The merger of PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now is official and will be released in June

As announced by glasses and beard oracles, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the details of the new PlayStation Plus formula, a designated evolution for a few months under the Spartacus code name and which does not fit the PlayStation Now (but Also other benefits) to transform the PlayStation more into three-step subscription: PS plus essentials, more extra and ps more premium.

• PLAYSTATION PLUS ESSENTIAL
• PLAYSTATION PLUS Extra
• PLAYSTATION PLUS PREMIUM
• "Things can change very quickly in this sector"

Announced for the month of June, this new formula cates, of course the name of PlayStation Plus, that the players have been experiencing 12 years now. Direct consequence, the PlayStation Now subscription as an independent service is indeed to disappear, but PlayStation Now subscribers do not have any problems to be done since they will switch automatically and without additional cost to a PlayStation Plus premium subscription. The establishment of this new Playstation Plus will be in waves starting with Asia, then North America, Europe and finally other countries where the PlayStation Plus is available.

PLAYSTATION PLUS ESSENTIAL

This is the equivalent of the PlayStation more current subscription, with the same pricing: 8.99 euros for a month, 24.99 euros for three months and 59.99 euros for the year.

PLAYSTATION PLUS Extra

This bearing, probably the one on which Sie put the most, gives access a catalog of some 400 PS4 and PS5 games to download, with a regular addition of new games. Among the titles included in this catalog at launch, we can cite Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man: Moral Miles, Mortal Kombat 11 and Returnal, but you can hope to get a more complete list of Here the launch of June. Its price is 13.99 euros for one month, 39.99 euros for three months and 99.99 euros for the year.

PLAYSTATION PLUS PREMIUM

Here too, the information of Jason Schreier and Jeff Grubb were good. In addition to the limited time test versions to test some games before buying, the premium bearing adds playable PS3 games in streaming and a playstation, PS2 and PSP game catalog accessible or download. For this all-inclusive menu, count € 16.99 for a month, 49.99 euros for three months and 119.99 euros for the year. Good news for PlayStation Now subscribers, they will automatically transite to a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription without additional cost.

"Things can change very quickly in this sector"

For the markets of which the cloud streaming is not available, another formula called PlayStation More Deluxe will be offered at a price below that of the premium bearing. Including the benefits of Essential and Extra bearings, this offer will offer a catalog of classics among the PlayStation, PS2 and PSP games to download, but also limited-time test versions. "_We have also planned to extend the advantage of cloud streaming to other markets", can we read too, knowing that PlayStation Now is currently available in these countries: United States, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

"We have combined subscription figures that exceed the 50 million now, and we are satisfied. It's a good number. But we really think we can do better in the way we offer these services to our players and to our subscribers. For example, 75% of those who subscribe to PlayStation Now are also subscribers to PlayStation Plus. We think we need to do better for these people. And this is just an example ", commented Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, in a prepared interview with the Games Industry website.

The officer obviously had the question of the integration of the house games from the day of their release in the subscription, Revolution initiated by Microsoft and his Game Pass. And the answer remains negative, though more open. For Ryan, integrating the large house productions into a subscription "Brisy a virtuous cycle" and could affect "_The level of investment we need in our studios" to the point of having an impact on the quality of the games. That said, the CEO is aware that the truth of one day is not necessarily the next day, the proof is with the exit of prestigious exclusives on PC.

"With the way the world is evolving so quickly right now, nothing is eternal. Who would have said, just four years ago that AAA PlayStation titles would be published on PC? We started last year with Horizon Zero Dawn, then Days Gone, and now God of War - an extremely neat pc version and successful from this game. We had a great critical success and a great commercial success, and everyone agrees with this evolution and It accommodates perfectly. I look four years back and I tell myself that no one would have seen it coming. ", he recognizes. "I do not want to engrave in the marble at this point. All I'm talking about today is the approach we are going to adopt in the short term. Compared to how our editing model works Currently, it makes no sense. But things can change very quickly in this sector, as we all know. "