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Since launching PlayStation Plus in 2010, SIE has been at the forefront of innovation with game subscription services. We were thrilled to be the first console membership service that included a refreshed library of games through PlayStation Plus, and also launched the first console game streaming service with PlayStation Now.

Today, we are pleased to share with you official news about changes coming to our subscription services. This June, we’re bringing together PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now in an all-new PlayStation Plus subscription service that provides more choice to customers across three membership tiers globally.

Our focus is on providing high-quality, curated content with a diverse portfolio of games*. Below is an overview of the three membership tiers:

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. 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.

When the new PlayStation Plus service launches, PlayStation Now will transition into the new PlayStation Plus offering and will no longer be available as a standalone service. PlayStation Now customers will migrate over to PlayStation Plus Premium with no increase to their current subscription fees at launch.

As this is a massive launch effort, we’re rolling out the new PlayStation Plus offering in a phased regional approach. In the June timeframe, we’ll begin with an initial launch in several markets in Asia, followed by North America, Europe and the rest of the world where PlayStation Plus is offered. 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. We also plan to expand our cloud streaming benefit to additional markets, and will provide more details at a later date.

Building upon more than 25 years of expertise in gaming innovation, this change to our subscription services highlights our continued efforts to evolve our network services business to match our customer’s preferences. With the all-new PlayStation Plus, we’re focused on delivering a compelling game subscription service with curated content from our exclusive PlayStation Studios team and our third-party partners. The newly enhanced PlayStation Plus will enable our fans to discover and engage with more content than ever before, and deepen their connection with the PlayStation community through shared experiences.

We’re providing an early look at our new PlayStation Plus subscription service today, and we’ll plan to share more information with you as we get closer to launch. Stay tuned.

 

[reksveks]

Duplicate info so removing

 

[DispatchNinja]

I might just drop a 100 for the mid tier one. Don’t really care about the premium benefits.

 

[adamsapple]

• PS3 games available via cloud streaming

Disappointing at the lack of local PS3 emulation.

And Grubb was 100% right on the money with his tiers.

 

[Certinty]

I really hope this isn't what y'all were hyped as fuck about.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Wow! Amazing!

Moving on

 

[Swift_Star]

As expected, current plus members will be rolled out in the equivalent of this new plus. And some people were CONCERNED things would change

 

[AlexxKidd]

PlayStation 1 games. Good lord that's all I need! I must see the library of games though! Don't let me down, Jim!

 

[Nankatsu]

So, they're locking classic games on last tier?

How nice of them.

Still, tier 2 bought during black friday sounds nice.

 

[cormack12]

That's a jump from essential to plus extra. Need to see the library really but think I'll be sticking with essential atm

 

[jm89]

Anybody who thought anything more then this was deluding themselves. Nobody promised day one releases, jims past comments much pretty said they wouldn't.

 

[just_like_that]

meh i'll stick to tier 1

 

[Black_Stride]

The worst kept secret.

Now lets see this list of 400+ games.
But this is honestly a pretty good start:

• 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.

For anyone who just got into the PS ecosystem this is great.
For all those "i like to own my games" players theyve likely already gone through all these big hitter titles.

Now pull a day and date option and im in, Sony first party day and date would easily sway me to actually get a PS5 outright.

 

[FunkMiller]

Yep. That’s a thing they did.

 

[GrayDock]

Will keep my Essential for now, but it they add PS3 not stream play...

 

[AV]

Ah, there it is.

If I played games solely on Playstation I'd love this, as it stands, probably not. That said, I'm an idiot, will probably get drunk one night and pull the trigger on it anyway.

 

[BennyBlanco]

hopefully you can just buy the ps1/ps2 games on their own

 

[blakdecaf]

Second tier option sounds good for me.

 

[DonJorginho]

locking classic games to a obscenely expensive tier and still having the balls to make PS3 titles streaming only?

 

[reksveks]

Rofl

 

[Swift_Star]

The worst kept secret.

Now lets see this list of 400+ games.
But this is honestly a pretty good start:

• 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.

For anyone who just got into the PS ecosystem this is great.
For all those "i like to own my games" players theyve likely already gone through all these big hitter titles.

Now pull a day and date option and im in, Sony first party day and date would easily sway me to actually get a PS5 outright.

