PS Plus Extra, Premium Will Add New PS5, PS4 Games Every Month, Sony Confirms

Hopefully the team working on PS3 emulation gets it sorted sooner rather than later.

As for the rest, very excited for whats to come

They are removing another 56 games in may from ps now library. Last month they removed 30+.

This was expected since Extra/Premium are replacing Now, and new games monthly is an existing benefit of Now.

No surprise there. Every subscription service I can think of like this has a rotating line-up. Although it'll be a big mistake, IMO, if older first-party releases like Returnal, Miles Morales, God of War, etc. aren't permanently accessible.

im hoping they announce the ps1 games that will be included soon!!

@Bamila that's so they can add a few of them back onto this every month and call them 'new' 🤣

Hope this applies to PS1, PS2 and PSP games too. Maybe also PS3?

All i want is Gran Turismo 2 and NFS Underground 2 to be backwards compatible

I get the impression this is just going to be Now all over again, but with the addition of some PS5 titles. Until they start showing the goods, I can’t see how anybody could be excited for this.

@DnBSkillz Every Game that has real life Ads and Licences has about a 0% chance to be included

So there updating the PS4 and PS5 games every month but not PS1, PS2 and PS3? I knew it would be like that, I didn't think it would apply to those. I always said that whatever PS1, PS2 and PS3 games are on there is what will always be there and never any new ones.

I do wish they would change it so you get to keep the monthly PS Plus games (now PS Plus Essential). I thought the draw of getting a couple free games a month was a good one, although if you decide to cancel PS+, POOF they all get removed from your library. I have 150+ games in there now.

Granted I am not going to cancel anytime soon, and probably will try the higher tiers, but I always thought it would be more of a selling point to actually keep the games, then have them only available during your subscription period.

I think a lot of people will be wanting to know what sort of games are going to be part of the subscription. We know that first party games aren't going to launch on the service day one but will that be the same for third party.

Also does the catalogue look very similar to the Now catalogue as it stands or are they going for a total refresh. I'm imagining more the former but with a few newer titles added in.

I'm at a point now where I own all ps4 and current ps5 jrpgs and playstation exclusives so I can't see how this service will be any good for me, though what would be good is if they can get new third party day one exclusives, especially forspoken 😉😉

Am I the only one getting borderline insane because they don't announce the classic games?
Also, that "up to 400" will be half shovelware or crap selections like the half of PSNow catalogue...
I would prefer 100 solid titles like Gamepass (of course they have some stinkers there) than quantity over quality!

@LuisCruz13 It doesn't sound like it.

@Bamila I cant find any info on whats left the last few months. do you have the lists? cheers mate. thats too many to cull. but according to their old official numbers of games and their new quoted numbers it was a hundred less... so it looks like we are getting less games and not more.

That is gross, no wonder why every month the games on the basic ps+ is so crap 🙄🙄🙄

I would consider getting the service to download PS4 games, I don't have a ps5 anyways but if the price added to how I pay for the standard service is extortionate I won't give them a penny

@AFCC excalty, I don't think I would have the time to play all those games anyways, I have close to 300 digital PS4 games anyways, why pay for a service if I wouldn't have time to play them anyway?

@get2sammyb Whole article about it here,

https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/121506-games-leaving-ps-now-may-update-56-without-warning/?page=5#comment-2544945

@IonMagi damn it forgot especially underground 2 since cingular is no longer around thank you for reminding me

Give me access to all the Gran Turismo and Metal Gear games and that'll be enough for me. I do hope native PS3 support comes because streaming still sucks.

Of course they'll add more PS4/5 games every month and rotate the selection of games available. I never expected a 'static' list of games and, like most Subscription services, they would need to add 'new' titles to keep encouraging people to not only subscribe, but keep subscribed for the 'next' month's new games coming.

That too means that some games will drop out of the service to be replaced by whatever 'new' games come to that service. I am not expecting new releases to come in 'every' month and certainly NOT Sony's own first party games, but by 'new' games, I mean new to PS+, not new releases.

Its the same as PSNow which adds a new selection of titles whilst others drop out - its the same with Game Pass (MLB21 left as MLB22 was added, Medium was on for a year before leaving etc).

