Sony Announces 'All-New' PlayStation Plus is Coming in June With Three Subscription Tiers and Access to 700+ Games

Sony Announces 'All-New' PlayStation Plus is Coming in June With Three Subscription Tiers and Access to 700+ Games

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Richard Walker

Sony has officially announced what's been reported as ‘Project Spartacus’ and a competitor to Xbox Game Pass, and it's called… PlayStation Plus. However, this is an “all-new” PlayStation Plus due to launch this June, offering three different subscription tiers, with PlayStation Plus essentials offering the same old PS Plus benefits at the same price.

The major change since PS Plus first launched in 2010, is the addition of PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium tiers, offering access to over 700 games (including PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP titles, as rumoured) with the highest ‘Premium’ tier, and 400 PS4 and PS5 titles with the lower ‘Extra’ tier. In short, it folds in PlayStation Now, rather than offering a library of games as a separate service.

“Our focus is on providing high-quality, curated content with a diverse portfolio of games,” Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan writes on the PlayStation Blog, sharing details and pricing for the three PlayStation Plus subscription tiers, as follows:

PlayStation Plus Essential

  • Benefits:
    • Provides the same benefits that PlayStation Plus members are getting today, such as:
      • Two monthly downloadable games
      • Exclusive discounts
      • Cloud storage for saved games
      • Online multiplayer access
    • There are no changes for existing PlayStation Plus members in this tier.
  • Price* for PlayStation Plus Essential remains the same as the current price for PlayStation Plus.
    • United States
      • $9.99 monthly / $24.99 quarterly / $59.99 yearly
    • Europe
      • €8.99 monthly / €24.99 quarterly / €59.99 yearly
    • United Kingdom
      • £6.99 monthly / £19.99 quarterly / £49.99 yearly
    • Japan
      • ¥850 monthly / ¥2,150 quarterly / ¥5,143 yearly

PlayStation Plus Extra

  • Benefits:
    • Provides all the benefits from the Essential tier
    • Adds a catalog of up to 400* of the most enjoyable PS4 and PS5 games – including blockbuster hits from our PlayStation Studios catalog and third-party partners. Games in the Extra tier are downloadable for play.
  • Price*:
    • United States
      • $14.99 monthly / $39.99 quarterly / $99.99 yearly
    • Europe
      • €13.99 monthly / €39.99 quarterly / €99.99 yearly
    • United Kingdom
      • £10.99 monthly / £31.99 quarterly / £83.99 yearly
    • Japan
      • ¥1,300 monthly / ¥3,600 quarterly / ¥8,600 yearly

PlayStation Plus Premium** 

  • Benefits:
    • Provides all the benefits from Essential and Extra tiers
    • Adds up to 340* additional games, including:
      • PS3 games available via cloud streaming
      • A catalog of beloved classic games available in both streaming and download options from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations
    • Offers cloud streaming access for original PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS4 games offered in the Extra and Premium tiers in markets** where PlayStation Now is currently available. Customers can stream games using PS4 and PS5 consoles, and PC.***
    • Time-limited game trials will also be offered in this tier, so customers can try select games before they buy.
  • Price*:
    • United States
      • $17.99 monthly / $49.99 quarterly / $119.99 yearly
    • Europe
      • €16.99 monthly / €49.99 quarterly / €119.99 yearly
    • United Kingdom
      • £13.49 monthly / £39.99 quarterly / £99.99 yearly
    • Japan
      • ¥1,550 – monthly / ¥4,300 – quarterly / ¥10,250 yearly
  • PlayStation Plus Deluxe (Select Markets) For markets without cloud streaming, PlayStation Plus Deluxe will be offered at a lower price compared to Premium, and includes a catalog of beloved classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations to download and play, along with time-limited game trials. Benefits from Essential and Extra tiers are also included. Local pricing will vary by market.

“The new Extra and Premium tiers represent a major evolution for PlayStation Plus. With these tiers, our key focus is to ensure that the hundreds of games we offer will include the best quality content that sets us apart,” Ryan added. “At launch, we plan to include titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal.

