Sony Interactive Entertainment will increase prices for PlayStation Plus for new customers in select regions starting May 20, the company announced, citing “ongoing market conditions.”
With every one of these price increases, my chances of subscribing to PS plus drops lower and lower.
They don’t even give a competitive service when compared to Xbox… Like don’t get me wrong I think Gamepass is a scam as well but it’s less of a scam than PS plus… 11$/m vs gamepasses 10$/m and gamepass gives a handful of games, cloud backups, cloud gaming and multiplayer… PS plus just gives multiplayer and save backups and a couple free games a month that require ongoing subscription to play.
PS+ does have higher tiers with more benefits. The mid-tier one gives access to a ton of PS4 and PS5 games, and the top tier adds older games and cloud gaming.
And even base PS+ has SharePlay. That’s got to be my most-used feature, but I never see people talk about it.
Yea, I intentionally restricted my post to the base tiers as gamepass has a similar schema since they both show similar featuresets at higher tiers.
I made a basic breakdown:
Basic
ps essentials: 11$/m
multiplayer
shareplay
save backups
discounts on store
monthly games selection valid for duration of subscription
gamepass essential: 10$/m
multiplayer
free game catalog: 123 [81 of which supported on Windows as well]
cloud gaming: 87
in game benefits in select first party games
rewards program
Mid Tier
PS Extra: 15$/m
previous tier
free game catalog: 409
ubisoft classics program: 59
Gamepass Premium: 15$/m
previous tier
free game catalog: 572 [395 of which is supported on windows]
cloud gaming: 412
First party games promised to be on game catalog within 1 year of release (Call of Duty Excluded)
semi-priority cloud play queue
2x reward points
Best Tier
PS Premium: 18$/m
previous tier
classics catalog: 163
game trial catalog: 260
sony pictures catalog (a movie/media streaming service)
cloud streaming
Gamepass Ultimate: 23$/m
previous tier
free game catalog: 909 [587 of which are supported on windows]
cloud gaming: 555
day 1 first party releases on free game catalog (Call of Duty excluded)
Free EA Play: 182 games + select DLC
ubisoft classics: 120
fortnite crew
priority cloud gaming
4x reward points
This was just a somewhat quick list of info found online when comparing the two. I can see each tier being useful to someone, but I personally find that Sonys offerings for PS+ don’t stack to Gamepass, and that’s from someone who has been loyal sony fan since the PS1.
sony’s classic catalogue is such a huge disappointment. i shouldnt have to keep a ps2 to play its games in the year 2026. maybe ill get it on my xbox 🤣
With every one of these price increases, my chances of subscribing to PS plus drops lower and lower.
They don’t even give a competitive service when compared to Xbox… Like don’t get me wrong I think Gamepass is a scam as well but it’s less of a scam than PS plus… 11$/m vs gamepasses 10$/m and gamepass gives a handful of games, cloud backups, cloud gaming and multiplayer… PS plus just gives multiplayer and save backups and a couple free games a month that require ongoing subscription to play.
You applied that qualifier to PS+ as if that’s not also true of Gamepass.
While there are a lot of multiplayer games on Gamepass, there are still tons of single player games on there that are worth playing.
Plague Tale, Psychonauts 2, I’m pretty sure most Elder Scrolls past Morrowind are available with GP too.
Right, but you can’t play them if you aren’t paying the subscription fee if Gamepass. Same as ps+.
I think you’re misunderstanding what he’s saying.
I think he’s saying ps+ only gives you a few multiplayer games that need multiplayer to play, and need ps+.
Whereas gamepass gives a few games per month, and while gamepass is still required to play them in single player, you don’t have to play multiplayer.
PS+ does have higher tiers with more benefits. The mid-tier one gives access to a ton of PS4 and PS5 games, and the top tier adds older games and cloud gaming.
And even base PS+ has SharePlay. That’s got to be my most-used feature, but I never see people talk about it.
Yea, I intentionally restricted my post to the base tiers as gamepass has a similar schema since they both show similar featuresets at higher tiers.
I made a basic breakdown:
This was just a somewhat quick list of info found online when comparing the two. I can see each tier being useful to someone, but I personally find that Sonys offerings for PS+ don’t stack to Gamepass, and that’s from someone who has been loyal sony fan since the PS1.
sony’s classic catalogue is such a huge disappointment. i shouldnt have to keep a ps2 to play its games in the year 2026. maybe ill get it on my xbox 🤣