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12-Month PlayStation Plus Essential Membership (Digital Code) + Stackable/Upgrade Expired

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Update: This popular deal is still available with new discount code

GamePilot via Eneba has 12-Month PlayStation Plus Essential Membership (Digital Code) on sale for $46.74 + $3.12 Service Fee (automatically added) - Extra 10% Off w/ PayPal Checkout w/ discount code PLUSESSENTIAL (apply in cart) = ~$45.17.

Thanks to community member gabrielh for finding this deal

Note, you must use PayPal checkout as your payment of method before applying the listed discount code.

Depending on your PlayStation account, you may purchase more to stack to your account.

For members that were currently on the 'PlayStation Plus Membership' and are now under the 'PlayStation Plus Essential Membership', Sony is allowing the opportunity to upgrade for a flat-rate fee listed below. This will convert all your existing years you have on your account to the new membership after the fee.

Upgrade Your Plan - via your PlayStation 4/5 (console/account)
  • PlayStation Plus Extra Membership - $100 Flat-Rate Fee
  • PlayStation Plus Premium Membership - $149.99 Flat-Rate Fee

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  • Must utilize PayPal checkout for discount/code to apply at checkout
  • Purchase of these digital code will have no expiration dates attached to it
  • Digital codes are only valid for the United States PlayStation Store; make sure that your account is registered to United States
  • Upgrading your plan will take effect immediately and will remain active depending on the remaining days you have prior to the upgrade. You will be billed on the next payment after your remaining days expire
  • Offer valid while promotional discount/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
No longer available:
  • Alternatively, CDKeys also has 12-Month PlayStation Plus Essential Membership (Digital Code) on sale for $44.89. Code will be delivered to you digitally. [Discuss] - Thanks SmilingHamster1039
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For the ones who didn't stack a bunch of PS Plus subscription before they switched over to the new tier system:

If you were on PS Plus and are now under PS Plus "Essential", Sony is giving you the option to upgrade to PS Plus "Extra" or "Premium" for a flat fee of $100/$150 no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have left.

So what you want to do if you are interested in getting into "Extra" or "Premium" for cheap is buy a couple 12 months Playstation Plus Essential for $45 after coupon 10PAYPAL (selecting PP as payment. One time use but it look like they go by IP address...I was able to buy a couple using different devices on different networks. Buy like 2x12months with the coupon then another 2x12 months with a device off Wi-Fi as apparently the cap for the coupon is $108 thanks @dopeyman06 for the tip! ) and then upgrade to Playstation Plus Extra for a $100 flat fee (or Premium for $150) no matter how many years of Essential subscription you have remaining.

Do NOT buy the old PS Plus cards as Sony disabled the option to stack the subscriptions on those so they are only for one year, first time subscribers.

https://www.eneba.com/psn-playsta...ted-states

(I bought subscriptions until 12.2028 then upgraded to "Extra" see pic below)
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OK let me try to explain again:

You had PS Plus that was converted to PS Plus "Essential" under the new PS Plus Subscription 3 Tiers system. You can add 12 months of PS Plus Essential for $45 from the link above (instead of $59).

Now Sony is letting you upgrade your PS Plus "Essential" subscription to "Extra" or "Premium" tier for a $100/$150 flat fee (which otherwise would cost you $40/$60 extra a year) no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have left . So stack as many years of PS Plus "Essential" as you can and the cheaper it will be to get the "Extra" or "Premium" Tiers (the break even point is at around 2 years, anything after that makes the tier upgrade cheaper and cheaper)
You can stack membership for any amount of years (not sure if there is a limit). Instead of paying $100+ per year with the new subscription model you can just pay 45 per year and then convert the membership with $100. Example you buy 10 years at $45 for $450 and upgrade for $100 totals $550. If you pay $100 at original price you saved $450
I'm confused

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06-27-2022 at 11:24 AM.
06-27-2022 at 11:24 AM.
PlayStation plus Extra is already $100 per year in the official store. What are the benefit of using your method?
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06-27-2022 at 11:32 AM.
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You pay a $100 flat fee to upgrade your existing PS Plus Essential to Extra no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have.

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PlayStation plus Extra is already $100 per year in the official store. What are the benefit of using your method?
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06-27-2022 at 11:32 AM.