There’s never going to be a day and date option as long as games are selling like hotcakes.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I buy what I want to play

 

[Hunnybun]

It's not an answer to game pass so I wonder why they're even bothering tbh. On the plus side, at least they're not raising the price of the basic service.

 

[ZywyPL]

PS+ Extra sounds really great, 400 PS4/5 games right out of the gate, nice.

 

[Carter Burke]

Still no backwards compatibility.
Fuck you Jim.

 

[Kilau]

 

[SJRB]

Meh-gaton.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Will wait for details on the games before I can judge it. I'll be migrated over to the top tier with my PS now membership it looks like?

 

[Draugoth]

That dooes not compete with Xbox Game Pass, but sure is interesting

 

[reksveks]

So what's happening to PS now users?

 

[Kokoloko85]

Im only interested in downloading ps1, ps2 and psp games. Just depends on the size of the library.

Im in day 1 if the ps1 and ps2 library is good

Day 1 releases for playstation isnt happening. Its not happening for nintendo either.
They make too much money the current way and xbox only did/does it because they were in a really bad state and can afford to lose the money.

Playstation and Nintendo arent gonna follow the model of the company that is in 3rd place

 

[FingerBang]

Sounds pretty good, the prices are decent for what they offer but in the end the games available are what will make the difference.

I hope in the future Sony makes a $20 one that offers their exclusive games on day one, but this is a good start.

I don't know if I'm going to upgrade or stay on the essential having game pass until mid 2022, but we'll see.

So, they're locking classic games on last tier?

How nice of them.

If you don't think it's worth paying 3 extra bucks for month, you probably don't care about those games anyway.

 

[mansoor1980]

pretty good i must say

 

[Sanepar]

400 ps4 and ps5 games? That is more than double gamepass catalog.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

• A catalog of beloved classic games available in both streaming and download options from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations

Ok...i'll bite! Shame about the lack of PS3 downloads...how can they still not have that in place?
Still since i have PS Plus and Now i'll have the full experience so it sounds good.

 

[Godot25]

Rofl. I was expecting something bad, but this is literally worse.
No day one first party games with samje price as GPU with first-party games. And PS1/PS2 games locked behind most expensive option? And no streaming in my country?

At least Jimbo can brag, that his PS Plus has double amount of subs as Game Pass

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

 

[Quasicat]

I have no desire to restart my PlayStation Plus subscription as I have no need for it.

That being said, I’m hoping they make it so I can redownload my purchased PS1 games from my PSN account. If not, then that’s why my PS3 is still hooked up.

 

[envyzeal]

PS3 streaming

 

[Kiraly]

BOOM! And just like that double the subscribers of the Game Pass. Your move, Microsoft.

 

[DryvBy]

PS Now had about 700 games on it. I knew this was going to be a rebranding of PS Now with some extras.

 

[reksveks]

Will wait for details on the games before I can judge it. I'll be migrated over to the top tier with my PS now membership it looks like?

Not sure cause I am wondering as well.

 

[Daytonabot]

So, they're locking classic games on last tier?

How nice of them.

Yep. My interest level returned to where it currently is for PS+, zero. They might have had me if I could subscribe only to the vintage stuff and definitely would have if it were all downloadable.

 

[FunkMiller]

This really should have just been one simple service tier.

But, you know,

JIM NEEDS THA MONEEEEZ

 

[[Sigma]]

Rofl

Yep, he's Phil's bitch still. Been his bitch since "We believe in generations". Says one thing but slowly over time follow suit. You cannot scream idunno what im doing any louder. Staying on essential.

 

[Draugoth]

Games that will be available at launch for PS+ Extra and Premium subscribers

• Death Stranding
• God Of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man (+ Miles Morales)
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Returnal

This library will be "regularly refreshed"

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I will say it's nice to see they're still keeping the yearly discount even with the other tiers. Phil needs to do that with Gamepass already

 

[Carter Burke]

Why I cant play my boxed games?
Stupid Jimbo.

 

[Lognor]

As expected. Hopefully this was not the big news alleged insiders are teasing.

 

[Certinty]

I can't believe people were expecting first party games at launch. Most of those games sell like crazy, why on Earth would Sony go down that route when there's no reason for it and would probably end up being a lot less profitable for them?