Playstation’s new subscription is now rolling out with the Asian market getting first access starting May 24, 2022. The rest of the world will be done in staggered release with Japan, Sony’s home country, getting by June 2nd and the Americas by June 13th. Europe, Australia, and New Zealand will follow by June 23rd.
The new subscription will see a revision to Sony’s previous PlayStation Plus strategy which had members receiving online service access for multiplayer and online saves but also monthly games. Players have gone cold to the model as it has become obvious that once a new game arrives, Sony’s model won’t be able to fulfill to satisfaction the expectation that the free games incentives had intended.
This is in large contrast to Xbox’s Game Pass model and their Game Pass Ultimate which grants both Xbox and PC gamers access to nearly the entire Xbox games catalog including release day games both on Xbox and PC. The library is also bolstered further with Microsoft’s partnership with EA to add their own large library of games as well as Microsoft’s recent acquisition of AAA studios under Activision. This means that under the Microsoft Xbox Studios umbrella, Bethesda Games and Blizzard exist together with Call of Duty and a lot more… a whole lot more.
Sony effectively retaliated by acquiring the developer most synonymous to Xbox: Bungie, the maker of Halo. That acquisition still ongoing with most recent news the FTC wants to hear more from Sony to prevent antitrust issues.
The other retaliatory act from Sony is he new PlayStation Plus plans. The new plans recreates the PS+ model into a 3-tier vertical and fuses PS+ and PS Now into one service, PS Now being the gamestreaming service from Sony which is currently only available in certain regions.
The new plans will be as follows:
- PS+ Essential
- PS+ Extra
- PS+ Deluxe
- PS+ Premium
The tiers feature increasingly better incentive but with PS Now being a region-limited service, it does also play into the plans e.g. Deluxe vs. Premium. The breakdown of the plans is below: 
Prices for the new PlayStation Plus plans are as follows:
- PlayStation Plus Essential
- United States
- $9.99 monthly / $24.99 quarterly / $59.99 yearly
- Europe
- €8.99 monthly / €24.99 quarterly / €59.99 yearly
- United Kingdom
- £6.99 monthly / £19.99 quarterly / £49.99 yearly
- Japan
- ¥850 monthly / ¥2,150 quarterly / ¥5,143 yearly
- South Korea
- KRW 7,500 monthly / KRW 18,800 quarterly / KRW 44,900 yearly
- Hong Kong
- HK$ 48 monthly / HK$ 128 quarterly / HK$ 308 yearly
- Taiwan
- NT$ 198 monthly / NT$ 488 quarterly / NT$ 1,188 yearly
- Singapore
- SGD 8.90 monthly / SGD 21.90 quarterly / SGD 53.90 yearly
- Malaysia
- MYR 29 monthly / MYR 69 quarterly / MYR 159 yearly
- Thailand
- THB 210 monthly / THB 490 quarterly / THB 1,190 yearly
- Indonesia
- Rp89,000 monthly / Rp229,000 quarterly / Rp559,000 yearly
- United States
- PlayStation Plus Extra
- United States
- $14.99 monthly / $39.99 quarterly / $99.99 yearly
- Europe
- €13.99 monthly / €39.99 quarterly / €99.99 yearly
- United Kingdom
- £10.99 monthly / £31.99 quarterly / £83.99 yearly
- Japan
- ¥1,300 monthly / ¥3,600 quarterly / ¥8,600 yearly
- South Korea
- KRW 11,300 monthly / KRW 31,000 quarterly / KRW 75,300 yearly
- Hong Kong
- HK$ 75 monthly / HK$ 215 quarterly / HK$ 515 yearly
- Taiwan
- NT$ 298 monthly / NT$ 808 quarterly / NT$ 1,988 yearly
- Singapore
- SGD 13.90 monthly / SGD 35.90 quarterly / SGD 89.90 yearly
- Malaysia
- MYR 44 monthly / MYR 114 quarterly / MYR 269 yearly
- Thailand
- THB 320 monthly / THB 810 quarterly / THB 2,000 yearly
- Indonesia
- Rp135,000 monthly / Rp379,000 quarterly / Rp935,000 yearly
- United States
- PlayStation Plus Deluxe
- United States
- $17.99 monthly / $49.99 quarterly / $119.99 yearly
- Europe
- €16.99 monthly / €49.99 quarterly / €119.99 yearly
- United Kingdom
- £13.49 monthly / £39.99 quarterly / £99.99 yearly
- Japan
- ¥1,550 – monthly / ¥4,300 – quarterly / ¥10,250 yearly
- United States
- PlayStation Plus Premium
- South Korea
- KRW 12,900 monthly / KRW 35,400 quarterly / KRW 86,500 yearly
- Hong Kong
- HK$ 85 monthly / HK$ 239 quarterly / HK$ 599 yearly
- Taiwan
- NT$ 338 monthly / NT$ 928 quarterly / NT$ 2,288 yearly
- Singapore
- SGD 15.90 monthly / SGD 40.90 quarterly / SGD 103.90 yearly
- Malaysia
- MYR 50 monthly / MYR 130 quarterly / MYR 309 yearly
- Thailand
- THB 370 monthly / THB 930 quarterly / THB 2,300 yearly
- Indonesia
- Rp155,000 monthly / Rp435,000 quarterly / Rp1,075,000 yearly
- South Korea
For those already on PS+, your plan will convert to the Essential plan and will continue to be such as it is the basic plan. For regions PS Now, they will be moved to the PS+ Premium plan and PS Now will be retired.
For a list of games, please see Sony’s official post here. SEA regions can now access the new plans with all the benefits online under their target plans.
