The Playstation Plus or PS+ subscription system is profoundly changed by an announcement from Sony. From now on, the PS+ and the PS Now are united in a clearer offer, of which we detail everything.
Playstation is completely reviewing its subscription offers at the end of March. The firm announced, through a blog post signed Jim Ryan, that Playstation Plus and Playstation Now subscriptions would be combined into a single offer, comprising three levels of subscription and services. Remember, Playstation Plus was Sony’s subscription offer to access Playstation multiplayer since 2010, and also included other benefits like two free monthly games to download, discounts, cloud saving and more. While on the other side we had Playstation Now, the on-demand catalog game service also exploiting the potential of cloud gaming. From now on, these two offers will therefore be combined in three Playstation Plus offers, from next June.
What are the new PS+ subscriptions?
As we told you in the introduction, the new Playstation Plus subscriptions will be divided into three different levels. We will first find the Playstation Plus Essential, which will include all the advantages of the current PS+ (multiplayer game, two games to download, cloud, promotions) and generally keep the same pricing as today. Then we will find the Playstation Plus Extra, which adds a catalog of 400 downloadable on-demand games to their subscription. Finally, the Playstation Plus Premium adds even more games to this catalog, offering PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3 titles for a clearly retrogaming-centric experience. Subscription prices and content:
Playstation Plus Essential:
- Online multiplayer game
- Two monthly games to download
- Promotions and discounts
- Europe: €8.99/month, €24.99/quarter, €59.99/year.
- United States: $9.99/month, $24.99/quarter, $59.99/year.
- UK: £6.99/month, £19.99/quarter, £49.99/year.
Playstation Plus Extra:
- All the benefits of Playstation Plus Essential
- A catalog of over 400 on-demand games for PS4 and PS5
- Europe: €13.99/month, €39.99/quarter, €99.99/year.
- United States: $14.99/month, $39.99/quarter, $99.99/year.
- UK: £10.99/month, £31.99/quarter, £83.99/year.
Playstation Plus Premium:
- All the benefits of Playstation Plus Extra
- A catalog of more than 300 games on demand for PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP
- A game streaming service via the cloud, available on PS4, PS5 and PC
- Limited trials of recent games
- Europe: €16.99/month, €49.99/quarter, €119.99/year.
- United States: $17.99/month, $49.99/quarter, $119.99/year.
- UK: £13.49/month, £39.99/quarter, £99.99/year.
The two new Extra and Premium subscription levels both include a catalog of video games on demand. There are of course different titles and platforms depending on the two subscriptions, but it is possible to wonder about the content of the said catalog when it is released next June. To reassure gamers, Sony said it wants to include flagship titles like Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal when new subscriptions launch. Something to reassure players who want to take advantage of the latest exclusives on their console.
What is the launch date for subscriptions?
Such a change takes a little time to be properly implemented, even for a company as massive as Sony its Playstation. This is why Jim Ryan explains in his blog article that the new subscriptions will be implemented next June, in a specific order taking into account the different regions of the world. Asia will therefore be the first continent to benefit from it, followed closely by North America and Europe. Also note that at launch, current PS Now subscribers will see their offer migrate to PS+ Premium at no additional cost.