{"id":577473,"date":"2026-03-16T03:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sony-halting-ps-plus-now-prepaid-cards"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:51:26","slug":"sony-is-reportedly-temporarily-halting-playstation-plus-and-ps-now-prepaid-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sony-is-reportedly-temporarily-halting-playstation-plus-and-ps-now-prepaid-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony is reportedly temporarily halting PlayStation Plus and PS Now prepaid cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sony-is-reportedly-temporarily-halting-playstation-plus-and-ps-now-prepaid-cards.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sony<\/strong> has confirmed that those that are currently subscribed to <strong>PlayStation<\/strong> Now will be upgraded to PlayStation Plus Premium when it launches, but some users are reporting issues with prepaid cards and stacking subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>The inevitable PlayStation version of Game Pass was announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sony-announces-ps-essentials-essentials-premium-game-pass\">back in March<\/a>, and at the time it was confirmed PlayStation Now subscribers would be migrated over to a PlayStation Plus Premium account. Sony have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/ps-now\/\">reiterated this statement<\/a> now that we know when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/revamped-playstation-plus-service-launches-june-13-in-the-americas-and-june-22-in-europe\">new tiers are launching<\/a>, but as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2022\/04\/ps-plus-pre-paid-cards-dont-work-subs-cant-be-purchased-on-ps-store\">Push Square<\/a>, users are facing issues with both prepaid PS+ cards and stacking subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>In the original article from Push Square, it was reported that a number of Twitter users were contacting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AskPS_UK\/with_replies\">Ask PlayStation UK<\/a> Twitter account about various issues to do with redeeming PlayStation Plus promo codes. Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/it-seems-sony-is-blocking-users-from-redeeming-their-ps-plus-sub-codes.577159\/page-4#post-85746841\">Resetera<\/a>, some users were sharing messages from PlayStation support workers, with one saying &#8220;On this case right now you will be unable to add those codes to the account since we have disabled the option to redeem PS Plus codes. The option is temporarily disabled. You will have to wait. We don&#8217;t have information about when [it] will be back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sony-halting-ps-plus-now-prepaid-cards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sony-halting-ps-plus-now-prepaid-cards\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has confirmed that those that are currently subscribed to PlayStation Now will be upgraded to PlayStation Plus Premium when it launches, but some users are reporting issues with prepaid cards and stacking subscriptions. The inevitable PlayStation version of Game Pass was announced back in March, and at the time it was confirmed PlayStation Now subscribers would be migrated over to a PlayStation Plus Premium account. Sony have reiterated this statement now that we know when the new tiers are launching, but as reported by Push Square, users are facing issues with both prepaid PS+ cards and stacking subscriptions. 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