As expected, PlayStation Now will be merged with the highest tier, PS Plus Premium. Its monthly cost is pretty high at $14.99/€13.99/£10.99, but there is an annual option that allows for quite the saving, bringing the monthly cost down to $9.99 for those willing to commit for twelve months. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan said that this is a terrific value proposition that wouldn’t be possible if the first-party games launched day and date on PS Plus Premium. Sony’s strategy continues to diverge from that of its main competitor, Microsoft, which decided a long time ago to bring all of its first-party games to the Game Pass subscription service on their launch day. While we didn’t get a full look at the lineup, Sony said the PS Plus Premium and PS Plus Extra tiers will get games like Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11, and Returnal when the new PlayStation Plus service launches in June. Out of these confirmed titles, Housemarque’s Returnal is the most recent, but it’ll still be over a year old by the time it becomes available on PS Plus Premium/Extra. Stay tuned for more information on the overhauled PlayStation Plus as it becomes available.
