Sony PlayStation Plus Gaming Subscription Launched With Three Tiers: Price, Features

Sony announced that it is bundling together PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into a new PlayStation Plus membership. The brand’s latest subscription service offers users more choices via three membership tiers.

You can expect titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal when the new tiers are launched. With the arrival of the new PlayStation Plus service, PlayStation Now will transition into the new PlayStation Plus offering. Sony says that it will no longer be available as a standalone service. PlayStation Now customers will be automatically subscribed to the PlayStation Plus Premium for no extra cost.

Sony PlayStation Plus Gaming Subscription Availability

Sony plans to take a phased regional approach when it comes to launching the new tiers. In June, the company will initially launch the service in several regions in Asia, followed by North America, Europe and the rest of the world where PlayStation Plus is offered.

Let’s check out the features of the three new tiers of the Sony PlayStation Plus Gaming Subscription.

Sony PlayStation Plus Gaming Subscription Features

1. PlayStation Plus Essential

The PlayStation Plus Essential is Sony’s basic tier which offers the same benefits as that of the current PlayStation Plus subscription.

It promises the following:

• Two monthly downloadable games.
• Exclusive discounts.
• Cloud storage for saved games.
• Online multiplayer access.

There’s no change in price from the PlayStation Plus subscription, which means that subscribers can continue paying $9.99 per month (about ₹760). The quarterly plan can be purchased for $24.99 (about ₹1900) and the yearly plan for $59.99 (about ₹4600).

2. PlayStation Plus Extra

PlayStation Plus Extra tier offers all the benefits from the Essential tier.

It also promises the following additional perks:

• Catalog of up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games which include titles from the PlayStation Studios catalog and third-party partners.
• Games in the Extra tier will be downloadable for play.

This tier is priced at $14.99 monthly (about ₹1,140), $39.99 quarterly (about ₹3,030), and $99.99 yearly (about ₹7,600).

3. PlayStation Plus Premium

The PlayStation Plus Premium tier promises all the benefits from Essential and Extra tiers.

Here are the added benefits:

• Adds up to 340 additional games including PS3 games via cloud streaming and a catalog of classic games will be available for both streaming and download from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations
• Cloud streaming access for original PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS4 games that are provided in the Extra and Premium tiers in select markets where PlayStation Now is currently available. Do note that PS Now is only available in US, Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.
• Game streaming via PS4 and PS5 consoles, and PC.
• Subscribers can try out select games before purchasing, thanks to time-limited game trials.

This tier is priced at $17.99 monthly (about ₹1,400), $49.99 quarterly (about ₹3,800), and $119.99 yearly (about ₹9,100).

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