Those with a current PS Plus Essential membership will be given the option to upgrade their membership to PlayStation Plus Extra or Premium for a pro-rata fee. However, this is a one-time transaction, meaning players have to upgrade to Extra or Premium for the entire duration of their existing membership. This meant that those who had stacked their subscriptions for a period of several years were looking at extremely large fees to upgrade. However, it seems like Sony has now capped those upgrade fees so those PS Plus charges are a bit more reasonable.
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ResetEra, multiple Japanese PS Plus Essential members had been facing large bills to upgrade their membership. One player who was subscribed until the end of July 2027 had been facing a bill of nearly $200 to upgrade to Premium and $135 to upgrade to Extra. Another who was subscribed until April 30, 2034, had a similar situation. Both of these players have now had their fees capped at ¥12,750 (approximately $100) for a Premium upgrade and ¥8,600 (approximately $65) for an Extra upgrade, quite a significant reduction in costs.