Maybe there will be some 'day 1' releases too - particularly indie or online only games where large numbers of players are more 'beneficial' to long term success than 'sales' - games that are dependent on a large community to improve the overall experience - much harder to matchmake and have 'low ping' if there aren't many online playing.

But this is nothing I wouldn't of 'expected' at all. It doesn't make me want to 'upgrade', but then I didn't want to upgrade before when this is exactly what I expected.

Just had an email from Sony regarding the new tiers.....they're giving you the longer of whatever your sub is if you have both!!!

So for me, Plus until 2027 and 1 year of Now I bought last.month gets converted to Premium until 2027!

Fair play to Sony 👍

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/ps-plus-usage-terms-temp/

'If you are subscribed to both services when the new PlayStation Plus launches, you will be migrated into the PlayStation Plus Premium membership plan and you will have a new single payment date based on the longer of your two subscriptions"

@Scob is that a direct quote? I've had an email today too (and another before that) but both were just slightly too vague to draw any conclusions as to how this was going to work:

"As a current member of both services, your subscriptions will be combined into a single PlayStation Plus subscription plan, with a single recurring payment date and price, unless one or both of your memberships expire before the new service launches."

it's very clear from my email that I'm going to start on PS Plus Premium, but not so clear what happens in October when my PS Now runs out (but I still have Plus for another year or two)

Also, if we're interpreting it as "PS Plus subscribers that have PS Now, get premium for their whole subscription", then the below paragraph seems to suggest that a PS Plus subscriber could get themselves onto Premium just by having an active PS Now subscription (e.g. one month) just before the new subscriptions go live:

"If one (or both) of your subscriptions is due to end before the new service launches, you can change your subscription settings so that it continues and, when the new service launches, you will move onto a new plan, keeping all your benefits3. If one of your subscriptions end before the new service launches you will move onto a membership plan that ensures you keep the benefits of the subscription that you have at launch."

which seems almost too easy to save a ton of money, but at the same time is pretty hilarious given that people were rushing to get hold of dsicounted year subscriptions for PS Now, if all they really needed to do was subscribe for a month just before the new plans go live...

@UltimateOtaku91 Give all those JRPG to me 😈

Hopefully more than the meagre offering of 3 or 4 a month games currently with PS Now?

@danlk1ng I know right?!

Unless they've disabled upgrading from now until launch...not sure. But the wording is pretty unambiguous, one sub for the longer of both services.

@Scob I'm tempted to buy one or two more years of PS Plus - if there's a decent offer on then great, otherwise ShopTo's prices aren't to be sniffed at. Worst case, I'm buying myself a couple more years of the "essential" tier

@Scob yeah, I was only doubtful because my email doesn't say that (not specifically the words "the longer of your two subscriptions" anyway). Found it though, on the main PS Plus page, right near the bottom in the FAQ:

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-plus/

If I am subscribed to both PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, what happens to my subscriptions and payment date?

If you are subscribed to both services when the new PlayStation Plus launches, you will be migrated into the PlayStation Plus Premium membership plan and you will have a new single payment date based on the longer of your two subscriptions. You will be notified via email of your new payment date and subscription fee.

@danlk1ng i'll be starting on the lower tier (£49.99) and once my sub runs out at the end of november and i renew my sub i'll stay on the same one i'm on now unless i decide to upgrade..i'm not finding this hard to work out..

@get2sammyb https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayStationNow/comments/ucb8n8/total_of_56_unannounced_games_leaving_in_may/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

You can find list from last month there too somewhere.

@Ralizah God of war already on ps plus.been part of ps plus collection since ps5 launched

@get2sammyb there definitely needs to be a PushSquare article telling people they can subscribe to just one month of PS Now (assuming Sony don't have some kind of unstated cut off, but the way they're describing it seems to plainly state that literally "if you have both services on launch day, you get Premium") to convert their whole PS Plus sub to PS Plus Premium. I mean there was a PSA about saving £10 on HFW by buying the PS4 version, this could save some folks hundreds of pounds (on extra benefits they might potentially use very little )

Well yes, I presumed this, did anyone think differently. Surely it’s just plus and now combined, so you get the plus games to keep and other games in a catalogue can rotate in and out. Depending on the number of games this might even be better than having both previously because now Sony can’t double up on games going to both services (one would hope anyway).

