The adjustments will basically cater to those who subscribe to PlayStation Plus in the UK and still make payments, but don’t use it. Here’s how it works. If a player subscribes to PlayStation Plus, but hasn’t used the service in a while, Sony will stop taking payments from that subscriber. While PlayStation Plus is a widely used service the world over, not everyone uses it actively. And like any other subscription service, it can be easy to either forget you’re paying for it since it has an auto-renew option, or you can simply be lazy and just not want to go through the process of shutting the subscription off. This change will benefit both groups of subscribers.
Sony is only changing its PlayStation Plus payment system in the UK for now
Since this change is coming about after an investigation of the UK’s CMA, it’s a change that likely isn’t going to impact other regions. For now at least. The report doesn’t mention anything about Sony applying this change to its service globally. So it’s a safe bet that this will only be for UK subscribers. However, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine Sony deciding to make the change to its service as a whole no matter the region. Should subscribers push for it elsewhere. Sony also isn’t the only company making this adjustment to taking payments for subscription services.
Nintendo will stop taking payments from inactive users as well
According to TechRadar, Nintendo is doing the same thing with its Nintendo Online subscription for UK consumers. As long as they’re inactive with it for a certain period of time, Nintendo will turn off the auto-renewal. Subscriptions will then live out their remaining days and then Nintendo will cancel them once the final cycle is over. It isn’t clear when these changes will begin. So for now, subscribers may still want to keep an eye on their active subscriptions and cancel if they need to.
