Everything you need to know about Sony’s PlayStation Plus: Tiers, pricing, perks and more
The new PlayStation Plus subscription service will launch in Asia on May 24, Japan on June 2, North and South America on June 13, and Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23.
The new PlayStation Plus is a part of Sony's grand strategy to take on Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass, a game subscription service which lets users download and stream a bunch of different games.
Sony on Monday announced the launch date and key other details, including games, for the revamped PlayStation Plus service. The service is launching in India on June 23 and comes in three tiers: Essential, Extra and Premium. The PlayStation Plus is aimed at Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s game subscription service.
The new PlayStation Plus blends existing PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into a single subscription, which will first debut in the US on June 13, followed by other countries. The entry-level package, PlayStation Plus Essential, relaces the original PlayStation Plus, which offers two free games each month and access to online multiplayer. It costs Rs 499 a month or Rs 3000 for 12 months.
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A slightly higher tier is PlayStation Plus Extra, which has the same benefits as Essential but includes a selection of 400 downloadable PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games. It’s priced at Rs 749 for a month or Rs 4999 for an annual subscription. The most expensive package is PlayStation Plus Premium. This one includes 340 more games than Extra, allowing players to stream a selection of PS, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS4 and PS5 games over the internet. PlayStation Plus Extra costs Rs 849 a month or Rs 5749 each year.
In a blog post, Sony has also released a full list of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games to be available during the launch time timeframe. Notably, Sony’s new AAA titles, including Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, and Gran Turismo 7 won’t be a part of the service. This is essentially where Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription service starts to look a little different from the Xbox Game Pass. Games coming to the subscription service include Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, the Demon’s Souls remake, Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, and Red Dead Redemption 2. To be clear, games available in its PlayStation Plus games catalogue will continue to refresh. PlayStation Plus Essential players will see a monthly refresh on the first Tuesday of the month, whereas Playstation Plus Extra and Premium players will see a monthly refresh in the middle of each month.
Sony also revealed that Ubisoft is bringing its subscription package to PlayStation as Ubisoft Plus Classics, which will be bundled with the Plus Extra and Plus Premium subscription tiers and includes 27 games at launch. Moreover, Sony also plans to offer a few games that will be getting trial versions for Premium or Deluxe members, including Horizon Forbidden West and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.
Here’s a list of the first-party PS5 and PS4 games that will be available at launch for PlayStation Plus Extra and Plus Premium players:
Alienation | Housemarque, PS4
Bloodborne | FromSoftware, PS4
Concrete Genie | Pixelopus, PS4
Days Gone | Bend Studio, PS4
Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition | Housemarque, PS4
Death Stranding and Death Stranding Director’s Cut | Kojima Productions, PS4/PS5
Demon’s Souls | Bluepoint Games, PS5
Destruction AllStars | Lucid Games, PS5
Everybody’s Golf | Japan Studio, PS4
Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut | Sucker Punch, PS4/ PS5
God of War | Santa Monica Studio, PS4
Gravity Rush 2 | Japan Studio, PS4
Gravity Rush Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
Horizon Zero Dawn | Guerrilla, PS4
Infamous First Light | Sucker Punch, PS4
Infamous Second Son | Sucker Punch, PS4
Knack | Japan Studio, PS4
LittleBigPlanet 3 | Sumo Digital, PS4
LocoRoco Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
LocoRoco 2 Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
Marvel’s Spider-Man | Insomniac Games, PS4
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Insomniac Games, PS4/PS5
Matterfall |Housemarque, PS4
MediEvil | Other Ocean, PS4
Patapon Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
Patapon 2 Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
Resogun | Housemarque, PS4
Returnal | Housemarque, PS5
Shadow of the Colossus | Japan Studio, PS4
Tearaway Unfolded |Media Molecule, PS4
The Last Guardian | Japan Studio, PS4
The Last of Us Remastered | Naughty Dog, PS4
The Last of Us: Left Behind | Naughty Dog, PS4
Until Dawn | Supermassive Games, PS4
Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection |Naughty Dog, PS4
