Sony Updates Playstation Plus Subscription With Three Xbox Game Pass-Like Plans

Sony finally has a weapon in its arsenal to compete against Microsoft¡¯s Xbox Games Pass, with an updated lineup of PlayStation Plus.

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Earlier PlayStation Plus used to be a service that would allow PlayStation players to play online, along with an added benefit of having at least two games added to the user¡¯s library. However, now, the subscription has been split into three tiers with the inclusion of an extensive game library as well as cloud gaming features.

PS Plus will now have three tiers -- PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Essential.

PS Plus Essential offers the same benefits as the existing PS Plus subscription such as two monthly downloadable games, exclusive discounts, cloud storage for saved games as well as online multiplayer access.

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PS Plus Extra offers everything that¡¯s in the Essential tier along with a catalogue of up to 400 PS5 games, with several from the PS Studios catalogue that players can download and play.

PS Plus Premium is the top-of-the-line subscription that includes everything from the Essential and Extra tiers, along with 340 additional games, which include PS3 titles that are playable via cloud streaming as well as a catalogue of popular PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2 and PSP titles.

It also offers time-limited trials where players can select games before they buy. Chances are, however, the cloud gaming feature might not come to India anytime soon, since PlayStation Now, Sony¡¯s cloud gaming platform hasn¡¯t been released yet.

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While the library Sony is offering as of now is nowhere close to what Xbox offered with its GamesPass, it's a great start, and hopefully, we get to see more additions to this in the near future.

Renowned gaming journalist Rishi Alwani on Twitter got access to the Indian pricing (via retail) for the PS Plus Extra and Premium tiers. The new plans are expected to roll post-June.

Source for this came from retail. Let¡¯s see what Sony officially announces.

¡ª 0xSkeptic (@RishiAlwani) March 29, 2022

PS Plus Extra is available at a price of Rs 800 per month, Rs 2,000 for three months or Rs 5,000 for 12 months. PS Plus Premium is priced at Rs 1,000 per month, Rs 2,500 for three months or Rs 6,000 for 12 months.

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