PlayStation Plus: India Pricing Revealed for PS Plus Deluxe, Extra, and Essential

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India pricing for the all-new PlayStation Plus has been revealed. The highest tier, PlayStation Plus Deluxe — which offers game trials and a catalogue of games from the PS3, PS2, and PS1 era — will come in at Rs. 849 per month, Rs. 2,299 for three months, and Rs. 5,749 annually. The middle tier, PlayStation Plus Extra — that gives you access to hundreds of PS4 and PS5 games — will cost Rs. 749 per month, Rs. 1,999 for three months, and Rs. 4,999 for one year. That leaves the base tier PlayStation Plus Essential — online multiplayer access, and two PS4 and one PS5 game every month — which remains at the current PS Plus pricing: Rs. 499 a month, Rs. 1,199 quarterly, and Rs. 2,999 a year.

Sony India quietly updated its PlayStation Plus home page overnight Monday, with the new pricing and the June 22 date that was revealed last week. Weirdly, it states that “PlayStation Plus will be changing on 22 June and merging with PlayStation Now,” even though it's well known that PS Now isn't available in India and Sony has no plans to bring it here just yet. In its global rollout plans, Sony added 11 European regions to the list of countries and territories where cloud streaming access is available, but India was nowhere to be seen predictably. This is also why India gets PS Plus Deluxe, which doesn't offer cloud streaming, unlike PS Plus Premium in other regions.

PS Plus Deluxe is also more affordable than PS Plus Premium, as Sony had promised. For instance, in the US, there's a 20 percent difference in price between PS Plus Extra ($14.99 per month) and PS Plus Premium ($17.99 per month). Whereas in India, the difference between PS Plus Extra (Rs. 749 a month) and PS Plus Deluxe (Rs. 849 a month) is a little over 13 percent. It's