Sony announced its highly anticipated Game Pass rival subscription service last month. In this context, the company announced that PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now services were brought together and created a new PS Plus system consisting of three different subscription packages. Finally, the release date of the new platform has also been announced.
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When will the new PS Plus be available?
It was known that Sony’s renewed PS Plus service would be available in June, but there was no clear date. The company announced in a blog post that it was published recently, in which markets and when the platform will be available.
Here is the new PS Plus release date;
- Asia – May 23, 2022
- Japan – June 1, 2022
- America – June 13, 2022
- Europe – 22 June 2022
As seen above, PS Plus will launch a little earlier in Asian markets. It will arrive in Europe later, on June 22. Let’s point out that there is no detail about Turkey here, but it is highly likely that it will be used in our country at the same time as Europe.
Sony’s new subscription service, June 2022and will begin to serve its subscribers with its library of approximately 400 games. Service; Essential, Extra, Premium and for countries where PS Now is not active deluxe package will be presented to the subscribers.
PlayStation Plus Essential:
- Two downloadable games per month
- Special discounts
- Cloud storage for saved games
- Access to online games
PlayStation Plus Extra:
- Includes all the privileges in the Essential package
- Nearly 400 PS4 and PS5 games with significant sales figures from PlayStation Studios and third-party developers
PlayStation Plus Premium:
- Includes all privileges in Essential and Extra packages
- In addition to the library of 400 games, another library of 340 games
- The library of 340 games includes original PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS3 titles on PS Now.
- In countries where PlayStation Now is available, the original PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS4 games offered in Extra and Premium packages will be playable via the cloud on PS4, PS5 and PC.
- There will also be special trial versions for the games in this package. In this way, subscribers will be able to try the games before purchasing them.
The full list of countries that will benefit from the PlayStation Plus service has not yet been announced, but in our country Available for countries where PS Now is not active deluxe Let’s mention that the package (the low-priced version of Premium) will be used.
Deluxe vs Premium at a lower price future and original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP It will contain a library of his productions (which can be downloaded and played). Moreover essential and Extra games as well as all the privileges (except cloud service) offered in special trial versionsIt will also offer to subscribers.
PlayStation Plus Europe subscription prices;
- Essential – €8.99 per month / €24.99 quarterly / €59.99 per year
- Extra – € 13.99 per month / € 39.99 quarterly / € 99.99 per year
- Premium – € 16.99 per month / € 49.99 quarterly / € 119.99 per year
- Deluxe – Price not known yet.
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