Sony's PS+ Deluxe Is A Consolation Prize For Countries Where It Won't Invest In Cloud Streaming
Sony has announced its new PS+ subscription tiers, which were formerly known under the codename Spartacus, and which we now know offers three subscription levels. However, certain regions and countries will miss out on the highest tier of this plan.
While the 'PS+ Essential' tier is basically the same as what PS+ members are currently getting; the new 'PS+ Extra' tier will add a catalogue of up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games that players can download. The highest tier is PS+ Premium, which basically combines the cloud-streaming subscription PS Now with PS Plus and adds a further 340 games. But PlayStation subscribers in regions such as the whole of Latin America and countries such as South Korea and Singapore will miss out on this tier, but will have their own tier in the form of a fourth offering.
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This is the PS+ Deluxe tier, for markets that do not have cloud streaming. Sony has said that this tier will be offered at a lower price compared to Premium, with local pricing varying by market. Deluxe includes all the benefits from the Essential and Extra tiers, along with the retro catalogue of PS1, PS2, and PSP games included in Premium. However, since cloud streaming is unavailable in these territories, the PS3 games will not be included.
Sony hasn't been able to offer backwards compatibility on PS4 or PS5 for PS3 games, as there are various issues to do with hardware and software emulation, but cloud streaming has been a way to get around this. But since PS Now and cloud streaming was unavailable anyway in these markets, this means the Deluxe tier will not include this particular capability. However, the lower price of this tier compared to
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