@Snake_V5 kinda suck if that appears to be the case. Guess it's why they said that PSP, PS1 and PS2 games will be ones that were "beloved", which means anyone who probably wanted an underrated obscure gem to appear in the service is out of luck...

@danlk1ng Reddit is saying they've disabled any Now codes or purchases, not sure if they've done the same for Plus until this launches.

Turns out loads of already stacked cheap Plus and enough Now to cover June wins big 👍

@LuisCruz13 Yeah and it's also dependent on what "Sony" deem classic and beloved games. They may not pick what we think but we'll have to wait and see about that.

I wonder if Sony will remove the PS Now icon from the PS4 and PS5 dashboard? It wouldn't be needed anymore would it since it's all now under PS Plus.

They will tell us every last detail except for the actual games at launch. Exemplary PR.

So here's a question and apologies if it has been asked (I haven't read the comments yet.)

If we download the games, will it work like current PS+ and you keep the games on your system or in your library for the duration of your sub or will they be separate from your library and thus your access to them ends when they leave the service?

I understand no one knows the answer but it would be good to know this.

@Juvenlast Sony have confirmed games will rotate in and out so unlike Plus, games could leave even if you download them and remain subbed.

It's the one downside, but then again same as Gamepass with third party stuff

@Scob I was afraid that is what that meant. Hopefully they don't remove games too quickly or often.

@IonMagi

Yepp. Agree 100%.

I honestly believe that’s the reason MGS4 is stuck on PS3. That game had a crazy amount of licensed content in it. Everything from the music to fricking MacBooks and iPods. Complete with full branding. Plus they licensed actual real world firearms rather than using generic names and designs.

They could strip it all out, but Konami probably doesn’t want to spend the money to do it, since it would require a significant amount of rework in the graphics.

@Juvenlast I think there'll be more than enough to keep you occupied tbh. Heck, I'm not even near caught up with my existing backlog let alone whatever this thing adds.

@OrtadragoonX Yeah I almost forgot how much product placement the older MGS Games also had...Soda, Energy Bars...

Something interesting to consider; I'm one of the guys who loaded up on Now subscriptions to get Premium at a reasonable price. My email tells me I get access to the 400+ PS4/5 games and 300+ PS1/2/3 games. So, any rumours that Now subscribers / loophole exploiters get shafted in terms of the tiers can hopefully be consigned to the rubbish bin

@Golem25 Yep, and same for people who are loaded up with years of PS+ from cheap ass sales and took out a Now sub until after June because they get Premium too for the whole length.

This email was very warmly received

Hey, I have been a bit out of the PlayStation loop for a while in terms of playing games. With the new subs are any of the tiers like game pass in the same that some games are available via cloud only? I was sure there wasn’t but anyone who can advise? Appreciated. Cheers.

@Scob I invested in Now until March 2027, even though I had never subscribed previously. Quite the caper.... if the unrevealed list of games turns out to be decent.

@Golem25 I am covered with Premium until early 2026. I'm half tempted to boost my Plus for another year or two to extend it even further as that can still be purchased via the store, but on the other hand I'm nervous to mess around with anything to do with my subs now before June in case something goes wrong and I lose what I've already gained lol

I just want more classics but no doubt we'll get what we're given & they won't bother adding any more of the older games

@Ralizah You are definitely not wrong that it would be a mistake, but it wouldn't surprise me if they do have even their first party exclusives be on there for only a timeframe. They did the same on PS Now even though it made no sense to when none of them were remotely new.

If I'm wrong, great, but Sony has given me very little reason to be super optimistic that all of this will be done right.

@AFCC I counted the Gamepass games and there's over 300 games not including gold. I was surprised myself.

Not enough information from Sony on this. I can see this failing really bad and the funny thing is Sony only have themselves to blame.

@Scob you seem very knowledgeable on this subject so I'll direct this question to you. When my psplus sub runs out at the end of May and I'll get premium in mid June due to my Now subscription, do you know if my psplus games from the past will be gone because of the 2 week absence?

I'm very interested in plus premium but I really really needed to see the games list first and that'll be my buy or not to buy decision

@UltimateOtaku91 Well you could try other genres my guy

@themcnoisy well, I'll be damned lol I was under the impression they had less games but I guess EA Play and Bethesda filled their catalogue