How the new PlayStation Plus compares to Xbox Game Pass and Switch Online
PlayStation has announced it’s revamping PlayStation Plus, bringing the subscription service more in line with its competitors Xbox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online. But not all subscription services are created equal. If you’re a console owner trying to figure out the best deal, here’s a breakdown of what each service offers, as well as their prices.
PlayStation’s entry into the subscription game comes from the combination of two previously distinct services. There was the anemic PlayStation Now service that offered streaming for a mix of previous-gen and more recent PlayStation games, and <a href=«https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-plus/?emcid=pa-co-421873&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3IqSBhCoARIsAMBkTb2SYLncXQqnTR4v63haz72PIR8dehS6LKReDuG_NtShzq6EqEi_-tsaAgpjEALw_wcB&gclsrc=» https: www.theverge.com>PlayStation Plus
, which provided online multiplayer access and a handful of free games to download and keep every month. While you could get great games through the services like the Final Fantasy VIII Remakeas well as stream PlayStation games on PC, fans have complained that the games on offer were not as enticing as Xbox Game Studios titles launching day one on Xbox Game Pass.
Sony’s now rolling the two entities into one, combining them under the name PlayStation Plus, with its highest tier creating the largest subscription library to date.
PlayStation Plus will operate in three tiers:
Critically, these services will not offer first-party PlayStation games at launch. In an interview with gameindustry.biz, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said that they’re in “a virtuous cycle” with their studios and that releasing new games at launch on these new subscription services would break that cycle.
“It’s not a road that we’re going to go down
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