Sony Reveals PlayStation Plus Tiers Will Arrive This Summer

Written by Brandon Hofer on March 29, 2022

News: Sony’s rumored response to Game Pass has been officially revealed with a timeframe and pricing.

It has been rumored for quite a while now that Sony was working on a competitor to Game Pass. Earlier today we finally got some details about what this new service entails. The big question everyone has is whether Sony’s new service will offer first-party titles at launch such as Microsoft does with Game Pass. Unfortunately, Sony has stated that won’t be the case, so don’t look for the next God of War to be a part of these new PlayStation Plus options, at least not for a while. While it isn’t on the level of Microsoft’s Game Pass service, Sony will offer multiple tiers so that you can customize your new PlayStation Plus experience.

Beginning in June there will be three different tiers of PlayStation Plus. What we know as PlayStation Plus today will become “PlayStation Plus Essential”. With that tier, everything will remain the same as it is today, including the price. Next will be “PlayStation Plus Extra” which is the mid-tier package and will cost $99.99 USD a year. Finally is the top tier package that will be called “PlayStation Plus Premium”. This package will be available for $119.99 USD annually. This new package offers some features gamers have been wanting for a while, but not really how they want them.

The actual details of what each PlayStation Plus plan includes is below:

PlayStation Plus Essential - What we know as PlayStation Plus today

Benefits

Two monthly downloadable games

Exclusive discounts

Cloud storage for saved games

Online multiplayer access

Price - Remains the same as the price for PlayStation Plus today

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 PS4 and PS5 games including blockbuster hits from 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

PS3 games available via cloud streaming

A catalog of classic games available in both streaming and download options from PS1, PS2, and PSP.

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)

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.

At launch, Sony plans to have games such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal. Once these new tiers launch PlayStation Now will not be available as a standalone service due to being folded in with some of the new PlayStation Plus packages.

Sony also revealed that the new PlayStation Plus will be rolled out in waves. In June it will initially be available in Asia, and then North America, Europe, and the rest of the world where PlayStation Plus is available. They hope to have these new PlayStation Plus options for everyone by the first half of 2022.

What do you think about these new tiers? What about the pricing? Tell us in the comments section below.