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PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra and Premium tiers pricing and benefits explained

By:Semir Omerovic
Published: 12:42, 29 March 2022
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Sony have officially revealed Spartacus, their long-awaited Game Pass competitor. Here's everything you need to know about the service including pricing and benefits. 

Sony have basically merged PS Now and PlayStation Plus to offer their users one large catalogue of games along with some other neat benefits. Sony have revealed three tiers including Essential, Extra and Premium with the first one being the current PS Plus while the other two add PS Now and some extra stuff. 

Read on to find out all the details about new PlayStation Plus tiers, pricing and more. 

New PlayStation Plus pricing and benefits

  PlayStation Plus ESSENTIAL benefits

  • Same benefits that PS Plus members are getting today
    • Two monthly games
    • Discounts
    • Cloud storage
    • Online multiplayer

  PlayStation Plus ESSENTIAL Prices

The prices remain the same as the current price of PS Plus. 

  • US - $9.99 monthly / $24.99 quarterly / $59.99 yearly
  • EU - €8.99 monthly / €24.99 quarterly / €59.99 yearly
  • UK - £6.99 monthly / £19.99 quarterly / £49.99 yearly 
  • JP - ¥850 monthly / ¥2,150 quarterly / ¥5,143 yearly

  PlayStation Plus EXTRA benefits

  • Same benefits as PS Plus Essential
  • A catalogue of up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games
    • First-party and third-party games

  PlayStation Plus EXTRA prices

  • US - $14.99 monthly / $39.99 quarterly / $99.99 yearly
  • EU - €13.99 monthly / €39.99 quarterly / €99.99 yearly
  • UK - £10.99 monthly / £31.99 quarterly / £83.99 yearly
  • JP - ¥1,300 monthly / ¥3,600 quarterly / ¥8,600 yearly

  PlayStation Plus PREMIUM benefits

  • All benefits from Essential and Extra tiers
    • A catalogue of up to 340 additional games including PS3 titles via cloud
    • Classic games from PS, PS2 and PSP gen via streaming and download option 
  • Game demos allowing you to try the game before buying

  PlayStation Plus PREMIUM prices

  • US - $17.99 monthly / $49.99 quarterly / $119.99 yearly
  • EU - €16.99 monthly / €49.99 quarterly / €119.99 yearly
  • UK - £13.49 monthly / £39.99 quarterly / £99.99 yearly
  • JP - ¥1,550 – monthly / ¥4,300 – quarterly / ¥10,250 yearly

Sony also offer PlayStation Plus Deluxe for select markets without cloud streaming. PS Plus Deluxe is cheaper than Premium and includes classic titles from PS, PS2 and PSP era to download with game demos. 

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