We asked: What do you think of the new PS Plus coming tomorrow? Almost 5,000 responded

Tomorrow, June 23rd, the new PS Plus will be released for PS4 and PS5, which is a bit based on Microsoft’s “Game Pass”. But how does that go down with our readers? Almost 5,000 of you replied to us and the trend is clear.

Sony will also launch the new PS Plus models in Germany tomorrow, which will be merged with PS Now and become a kind of “Game Pass” like its competitor Microsoft.

We asked you in a survey which PS Plus subscription you will get and what you think of the offer in general.

These are the results of our survey: After currently 4,736 votes (as of June 22, 11:00 a.m.), the poll results look like this:

• Essential: 28%, 1,335 votes
• Extra: 21%, 999 votes
• I’m not convinced of the new PS Plus: 21%, 983 votes
• Premium: 16%, 780 votes
• I’m still unsure: 13%, 639 votes

So there is a clear trend. Almost half of you (49% combined) are not convinced by the new PS Plus and will remain with the Essentials subscription, which corresponds to the previous PS Plus.

Almost exactly 1,000 readers make the upgrade to an extra subscription, where at least 400 more games are available. But not even one in five of you also wants to use the streaming offer and the game trials that are offered with the premium subscription.

In this video we explain the new PS Plus to you in entertaining 2 minutes:

This is how the new PS Plus works

The new models look like this: You have the choice between 3 models, Essential, Extra and Premium. These offer a different number of features, which is reflected in the price:

feature	Essential	extra	Premium
2 free games per month	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exclusive deals at the PS Storee	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cloud storage	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online multiplayer	Yes	Yes	Yes
400 games to download	no	Yes	Yes
340 games to stream	no	no	Yes
Selected game trials	no	no	Yes
Price Monthly / Yearly	€8.99 / €59.99	€13.99 / €99.99	€16.99 / €119.99

Essential is PS Plus as you know it so far. With Extra, 400 games are part of the subscription, which you can then download and play for free. Premium comes with 340 games to stream and game trials.

You can find out which subscription is worthwhile for you here:

You made these comments

That’s what you say about the new PS Plus: As usual, in our comments on the changes to PS Plus, you had a lively and detailed discussion. Here we would like to present you some of the most popular of your comments.

Bee bird, for example, can possibly imagine the extra subscription, but doubts the sense of such a subscription model as a whole. The problem here is more the time than the price:

The extra package is the most interesting for me, but only because I already have Plus.

I also have to say in general: I’m probably in the minority here or just too “old”, but with the whole Game Pass issue I’m wondering… Why do I need a subscription service for games? Sure – the model is very successful in other entertainment areas – Netflix, Spotify. What is successful is always copied. I understand that objectively.

But then I really look at it and … it’s nice to theoretically have access to all these games, but honestly – I can’t play them all anyway. I can’t keep up with what I still want to play, how should that be with a subscription? It’s definitely cool to try out, but then the money is kind of a shame for me. In the last few years, I’ve bought a maximum of two games a year from scratch when they’re released.

In addition, there are my other subscription experiences, or how I use them or not.
Actually, I could unsubscribe from Netflix, for example. I watch a movie once a week! […] So long story: Personally, I don’t need a Game Pass. Neither by Sony nor by the box. I guess I’m just not the target audience, I don’t know. But as I said, I don’t need another subscription that I don’t use to the full anyway. So I prefer to stay away. 🙂

MeinMMO-User Bienenvogel

BavEagle also sees a lack of time for the games as a bigger problem than the offer in general or the associated prices:

The new “PlayStation Plus” is certainly not innovative and does not guarantee any competition with the “Xbox Game Pass”. However, the question arises, which PlayStation player needs that?

It’s not just your library that’s overflowing with unplayed games, even mine and friends’, although we’ve only put a few monthly free games in the library in a very targeted manner. Quantity just isn’t a substitute for quality, and “cheap is awesome” mentality doesn’t make for quality games at all either. But multiplayer games in particular want to be played for a long time in order to play them properly, and there simply isn’t enough time for a large number of good single-player games either.

That’s why I see the new “PlayStation Plus” positively, because at least with regard to the usual PS+ everything remains the same and above all in terms of price. If that wasn’t enough for me, I would have switched to the Xbox with the new generation of consoles, but so many games just don’t add any value to me.

Whether I’ll consider an upgrade to “PlayStation Plus Extra” after all, time and the games contained there will tell. For 2 to 3 games, which I could get in the sale for a similar price, it is currently not worth the extra charge to me.

MeinMMO user BavEagle

huhu_2345 wants to try the most expensive option anyway:

I’ll probably try Premium for a year. If it doesn’t bring me any real added value, I then switch to Extra.

MeinMMO user huhu_2345

The streaming options from the premium subscription do not seem to convince you in general. Users such as Todesdose would have preferred PC downloads to cloud gaming, which he sees critically in view of the German Internet.

Was hoping that it would be possible to download and play games on the PC, just like with Game Pass, especially with the old games. It is precisely the possibility of using Xbox and PC that makes this so interesting. Streaming is just not feasible for me because of the Internet developing country Germany, too bad.

MeinMMO-User Death Box

This is just a small selection of many great and interesting comments. Your statements thus confirm the findings of our survey: you are largely satisfied with the status quo, you don’t urgently need a “Game Pass” from Sony.

What do you think of the results of our poll? Do you agree with the comments? And which PS Plus subscription will you choose when the time comes tomorrow? Tell us in the comment box below.

For shooter fans, we have already selected 5 highlights for you that you can play with the Extra and Premium subscriptions:

The 5 best multiplayer shooters in the new PS Plus “Game Pass” on PS4 & PS5