{"id":576839,"date":"2026-03-16T03:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:31:26","slug":"sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony looks to have disabled PlayStation Plus subscription stacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nPlayStation owners looking to stock up on their Plus subscription through pre-paid cards report being unable to redeem the vouchers on their account. <\/p>\n<p>\nSeveral who have raised the matter with PlayStation customer support say they have been told Sony has &#8220;temporarily&#8221; disabled the ability to stack Plus subscription time ahead of the new PS Plus changes due in June. <\/p>\n<p>\nJust yesterday, we covered how existing PlayStation Now owners with an active PS Plus subscription (who will get upgraded to the priciest PS Plus Premium tier) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-plus-and-now-owners-get-plus-premium-for-the-longer-of-their-two-subscriptions\">were trying to extend their PS Plus for as long as possible<\/a>. Per PlayStation&#8217;s own FAQ page, the company will take the longest-running active subscription when setting the converted membership&#8217;s end date, essentially allowing Now members to stock up on regular Plus cards to receive the same time as a Premium subscriber.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayStation owners looking to stock up on their Plus subscription through pre-paid cards report being unable to redeem the vouchers on their account. Several who have raised the matter with PlayStation customer support say they have been told Sony has &#8220;temporarily&#8221; disabled the ability to stack Plus subscription time ahead of the new PS Plus changes due in June. Just yesterday, we covered how existing PlayStation Now owners with an active PS Plus subscription (who will get upgraded to the priciest PS Plus Premium tier) were trying to extend their PS Plus for as long as possible. Per PlayStation&#8217;s own FAQ page, the company will take the longest-running active subscription when setting the converted membership&#8217;s end date, essentially allowing Now members to stock up on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sony-looks-to-have-disabled-playstation-plus-subscription-stacking\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":576840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[44,45],"class_list":["post-576839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-ps4","tag-ps5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sony looks to have disabled PlayStation Plus subscription stacking | Arcader 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