**BREAKING: Sony Executives Finally Realize They’re Not a Charity, Jack Up PlayStation Plus Prices by 35%, Gamers Everywhere Pretend to Be Shocked**

BREAKING: Sony Executives Finally Realize They’re Not a Charity, Jack Up PlayStation Plus Prices by 35%, Gamers Everywhere Pretend to Be Shocked

🚨 TL;DR: Sony just dropped the news that they’re hiking the price of PlayStation Plus by a cool 35%. Essential? Up to $80. Extra? $135. Premium? Prepare to bend over and cough up $160. AITA for thinking they’re testing the absolute limits of our Stockholm syndrome?

In a move that has absolutely no one surprised, Sony announced today that they’ll be increasing the cost of their PlayStation Plus tiers, effective immediately. The new prices are roughly 33-35% higher across the board, which is wild considering we already pay for online functionality that should’ve been free since the 360 days.

This is clearly a response to that massive cash hemorrhage from the $69.99 “Spider-Man 2” shoulder to cry on. But wait, there’s more: they say this is to “deliver even higher quality content.” Yeah, like that one indie game you’ve never heard of and a few old PS4 ports we’ll all pretend are worth the extra $50.

I know what you’re thinking: “But my backlog! The free games!” Look, you and I both know we don’t play most of them. We just like the thrill of “owning” them digitally, like a dragon hoarding a mountain of useless plastic swords.

Gamers are already up in arms on Twitter, with hot takes like “I’m just going back to Xbox Game Pass” (congrats, you just bought a Series S to play Halo Infinite on low settings) or “Guess I’ll just play my Switch more” (cool, enjoy playing Breath of the Wild for the 800th time at 15 fps).

But here’s the kicker: everyone is