PS Plus Vs Xbox Game Pass: Price, Features & Games Differences

Sony has finally announced its new version of PlayStation Plus, which combines PS Plus and PS Now into a single offering with additional, more expensive tiers available for those seeking extra benefits. Let's compare it to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass to see how the two popular membership programs in the console space match up.

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After months of speculation, Sony has finally and formally announced the changes it will be making to its PlayStation Plus online service. Launched in 2010, PS Plus has offered free games, cloud storage, access to multiplayer, and discounts on items available on the PlayStation Store. Ever since Xbox launched Game Pass, its subscription service that allows players to download and play games from a rotating catalogue of titles, people have been asking if PlayStation would change PlayStation Plus to compete.

In this video, we break down the three tiers of the new PlayStation Plus: PlayStation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Premium, and compare their pricing, the games available at each tier, and other benefits, like streaming PlayStation, PS2, PS3, PS, and PSP games. We also compare it to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate's offerings, which allows players to play on both an Xbox console and PC, as well as use xCloud streaming technology to play games.

The changes to PlayStation Plus will be rolling out in June 2022, for more on the changes to the service, as well as the list of the games that will be available, make sure you subscribe to GameSpot.

Timestamp
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Pricing
1:37 - PS Plus Benefits
3:18 - Game Pass Benefits
4:36 - The Games
5:40 - Day One Releases
7:33 - Outro

[Squimd]

I’m blessed with both consoles. I play my ps5 for exclusives and Xbox for everything else. Shocking I know…

[Meton]

Why do people keep saying "over 100 games" in xbox game pass? They're already over 400, right now.

[cen]

So a translation would be ‘Sony doesn’t want to lose some money and won’t give day one releases’. That being said I’m glad PS is getting a new subscription to enjoy

[Wickedroonz]

Didn’t even mention EA play… that shows how far ahead gamepass is.

[Angelfyre.]

I always hated the “Free Games Each Month” it’s not really free your paying monthly or yearly for those “free” games. Sure it’s a good value but that still doesn’t make em free.

[JayTraversJT]

Was anyone really shocked?
It could never be gamepass - that entire model is dedicated to being based around an open economy.
That’s not what ps is. They sell exclusives to drive hardware sales.
To change that in such short notice would be prone to damage.
They could make a gamepass equivalent entirely built for ps users only but that kinda defeats the purpose when you take pc users into account.
Ah well, I’m sure some will still benefit from this none the less and that’s all that matters.

[lunasmokezim]

Day One is the feature that most seem to be focusing on, but what I'm calling cycle rate is actually what matters here. Game Pass, cycles in a new batch of games every 2 weeks, some of those games tend to be day one. First, 3rd party and indie! And those games tend to do 12 month stays in the service, which PS Now does not. Currently the average in PS Now is between 3 to 6 months. That may change, but that's unlikely. Finally PS Plus and PS Now have a tendency to provide subscribers with the cheapest version( PS4 Version). Smart Delivery always gives you the best version for the platform you're playing on.

[CC-iyzk]

Gamepass is leagues above PS plus rebrand rn, but it’s just starting in June so I’ll give it some room to grow

[dr.arkhamplays]

Pretty underwhelming tbh. Looks like I have to keep Ps5 as a "exclusive machine" for the foreseeable future. It's unfortunate that we have to buy a console just to play 3-4 good exclusives.

[gendgree]

Not really much of a competition… I love ps but Xbox game pass will still be better… My main issue is that if I want to play classic ps3 games, then I NEED to cloud stream them which I don’t want to since my internet isn’t the most reliable connection

[BigBoss-tqoc]

i guess it good but unless there's great ps1, 2 and 3 to play i will be sticking with tier 1

[leepaoyang]

You miss the points system and the refund system that game pass offers.

[jesserogalski]

Easy.

Gamepass actually offers a lot more for less money.
You're buying a lackluster emulator with cherry picked legacy titles, the luxury of getting demos from one of the worst companies in the industry when it comes to refunds, and get to pay more than Gamepass; on top of Sony charging more for their games, as well as paid upgrades to their games.

If you only have a Playstation, I feel for you. They're getting more and more greedy.

[sudaldaldal]

u need to subscribe higher tier to just play 10hrs trial version of upcoming PS exclusive games while u can simply play full game in day one on game pass.
Nice job Sony 😆

[OptikRvB]

The real question, will they offer PS3 games for purchase in the online store cause at this point, it seems like they are offering 100 PS3 games ala cloud streaming which is not REALLY the same thing. PS2 and PS1 game offerings are already available for most people ala emulation, it's PS3 games that'd be a boon for this new service which are not as easily emulated

[BigALBoomer]

Never forget MS Rewards. For a few minutes of your day everyday you can buy GP Ultimate for free every month

[internet]

these guys couldn't make a more disorganized complicated video??

[USMCbrantley]

I just play games on my PC and Switch. So the last 3 years I've been using GamePass Ultimate and PS Now to play the titles from Xbox and PS. Its seriously the best value that's been saving me money so far. Also, I have xbox and ps controllers connected to my pc in case me or another person wants to use them to play.

Now sure I have to wait when it comes big PS titles buts that okay cause like said there's game pass and Switch

[melxb]

i can respect this, plenty to play and the must have titles i like to own physical copies of anyways...so i think the trials thing is cool, try a new game for 5 hours and then go and buy it if u like it

[Youraveragegamer_]

one is the netfix of games and one is the disney plus of games