For those who feared we’d have to wait until the evening to Switching from Playstation Plus to the new Essential, Extra and Premium tariffs to be able to try it out was pleasantly surprised by Sony: the conversion has already taken place. Anyone who previously had Playstation Plus is now an Essential customer. “Playstation Now” members migrate to Playstation Plus Premium.
If you want to upgrade from Essential to Extra or Premium, you can do so (and then pay a pro rata upgrade price for the full remaining term of the current subscription). Very nice: On the Playstation 5, the upgrade process is displayed very clearly. You can see at a glance how long your subscription will last and how much money the update will cost you. By the way, on the PC we had problems with the upgrade. Apparently the servers are currently overloaded. On the console we had no problems.
Advantages and prices of tariffs in Germany
Here are the most important advantages that you can unlock via the new Playstation Plus services in Germany and the prices of the tariffs:
Playstation Plus Essential
Offers the same benefits Playstation Plus members already get today, such as
- 1 month €8.99/ 3 months €24.99 / 12 months €59.99
- Monthly downloadable games
- Exclusive discounts
- Cloud storage for saved games
- Online multiplayer access
There are no changes for existing Playstation Plus members on this plan.
Playstation Plus Extra
Offers all the benefits of the Essential plan plus a collection of up to 400 of the most entertaining PS4 and PS5 games including:
- Death Stranding
- God of War
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Returnal
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- 1 month €13.99/ 3 months €39.99 / 12 months €99.99
Playstation Plus Premium
- Offers all the benefits of the Essential and Extra plans
- 1 month €16.99/ 3 months €49.99 / 12 months €119.99
- Adds up to 340 additional games including: PS3 games available via cloud streaming and a collection of popular classic games from the first generation Playstation, PS2 and PSP available either via streaming or download
- Offers cloud streaming access for original Playstation, PS2, PSP and PS4 games on Extra and Premium plans in markets where Playstation Now is currently available.
- Customers can stream games using PS4 and PS5 consoles as well as PCs.
- This plan also offers time-limited game trials, allowing customers to try selected games before purchasing.
List of games from Extra and Premium
Don’t worry, we won’t list you more than 700 games here now. We just want to tell you where you can find a complete list of all extra and premium games, sorted by letter, here:
Premium users looking for recommendations for missed Playstation milestones might find them here:
How often do new games come out for Essential, Extra and Premium?
Even with the revamped “Playstation Plus” service, games will continue to be updated monthly, so there’s always something new to play. Updates are made twice a month.
Playstation Plus Essential
- On the first Tuesday of the month, the Playstation Plus Essential plan (and both higher plans) will receive a monthly update with new PS4 and PS5 games, just like current Playstation Plus members do.
Playstation Plus Extra and Premium/Deluxe
- In the middle of the month there will be another monthly update with new games for the Playstation Plus Extra and Premium/Deluxe tariffs. The number of updated games varies from month to month.
Use Playstation Plus on PC
If you subscribe to Playstation Plus Premium, you can stream Playstation titles on your PC. Your computer must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Windows 7 (SP1), 8.1 or 10
- Core i3 2.0GHz
- 300 MB available disk space
- 2GB RAM
- sound card; USB port
For the best experience, Sony recommends the following specifications:
- Windows 7 (SP1), 8.1 or 10
- 3.5GHz Intel Core i3 or 3.8GHz AMD A10 or faster
- At least 300 MB of available disk space
- At least 2GB of RAM
- sound card; USB port
According to Sony’s official FAQ, DualShock 4 controller is recommended to enjoy Playstation games via streaming on PC. If you want to download and install the games, you need a Playstation 4 or Playstation 5.
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