A user on NeoGAF has revealed that Sony Japan has been charging for select PS5 upgrades in the country, despite the fact that they are supposed to be free. According to the forum user, a friend of his in Japan tried to upgrade No Man’s Sky but was charged a 100 yen fee
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Sony Japan Charging For Some PS5 Upgrades
That equates to roughly one dollar, so it’s obviously not going to destroy your wallet, but still a bit frustrating considering PS5 upgrades of current-generation titles aren’t meant to cost you anything.
Upon checking out the Japanese PlayStation Store, he discovered the following:
It says if you have the PS4 version you will need to pay ¥100 for the ps5 download version. This doesn’t just apply to those with the disk version as his PS4 version was digital originally. This is also true for Borderlands 3 as well.
This as far as I know hasn’t been communicated by anyone from Sony or by any of the media and I fear this will become the norm in Japan. There used to be a ¥100 fee for Z rated games on PlayStation Plus until this month but that’s now gone.
The PS5 launched Thursday in Japan and the US and will ship in the UK and Europe on November 19.
[Source – NeoGAF]