“We’re working closely with our imaginative developers from PlayStation Studios and third-party partners to include some of the best gaming experiences available with a library that will be regularly refreshed. More details to come on the games we’ll have on our new PlayStation Plus service.”

PlayStation Now users will be able to migrate their subscription to PlayStation Plus Premium at launch with no change to the current fee, when it launches in June to select markets in Asia, followed by North America, Europe, and other territories around the world.

“We aim to have most PlayStation Network territories live with our new PlayStation Plus game subscription service by the end of the first half of 2022,” Ryan assures. “We also plan to expand our cloud streaming benefit to additional markets, and will provide more details at a later date.”

The all-new PlayStation Plus will be rolling out from June 2022.

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  • "Provides the same benefits that PlayStation Plus members are getting today, such as:
    Two monthly downloadable games"
    Uhm ... I hope that means for PS4. Because right now we get three titles for download.

    Some words about an upgrade path would be nice. Like I will continue with Essentials but every now and then I might want to get the mid or high tier for the included games without having to subscribe to it a whole year or having to pay monthly for the base line.
  • Question is will a Japanese account subscribed to a PS Plus Premium still be able to share the downloaded games with other accounts on the same console? Assuming the PS3 games can be downloaded on the PS4/PS5 (and earn trophies) because this would absolutely be value for money to those that want to do JP/Foreign storefront stacks...

    ... only problem is the usual - we need authentic payment information on the said accounts to be able to subscribe to the service.
  • Jim Ryan talking about PS1/2/3 games "Who would want to play this?"

    Then puts it exclusively on the most expensive sub lol
  • If I have both PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now will my Playstation Plus subscription get converted into the premium tier once the change happens and "Now" gets folded into "Plus?"
  • Cloud streaming for games just doesn’t work without gigabit connections. They should just focus on downloads like xbox game pass does.
  • @BDC36

    If anything like that was to happen then it would get converted to the "Extra" tier since that's the equivalent to PS Plus and PS Now, the "Premium" tier gets extras on top of PS Plus and PS Now, but chances are they'll just charge you to upgrade
  • I hope they actually improve some games like Microsoft does to some titles like Red Dead Redemption. Hoping that they also put MGS4 on there.
  • PS1 games coming to PS5 = take my money. $120 a year is easily worth it if it combined PS+ with Now and then adds on extra savings and games.
  • All comes down to how many games you play/DL in a year from this, compared to straight out purchases. I can see it being worth it, game line up depending.
  • Double the annual price. Sold. Access to 700+ games I'll give another €60 for that. It's the cost of one game. I'll still buy new games as they come.
  • hard pass . this is vastly poor then gamer pass...
  • looks like a great deal, 700+ games on the highest tier. think i'll be going for the upgrade.
  • 700+ games? How big is the PS Now library currently? And will the PS1 and PS2 games have trophy support? And will the ps3 library be different than what's on psnow?
  • Meh. Them 700+ games is just to make you think "Oh cool, we get 700+ games, nice I'm in."

    Did you even check the store lately. There are many trash games available like "THE PIG D". Glad I don't have that on my gaming history.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6DQ57eAsss
  • Well this is bittersweet for me. I was waiting for this for a long time. In fact I was puzzled about why they didn't announce this during PS5 reveal event in 2020. It's a no brainer to compete with Xbox. Alas I'm in Russia and anything PS+ related is fucked right now. I have a subscription till 2023 but not able to collect April's games. Luckily they're shit and I still have access to online and my game library. Hopefully the Ukraine situation gets resolved by June and Sony comes running back for our money. I'll be waiting.
  • Very curious about the exact library but I'm sold! I think I will just take the highest tier and not buy games anymore. I find myself having less and less time for gaming so this works out great for me.
  • @BDC36 - the official post says you will get the premium service if you have a current psnow subscription. I’m reading via the news link on my ps5
  • So is there a list of the games?
  • @Naps It says in the article that PS3 games can only be streamed, so that’s a no-go unless Sony decides to put in the effort to convert PS3 game code to something the PS4 and 5 could play
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