PS Plus Perks Are Live in the UK, France and Germany, but Read the Fine Print
Sony is rolling out “PlayStation Plus Perks” today—a new batch of exclusive benefits, but only for three countries. France is in, alongside the UK and Germany. Seven offers are already live, but the community is already split on whether they’re worth it.
Between November’s 5 free games and the 11 games leaving the catalog this month, PS Plus has been making headlines. Now Sony is piling on with a fresh set of discounts and free trials, open to every subscription tier. Here’s what French subscribers can actually expect—and why you’ll want to read the fine print before jumping in.
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What French PS Plus subscribers can unlock right now
The PlayStation Plus Perks program is open to all subscription tiers—Essential, Extra, or Premium. Even users on a free trial can cash in. Sony clearly wants to cast a wide net, even if some of these perks are debatable in real value. Here’s the full list of the seven perks available today:
- 3-month trial of YouTube Premium (new users only)
- 2-month trial of Calm Premium (meditation and sleep app)
- Movie credit for Sony Pictures Core
- Audible for $0.99/month for 3 months
- 20% off DAZN Ultimate subscription (boxing, valid until January 25, 2027)
- 5% off PlayStation Direct + $10 off DualSense controllers
- 10% off select Sony Electronics products (until December 31, 2026)
Introducing new perks for PlayStation Plus members.Enjoy a range of special offers, trials and discounts from PlayStation, Sony and select partners. All included with your PlayStation Plus membership.
— (@PlayStationUK) date
On paper, the PlayStation Direct discount is probably the most concrete offer of the bunch. But it’s limited: digital games, virtual currency, subscriptions, and preorders are excluded. Sony also notes this discount is a “trial offer” until March 31, 2027. As for the $10 off DualSense controllers, the word “select” suggests special editions tied to franchises might not make the cut.
Free trials or subscription traps? What you need to know before you click
Sony loves to throw around the word “free,” but it deserves some serious air quotes. The 3-month YouTube Premium trial is strictly for newcomers. Forget to cancel before it ends and auto-renewal kicks in, turning it into a paid subscription. Same deal for Audible and DAZN—both are for new users only and renew automatically. Calm Premium is even sneakier: after your two-month trial, you’re rolled straight into a full annual subscription. Not monthly—annual.
One user summed up the vibe: “These are the kind of trials you find on the back of a bus ticket, hoping you’ll forget to cancel. What a joke.” Another simply asked, “How is a free trial even a perk?” The frustration is real, especially since PS Plus subscriber anger is nothing new. Some are comparing these “perks” to those employee benefit programs nobody ever uses. Others see it as an excuse to justify a future price hike.
A live test before a global rollout?
Limiting the launch to the UK, Germany, and France is no accident. These three markets are PlayStation’s European stronghold. Sony seems to be testing the waters before considering a wider release—a cautious approach that clashes with the hype of their marketing. The fact that the PlayStation Direct discount is explicitly labeled a trial until March 2027 only reinforces this pilot phase logic.
Will Sony tweak the formula? The company is hustling to make PS Plus more appealing—between trying to answer subscriber criticism and Game Pass struggling against PS Plus—but these perks feel more like a test balloon than a major push. As one community member put it: “The only perks worth anything are the PS Direct discounts and the $10 off DualSense. The rest is just filler.”
If you’re eyeing the PlayStation Direct hardware discounts, they’re the only truly tangible perk in this program. For everything else, make sure to mark those trial end dates in your calendar—Sony and its partners are counting on you forgetting, so those “gifts” quietly turn into real subscriptions.
