With that in mind, PS Plus Premium, with classic PS3 and older games, and game streaming looks to be a good value.īut Game Pass’ trump card is really that it will include all of Microsoft’s first party games on day one. Sony offers a much, much better deal if you’re paying up front for a year (and also has a quarterly option), while only lets you subscribe on a monthly basis. However, where Game Pass falls down is in yearly pricing. All of this library is also playable via game streaming. On a month-to-month basis, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is also very competitive, thanks to having a large library of over 400 games, spanning four generations of Xbox and also including over 400 games playable on PC. Looking to game libraries, Xbox Game Pass’ standard tier simply doesn’t make that much sense on Xbox anymore, but still has merits on PC.

For basic online multiplayer and a handful of free games, the balance is exactly the same as before for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold, it’s just that this tier is now branded as ‘Essential’ on PlayStation. * Xbox Game Pass is only offered on a monthly basis, so we’ve tallied the cost of 12 individual months.Īs you can see, the value really depends on how you want to game. Up to 740 PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, PSP gamesĬurrently 453 Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S games – 419 games for PC $59.99 / €59.99 / £49.99 (only available in stores)Īnd now onto the comparison that really matters: The standard Game Pass for Xbox and Game Pass for PC aren’t comparable products in terms of price. Then we’re comparing PS Plus Extra and Premium with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Given the pricing tiers, we’re stacking PS Plus Essential up against Xbox Live Gold, as base level subscriptions that continue to offer the same value as previously. When it relaunches in June, PlayStation Plus will have three options – Essential, Extra and Premium. In this comparison, we’re breaking things down into tiers. So let’s look at the different options and tiers, and how they compare. Many industry watchers (ourselves included) are seeing this as a fresh attempt to counteract Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, and it’s certainly true that Sony are consolidating their services in a way that should be easier and more attractive for end users.

From the basic Essentials tier, up to the Premium tier with game streaming and an expanded library of games from the PS1, PS2 and PSP, there’s still plenty of flexibility to get what you want and how. Sony has announced a complete overhaul for PlayStation Plus, combining the old PS Plus with their game subscription service PS Now into a single product, starting in June 2022.

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