Sony announced today that their new Playstation Plus plans will launch in the US on or around June 13, 2022. It will first be launching in Asia (not Japan) on May 23 with Japan launching on June 1. These are all listed as targeted dates and not set release dates though, so it’s possible that it could happen a few days after the one listed.
The plans that are being launched is their new games as a service option. They’ve gotten rid of Playstation Now and has rolled that into the higher tiers.
Playstation Plus Essential
It’s essentially the same as Playstation Plus as it stands today.
- $9.99 a month, $24.99 quarterly, $59.99 yearly.
- Discounts on Store items
- Cloud storage
- Online multiplayer
PlayStation Plus Extra
- $14.99 a month, $39.99 quarterly, $99.99 yearly
- Discounts on Store items
- Cloud storage
- Online multiplayer
- Up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games from Playstation Studios and other third party studios. These are downloadable and can be played on the system itself.
PlayStation Plus Premium
- $17.99 a month, $49.99 quarterly, $119.99 yearly
- Discounts on Store items
- Cloud storage
- Online multiplayer
- Up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games from Playstation Studios and other third party studios. These are downloadable and can be played on the system itself.
- Up to 340 additional games including PS3 games available via cloud streaming and a catalog of Playstation 2, original Playstation, and PSP games that can be streamed and downloaded.
- Cloud streaming for original Playstation, Playstation 2, PSP, and PS4 games where PS Now is currently available. Customers will be able to stream games using PS4, PS5, and PCs.
- Time limited game trials so you can try some games before you buy them.
In some markets where PS Now isn’t available, Playstation Plus Premium will be replaced with Playstation Plus Deluxe that will be a lower price, but not include streaming.
The Games
While most games for the new tiers have not been announced, Sony has confirmed that Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal will be on the system at launch. Like Xbox Game Pass, it’s expected that games will be added and removed periodically.
The two biggest difference between Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Plus is that Playstation Plus will seemingly have more games at launch than Game Pass has currently, even when combining both Xbox and PC games, but first party games won’t come to Playstation Plus at launch. Since all first party Xbox games come on day 1 to Game Pass, that is a big draw for the service, allowing gamers to play games they never would before when factoring in 2 brand new games is the same price as a year of Game Pass.
Personally I am excited for the new Playstation Plus tiers. I have not used my PS4 as much as I’d like, but when it comes to the controller I prefer Xbox’s and I never saw the need to go out and get a Playstation controller that was shaped like that, but maybe with more games to play I will. I loved the Spider-Man games and the Last of Us was probably my favorite game I played on PS4. I am hoping that the new tier system gets me playing more Playstation games overall, there are a lot of games that I missed that I was interested in playing, so if they come to the service, I will definitely check them out.
Are you excited for the new Playstation Plus? How do you think it compares to other services like Game Pass and Ubisoft+? Let me know in the comments.
