Juggling subscriptions can be tricky, especially with so many options across TV, movies, video games, and more. Odds are many of you carefully select which ones you keep active, and ifEA Playis one of the subscription services in your current rotation, it might be time to take a look at how much you use it.EAwill be increasing the price of its subscription service starting in May. The price hike will apply to those who pay monthly and annually, and will also affect both the standard and pro tiers of EA Play.
If you have the standard tier of EA Play and you pay for it monthly, your fee will increase from $4.99 to $5.99, and if you pay annually it will go from $29.99 to $39.99. The pro tier, which gets you access to every EA game on day one, will now be $16.99 per month (previously $14.99) or $119.99 per year (previously $99.99). The price changes don’t appear to have affectedGame Pass. The standard tier of EA Play is included with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription.
While Game Pass prices aren’t going up, EA Play isn’t the only studio with a subscription service to increase its prices recently. The monthly, quarterly, and annual fees forPlayStation Plusalso went up recently. Prices for subscription services in the movie and TV world go up all the time. Odds are if you haveNetflix, Disney Plus, Max, and Amazon Prime, at least one of them will have an announced price increase on its horizon at any given time.
If nothing else, EA Play’s price increase should be a reminder to check what exactly you’re signed up for and whether you’re using the services you pay for. Many of us will have been guilty of paying for a subscription service we don’t really use, possibly even forgetting we pay for it at all. If you pay for services annually, it’s even more important to check in on what you’re paying for. Check in time, and you might be able to cancel anything you don’t use before it renews for another 12 months.
