NEW PlayStation Plus Explained: Which is the Best Option? 

What are your thoughts on the new PS Plus? Hope you enjoyed my coverage of it.

Extra is definitely the best value. Premium still needs a little work but it has potential.

I am so glad I found your channel a few months ago when I got my PS5. Love the calm and „clean“ feeling of each of your videos; no long intro, no bullshit, always straight to the point. Keep up the great work, your production quality is amazing! Greetings from Germany :)

Extra is pretty much the sweet spot, lots of great games and although I feel it will be hard to keep pace with gamepass I'm just relieved that I have a library that will last a long time while all the heavy hitters slide into discount range.

Great video. I watched several other videos on the topic and didn’t really understood the differences between the subscriptions until now. I am currently waiting for my new ps5 to arrive to start playing and have decided to go for the Ps+ extra as i don’t really see the value from the premium. Thank you and keep it up with the awesome videos.

Great video as always, top review! I’m personally just sticking with Essential until more is added over time then I will consider upgrading on my ps5. I am completely with you on the Driver for PS1 being added though. If they do that I would sign up for Extra or Premium in a heartbeat haha. Thanks for all the info, it’s cleared up some questions I had.

Premium offers initially good features, until you realize the scope of selection for the classic games, once the libraries are increased, it will great!

Just found your channel after searching up the differences between each tier. This is the content i look for. A quick overview of what you will cover, actual coverage of said content, no ads no bs. We're getting a ps5 this week so thank you for the info! We're going for the extra plan. Thanks again mate

Thank you so much for this video. I have been looking for some thing that answers my questions that I don’t even know the question I have.. it’s perfect and help me make the best decision. Thank you again. 🙏🏽

I have had both extra and Premium/Deluxe. Extra is definitely the best choice if your not sure to go straight onto Premium or not.

I’m sticking with the basic package. As someone with little time for games these days I want to play new PS5 games that wow me - not dated back catalogue oddities. That’s just me tho

As always love your videos bro. Great. I’m heading for the Premium and that is only because i can get it will a little top up but when my sub expires extra is definitely where i will be going

Very helpful. Gonna go with the mid tier. Just not enough of the classics I enjoyed as kid to justify the price jump

Great points and I agree Extra seems like the best option now. Thank you for this video, exactly what I needed to make a decision on what plan to land on.

I’m currently on extra right now as I think it’s the best option for what I’m after as there’s a few ps5/4 games I haven’t played before . Plus I’m guessing sly cooper is gonna be revealed some time this year as it’s not included in premium

YAY!! I was so hoping you’d make this video! 🎉❤️

Hello. Great video. I have 2 questions: 1- With the premium version, do I need to have the physical PlayStation box to do some cloud streaming, or I can play the games I wish (with-in the catalog) without the need of having the physical box (just like I can do with Microsoft cloud gaming)? 2- the games available to stream play are only the ones available to ps1,2 and 3 or it includes also the ones for PS4 and PS5? Thanks.

My essential subscription is due July. I’ll prob go Extra. Cant see many games I actually want to play in premium. I also agree the trials should exist in the essential not premium. That doesn’t make any sense. Keep up the quality videos mate. 👍

Thank bro for helping me decide what to get!

Yow this man clarified everything I wanted to hear in the first sentence,unlike other videos TY sir

Yeah I'll be honest, I've had PS Plus and PS Now for at least two years, and I'll definitely say that PS Extra is the best value option here. PS Premium offers effectively the same as PS Now but less games. The game demos should be in the Extra tier instead of Premium. The streaming aspect is nowhere near as good as having downloaded titles, most won't want to play PS3 titles, let alone stream games that will have more frame dips than PS4 titles, and I have a really solid internet connection giving me anywhere from 6-30ms in online multiplayer titles. The Classic Games Catalogue is really small, offering a limited selection of PS1, PS2, and PSP games through both PS4 and PS5 versions to download. In theory if these offered trophies, you'd have both the PS4 and PS5 versions to play if you have a PS5. This also includes remasters of games and PS4 titles. I've been streaming Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga and there are noticeable screen glitches with movement and skipping. PS3 games are also streamed at 720p, which isn't ideal but it was the default resolution for the PS3 for almost every game. Would I get Premium again? Personally no, since it's £100 for a year for an insane amount of titles but the games are so old that you're missing out on the latest experiences. I feel Extra offers the current titles for a great price. It just depends on how much time you wish to spend gaming and whether or not you have the latest titles on your mind or have the classic titles revolving around your gaming experience.

