xbox ubisoft plus us separate from gamepass yes, but u get full tiers including day1 games don’t on playstation while yes UB+ classics is part of ps plus extra and premium isn’t full tier day1 games, as for EA PLAY it’s or was part of gamepass while on playstation is separate and the pro tier isn’t available on consoles. Price hike is greed

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