Sony announces 3 plans for 'PlayStation Plus', a new subscription service that allows you to play hundreds of games as much as you want and also play the original PS / PS2 games

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced the new PlayStation Plus, which integrates the PlayStation subscription services PlayStation Plus (PS Plus) and PlayStation Now (PS Now). There are 3 stages of plans, and depending on the plan, hundreds of titles can be played as much as you want.

PlayStation®Plus will be significantly renewed in June! Integrating service content with PlayStation ™ Now to provide hundreds of titles – PlayStation.Blog Japanese
https://blog.ja.playstation.com/2022/03/29/20220329-psplus/

PlayStation's Jim Ryan: Our games could suffer if they went straight into PS Plus | GamesIndustry.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-28-playstations-jim-ryan-our-games-could-suffer-if-we-put-them-straight-into-ps-plus

The rumor that SIE will announce the new PlayStation Plus has been whispered for some time.

Rumor that the release of 'Project Spartacus', which is regarded as the new PlayStation Plus, is imminent --GIGAZINE

The announced PlayStation Plus is available in three plans.

◆ PlayStation Plus Essential
Price: 1 month 850 yen (tax included), 3 months 2150 yen (tax included), 12 months 5143 yen (tax included)
Contents: Free play where you can play 2 titles of games for free every month, subscriber-only discount, save data storage in cloud storage, online multiplayer
◆ PlayStation Plus Extra
Price: 1 month 1300 yen (tax included), 3 months 3600 yen (tax included), 12 months 8600 yen (tax included)
Contents: Download all services provided by PlayStation Plus Essential, hundreds of popular PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 titles
◆ PlayStation Plus Premium
Price: 1 month 1550 yen (tax included), 3 months 4300 yen (tax included), 12 months 10,250 yen (tax included)
Contents: Service contents of PlayStation Plus Essential / PlayStation Plus Extra, cloud streaming play of PlayStation 3, download or cloud streaming of the software of the first PlayStation / PlayStation 2 / PSP, function to try and play the game before purchase

Also, in countries and regions where cloud streaming is not available, 'PlayStation Plus Deluxe', which is a little cheaper than PlayStation Plus Premium, will be offered. Also, if you have a PS Now contract at the time of writing the article, it will automatically switch to PlayStation Plus Premium and you do not have to pay any additional costs.

Since the provision of the new PS Plus will be a major renewal, it will be offered in multiple regions of Asia including Japan in June 2022, and will continue to expand to North America, Europe and other regions.

Jim Ryan, CEO of SIE, told GamesIndustry.biz, a gaming news site, 'The integration of PS Plus and PS Now will bring a total of 50 million members. PS Now subscribers. 75% of them are also subscribed to PS Plus, and it makes sense to integrate the two services, and for that 75% of users, the overall cost will be lower. Also, at least two-thirds of people have a usage contract in 12 months. '

'The media of games is so different from music and linear entertainment that I don't think it will reach the level of Spotify or Netflix. Live service games that make a long-term commitment to players are , Matches the needs of gamers who play games over and over for hours. '