Very good Informative video. I only just realised things have changed as I haven't been on my ps4 for a few months. I was hoping one day they would merge ps now with ps plus considering Xbox ultimate, so I'm glad they have done it now. Some of those classic games would be of interest to me, but aside from cloud gaming the ps extra seems the more like for like to Xbox ultimate and for basically the same price too. That's sold it for more really. Put that extra couple quid towards content ha.

I got my PS5 Disc Console tonight. I was wondering which one to get. I think I will do a yearly plan of premium. THANKS for your video

Awesome upload mate!

Great video mate, big ups from Devon

Game Trials is the most powerful thing about Premium. Bring me back to those demo stations at the stores. Breaking your neck to try the latest game out at the time. If PlayStation really wants to stand against competition they would let anyone with at least the Extra subscription to experience Game Trials. If not all plans.

Helpful video,thanks!

As someone who just newly got a ps5 and haven’t played any of the exclusives, premium actually looks the best at least for the first year. I’ll be able to play some of the older games a never played as well as the new games. For the first year I’m definitely thinking going premium, then maybe downgrading to extra depending if they make big changes or not.

The premium option is 60 euro extra on top of the mandatory plus subscription. It think it great value for money. Buying one new game like tloa remake, sets you back 70 euro's for a game we already played multiple times on multiple platforms. I like the trial period option. It no fun when you actually put money down for a game you immediately hate to play. Only thing that potential could suck is when your favourite game is deleted from the menu, and you can't play it anymore. Specially the older platform games. I would like to see the 007 bond games added also the tomb raider games. Played the pirates of the carribian and the monotonous way of slaying enemies and the blurred vision on the screen made me stop.

I love this channel just hope u upload more frequently

I love that you upload in 4K

I just recently bought another PS4 after my original one stopped working almost a decade ago. I missed a lot of stuff in the time I was gone and had a whole list of things I wanted to buy now that I have a working one. I accidentally clicked on the PS Plus tab on the PS4 menu today and took a look around and basically every game I had on the list was being offered on there so buying the Premium membership was the easiest decision ever. Now I have like 20 games queued up to download. Final Fantasy VII Remake alone makes it worth the price. I had planned on going to buy it this afternoon and now I don’t have to. It’s such a good deal for someone new (or returning) to PS4 that it almost feels illegal.

Hi SpawnPoiint! Amazing video, it reflects how you love gaming, from a ps fan to another, just thanks for having created this wonderful channel. PS plus 💙

Extra is definitely the best for many people because it saves a lot of money. I have the digital edition, but if I had gotten disc edition, I could BUY physical CD of these games from resellers But paying for Extra, I am saving so much money than if I had just bought the physical copies of these games. Premium definitely has potential.. in the future. It needs time for a bigger catalogue of classics. And I also want to be able to stream PS5 games, not just PS4 or older. Remote Play is a thing for PC.. but it feels a bit janky.

Awesome video man appreciate the input and you helped me with my decision

Thanks Sir, you're Amazing and straight to the Point. Every RU-vidr should learn from you.

Love his videos fr 🖤🖤🖤🖤

This man is just sooo underrated. God bless this man 🙏🏽❤. Love the amount off effort put into the vids.

In Australia for an upgrade from essential to extra is $51.98 & our premium is called deluxe with is 70.89 for an upgrade

Boom been waiting for your input on this !

Extra is it for me. It comes with all of the pros of essential but with the games catalogue. Premium needs a work around.

