Sony revamps and merges PlayStation Plus, PS Now to become their Xbox Game Pass competitor

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Published onMarch 29, 2022

published onMarch 29, 2022

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Therumorswere indeed true. Sony has come out andofficially announced a competitor to Xbox Game Pass. Yet, rather than launch an all new service, it’s merging existing ones together as one to take on Microsoft and offer PlayStation gamers more choice and value for their money.

Coming in June, the all new PlayStation Plus subscription service will have a couple of different tiers. Sony hopes that the new tiers will “provide more choice to customers,” as well as “high-quality, curated content with a diverse portfolio of games.”

Unfortunately, though, this still won’t include first-party games at launch, which is what makes Xbox Game Pass so unique. The new PlayStation Plus will be divided into Essential, Extra, and Premium. Essential is the bare minimum, Extra falls in between, and Premium is at the top. Here’s what each tier costs and gets gamers.

In addition to the three main tiers, Sony is also planning to launch PlayStation Plus Deluxe in select markers. This is for markets without cloud streaming, and it will be offered at a lower cost to Premium with the ability to download and play classic PlayStation, PS2, and PSP games.

At launch, Sony 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. Once the service is fully rolled out, PlayStation Now will transition to PlayStation Plus and will be phased out. PlayStation Now customers will also get PlayStation Plus Premium with no increase.

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