The quarterly and yearly price options for PS+ are convenient, but there are plenty of ways to find Game Pass deals. The final new feature for PS+ Premium is access to time-limited demos, so players can try select games before they decide to purchase.įrom a monetary standpoint, PlayStation Plus Essential and Extra line up with the monthly cost of Xbox Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate respectively. While every other game in the Premium catalog is downloadable, they can also be streamed on a PS4, PS5, or PC. Although this will add up to 340 more games, it should be noted that PS3 titles are only streamable, and cannot be downloaded, contrary to rumors suggesting PS5 could get PS3 backward compatibility. The catalog for Premium subscribers will also include games from the original PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PlayStation Portable (the Vita is notably excluded). PS+ Premium will cost $17.99 monthly/$49.99 quarterly/$119.99 yearly, and include everything from the Extra tier.

PlayStation Plus Premium, the highest subscription tier that will be available, is essentially a combination of current PS+ and PlayStation Now. Although this includes first- and third-party games, it won't have launch day releases from PlayStation Studios, meaning upcoming titles like God of War Ragnarök will only potentially be available for Extra and Premium subscribers at a later time. However, the PlayStation Blog does claim the Extra tier's catalog will contain up to a very impressive 400 games. In addition to all the benefits granted by Essential, Extra entitles subscribers to a catalog of PS4 and PS5 games, all available for download to the console.

The next highest tier, PlayStation Plus Extra, begins the real competition with Game Pass, and is priced at $14.99 monthly/$39.99 quarterly/$99.99 yearly.

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