Sony announced a solution and its own for Microsoft’s Game Pass gaming service when it launched the revamped PlayStation Plus subscription that offers three 3 programs at different price levels that provide variable benefits, including access to a library of over 700 games.
The basic subscription remains as it was and is now called PlayStation Plus Essential. It is offered for a monthly fee of $ 9.99 / NIS 40 per month or $ 59.99 / NIS 244 per year and preserves the existing status of subscribers with the option to play online games, cloud storage for backup and two games that change every month that can be added to the game library and played as long as available. Valid subscription.
The upgraded subscription is called PlayStation Plus Extra, which provides the same benefits of PlayStation Plus as before, but also access to a catalog of over 400 PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games that can be downloaded and played locally on the console. It is offered at a price of $ 14.99 per month or $ 39.99 for three months and $ 99.99 per year.
The launch will include major PlayStation titles in the catalog such as: Death Stranding, God Of War, Returnal and Spider-Man Miles Morales and an excellent blog that Sony is working with game distributors to bring their titles to service. The announcement did not explicitly state whether games would reach the service immediately upon their release – one of the great advantages of Microsoft’s competing service.
PlayStation Plus Premium is the most expensive subscription of the three that will enchant lovers of nostalgia. It adds to the list of benefits another 340 games of the PlayStation 3 consoles in streaming as well as past games of the PlayStation, PS2 and mobile PSP consoles in download and streaming as well as the option to experience a variety of games when limited in time. Its price is $ 17.99 a month or $ 49.99 / 119.99 in three months and a year respectively.
It will be possible to subscribe to the new routes starting this June, but the company will make a gradual deployment with Asia, North America and Europe first and the company aims for it to be available in most of the world in the first half of 2022.
What about the subscribers in Israel?
Since the PlayStation Now service is not available in Israel and there is currently no option to stream games from the cloud, Sony will offer another track called PlayStation Plus Deluxe which will be offered at a discounted price compared to the most expensive subscription and will only buy downloadable games from PlayStation, PS2 and PSP consoles, but will not have access to a game library The PlayStation 3 because these are offered in streaming only.
Comparison between the different routes
| PlayStation Plus Essential | PlayStation Plus Extra | PlayStation Plus Premium | PlayStation Plus Deluxe | |
| 2 free games every month | • | • | • | • |
| Backup cloud storage | • | • | • | • |
| Allow online play | • | • | • | • |
| Catalog with over 400 PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games | • | • | • | |
| Experience games | • | • | ||
| Streaming games from the cloud | • | |||
| A nostalgic catalog with over 340 games from previous generations | PlayStation 3 (flowing) PlayStation, PS2 ו-PSP (Download and Stream) | PlayStation, PS2 ו-PSP (Download Only) | ||
| price | $ 9.99 (monthly) $ 24.99 (Quarterly) $ 59.99 (annual) | $ 14.99 (monthly) $ 39.99 (Quarterly) $ 99.99 (annual) | $ 17.99 (monthly) $ 49.99 (Quarterly) $ 119.99 (annual) | Not yet determined |