Sony has released more details about PlayStation Plus and revealed how the share of Extra and Premium tiers is developing.
PlayStation Plus started last year in the three-tier program, which consists of Essential, Extra and Premium. As part of the recent Business Segment Meeting, Sony released information that gives a glimpse of the distribution of memberships.
The Declarations According to Sony, the top tier has exactly eight million members, accounting for 17 percent of all subscribers, while PS Plus Extra attracted 6.1 million users in March 2023, accounting for 13 percent of all members. This makes Premium more successful than Extra, which can not least be justified by the price.
While PS Plus Essential costs around 60 euros, PS Plus Extra costs around 100 euros. For a further surcharge of only 20 euros, you can already subscribe to PS Plus Premium for one year.
30 percent upgraded
Overall, 30 percent of regular PS Plus subscribers have upgraded to one of the more expensive options, according to Sony, with Sony’s latest membership count over the past month was 47.4 million. The chart below shows how membership growth occurred at the higher-priced tiers.
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium offer a few advantages over the Essential membership. This includes the games catalog with hundreds of games that subscribers can access at no additional cost. In addition, there are the Ubisoft+ Classics. From the premium level, the catalog of classics, the trial versions of games and cloud streaming are added.
The Extra and Premium libraries are regularly expanded. After the beginning of the month New additions to Essential were activated, the new ones have also been available since last week Games for Extra and Premium ready to download.
However, games are also occasionally removed from the libraries. Which titles have to give way in the upcoming June, we reveal in this message.
But subscribers to all three PlayStation Plus tiers can expect new additions again in June. Once again, the dates can be predicted. The Essential games are expected to be announced on May 31, 2023 before their release on June 6, 2023. On June 14, 2023 (announcement) and on June 20, 2023 (activation) it will be the turn of the new additions for Extra and Premium.
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