Sony today announced via a press release that huge changes would be coming to the PlayStation Plus service, the subscription service that has been around since the PS3 days. This June, the two services: PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now will be merging together in an all-new PlayStation Plus subscription service with three different tiers.
▍Tier I: PlayStation Plus Essential
The first tier is basically the PlayStation Plus as players have known it: Two free games or more per month, the ability to save their games’ save data in the cloud, and access to online multiplayer on supported games. If you are a current subscriber, this will be the tier you will migrate in, unless you choose to upgrade. Here are the prices per region:
- 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
- JP¥850 monthly / JP¥2,150 quarterly / JP¥5,143 yearly
▍Tier II: PlayStation Plus Extra
The second tier contains the benefits of the Essential tier, but 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 for you to download and enjoy!
- 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
- JP¥1,300 monthly / JP¥3,600 quarterly / JP¥8,600 yearly
▍Tier III: PlayStation Plus Premium
And finally, we have the final and most expensive tier, the PlayStation Plus Premium. Alongside the benefits mentioned previously, those who subscribe to the Premium tier will add another up to 340 games to the catalogue, as well as the option to download or stream games from older-generation consoles, such as the original PlayStation, PS2 and even the PSP.
Time-limited game trials will also be offered in this tier, so customers can try select games before they buy.
- 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
- JP¥1,550 – monthly / JP¥4,300 – quarterly / JP¥10,250 yearly
PlayStation Now customers will migrate over to PlayStation Plus Premium with no increase to their current subscription fees at launch.
Also according to the release, the new Extra and Premium plan will include titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal.