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I'm confused
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06-27-2022 at 11:33 AM.
06-27-2022 at 11:33 AM.
Quote from AmusedHalibut2628 :
PlayStation plus Extra is already $100 per year in the official store. What are the benefit of using your method?

Op said he is now good until 2027. 5 years?
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06-27-2022 at 11:34 AM.
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I'm confused

Me too 😐 I'll be back later for some clarification 😂
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OK let me try to explain again:

You had PS Plus that was converted to PS Plus "Essential" under the new PS Plus Subscription 3 Tiers system. You can add 12 months of PS Plus Essential for $45 from the link above (instead of $59).

Now Sony is letting you upgrade your PS Plus "Essential" subscription to "Extra" or "Premium" tier for a $100/$150 flat fee (which otherwise would cost you $40/$60 extra a year) no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have left . So stack as many years of PS Plus "Essential" as you can and the cheaper it will be to get the "Extra" or "Premium" Tiers (the break even point is at around 2 years, anything after that makes the tier upgrade cheaper and cheaper)
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You can stack membership for any amount of years (not sure if there is a limit). Instead of paying $100+ per year with the new subscription model you can just pay 45 per year and then convert the membership with $100. Example you buy 10 years at $45 for $450 and upgrade for $100 totals $550. If you pay $100 at original price you saved $450
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06-27-2022 at 12:04 PM.
06-27-2022 at 12:04 PM.
Quote from gabrielh :
OK let me try to explain again:

You had PS Plus that was converted to PS Plus "Essential" under the new PS Plus Subscription 3 Tiers system. You can add 12 months of PS Plus Essential for $45 from the link above (instead of $59).

Now Sony is letting you upgrade your PS Plus "Essential" subscription to "Extra" or "Premium" tier for a $100/$150 flat fee (which otherwise would cost you $40/$60 extra a year) no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have left . So stack as many years of PS Plus "Essential" as you can and the cheaper it will be to get the "Extra" or "Premium" Tiers (the break even point is at around 2 years, anything after that makes the tier upgrade cheaper and cheaper)
Is the flat fee upgrade done through Sony, or also through a third party code? Are there steps on how to do this (or is it just done through the PS+ management on console)?
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06-27-2022 at 12:13 PM.
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Yeah through Sony/PS Store/PS+

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Is the flat fee upgrade done through Sony, or also through a third party code? Are there steps on how to do this (or is it just done through the PS+ management on console)?
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06-27-2022 at 12:16 PM.
06-27-2022 at 12:16 PM.
Look like they killed the 10PAYPAL coupon so now it's $49.80. If anyone finds an other working coupon please share as I wanted to stack a couple more years before I switch to "Extra" yummy
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06-27-2022 at 12:52 PM.
06-27-2022 at 12:52 PM.
Quote from gabrielh :
OK let me try to explain again:

You had PS Plus that was converted to PS Plus "Essential" under the new PS Plus Subscription 3 Tiers system. You can add 12 months of PS Plus Essential for $45 from the link above (instead of $59).

Now Sony is letting you upgrade your PS Plus "Essential" subscription to "Extra" or "Premium" tier for a $100/$150 flat fee (which otherwise would cost you $40/$60 extra a year) no matter how many years of "Essential" subscription you have left . So stack as many years of PS Plus "Essential" as you can and the cheaper it will be to get the "Extra" or "Premium" Tiers (the break even point is at around 2 years, anything after that makes the tier upgrade cheaper and cheaper)
I had PS NOW and now I have premium. Will adding this extend my premium?



EDIT: I went ahead and got this deal (yes the code is still working) and it indeed extend my premium. I am buying another.

Edit 2: See another poster's reply about extending. It only gives me half an extra year for this when redeemed.
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Quote from orram :
I had PS NOW and now I have premium. Will adding this extend my premium?
If you have Premium, redeeming any code will convert your subscription code to the equivalent value of time of Premium. So if you redeem 1 year of PS Plus, it will give you 6 months of PS Premium.

1 year of PS+ (now PS Plus Essential) is $60/year. 1 year of PS+ Premium is $120. So they value your 1 year of PS+ code as $60 and give you 6 months of PS+ Premium.
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