Sony announces new PlayStation Plus membership tiers

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced two new PlayStation Plus membership tiers that provide more choices and benefits to users of its subscription service.

The new membership plan starting in June will give users a choice of three tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium.

People currently subscribed to PS Plus will be switched to Essential. The slight difference is that only two monthly downloadable games will be offered. In previous years and months, Sony has offer more than just two titles per month. Under Essential, fans will continue to enjoy online multiplayer access, cloud storage for saved games, and discounts.

Under Extra, a library of “up to 400” downloadable PS4 and PS5 games will be available in addition to all the benefits under Essential.

It will be the Premium plan that will offer the cloud/streaming capabilities of PS Now. Currently, PS Now lets users stream hundreds of PS2, PS4 and PS4 titles to PC, PS4 and PS5. It also lets people download PS4 games. Also, PS4 and PS5 consoles won’t be able to play physical copies of PS3 titles. Current PS Now subscribers will not see an increase once it becomes Premium plan.

“PlayStation Now is changing soon and merging with PlayStation Plus. If you purchase PlayStation Now and are subscribed when the service changes, you will be migrated into a new PlayStation Plus membership plan and you will continue to have access to the same benefits from PlayStation Now,” says the PS Now page (archive – USA; archive – Spain).

Titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal, will be available for download for users of Extra and Premium tiers.

Check out all the benefits of each tier:

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.

**Current markets where PlayStation Now is available: US, Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.

***PC streaming is not available in Japan at launch and will be supported in a future update.

[Source]: PlayStation.Blog: All-new PlayStation Plus launches in June with 700+ games and more value than ever – [Archive]. El nuevo PlayStation Plus se lanzará en junio con más de 700 juegos y más valor agregado que nunca – [Archive].