Was kinda hoping there would be more psp games ngl as I love that console and there was many great games for it but I'm guessing there will be more in the future also I'm hoping they add the original gran turismo games and maybe the getaway games fingers crossed 🤞🤞

Your methodology is very interesting, I like your content

I think the game trials are a really important feature. It has saved me already a couple hundred dollars. Trying out games I wanted, then realising they were pretty trash. So to me its definitely worth the $20 extra. Plus they have quite a few ps4 titles i wanted that are not available with the extra tier. Thats dependant on person obviously. I think they should give newer release games to the premium tier for maybe a month before it goes in the games catalogue.

Really hope they add Silent Hill 1-4 and the rest of the original Resident Evil titles. Funny thing is I own them all on disc, and yet playing touched up versions of these classics is enough to persuade me.

Great video!⚡️ Really helpful!

Awesome mate. your videos are really informative and well put together. Thanks

Great ps plus video! I bought the premium for the year, simply because it was just $20usd more (per year). I may or may play the classic games or stream🤷🏾‍♂️. If you 100% absolutely know you're not going to play the classics or stream the ps3 games, essential is the way to go.

I already knew the ins and outs, however I watched anyway as SpawnPoiint videos are literally some of the best content on RU-vid👌🏽🙏

Thanks you for your video and channel

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel

Nice stuff SpawnPoiint. The Premium Tier I would have jumped on instantly, if the PS3 Games was Downloadable rather than just straight up Streaming, so I went for the Extra Tier, having PS5 Games like Demon Souls, Returnal and Spider-Man: Miles Morales plus other quality PS4 Titles just made a No Brainer really. Biomutant by the way is a really fun Game, it's gotten alot of stick but if you can get into it, it's really cool overall.

There were 2 particular games that I wanted in the classics catalog that are not there which if they were I would 100% get the premium package. But since they're not I just got the extra package because to me I feel that's worth it.

I have a question, will i be able to play the games I downloaded from the game catalogue when i had ps plus extra later on when i get the essential plan.

My boy stay dropping heat for us 👌🏾🔥

Definitely extra! Super reasonable price with so many games to choose from. Its actually pretty awesome.

Considering just how price gouged the early PlayStation games are, I hope we get a ton of PS1 and PS2 games added. Simpsons Hit and Run for example runs close to $60 USD when the game should run no more than $20 USD given just how many copies sold!

I'm gonna have to try out Premium, I'm so stoked they have Ape Escape and Toy Story 2. Both of those games instantly take me back to my childhood

I'm a newbie to gaming and just got my PS5. Thank you for this helpful advice on PlayStation Plus! Appreciate you!

I had ps now and plus before so now I automatically got Premium and I will say, despite the few cool features like game trials, overall its hard to recomend it right now. The only major thing you would be missing with Extra is the classic catalog, but outside of the ps3 games theres barely anything there, so theres not really a reason to worry about that, besides, a few classic games are available as their remasters on Extra. If I were to recomend a plan it would be Extra, 100%. You get a huge amount of games for a very reasonable price and still get the monthly games from the essential plan which means... well.... more games! Not saying Premium is bad, I just dont think its worth it right now, but theres a chance it will get better in the next year or so, but unless thats the case, I will change to Extra once my Premium plan gets to an end

Extra is definitely worth it

looking at the games you've downloaded, you have a good taste! def getting ps plus extra

I'm continuing my PS plus 💙 subscription from last year so I've been migrated to PS+ Essential but the PS+ Extra looks like the best bang for my buck, will upgrade once my current plan ends.

Hit that "LIKE" button everyone, great job as always keep up the great work 👍🏼👌🏽

Good review thank you

I was looking for a good review and comparison video for these new PS Plus plans so I could understand how this works and this is the best one I found! Thank you!

Not quite Xbox game pass level but definitely a big step towards that direction which I love. Already a few exclusives I can finally play cause of this upgraded service. Great content as well mate!

PS PLUS 💙 I love SpawnPoiint's videos, so well filmed and a relaxing voice to listen to!

Although I agree Extra seems to be the sweet spot, I'm still going for Premium because I just bought myself a PS5 and I haven't owned a Playstation in 10 years. I grew up playing all those classics

You can buy certain Extra and Premium games individually as well. Great video! :)

Extra is the best for me because it has all the big games from PlayStation Now, but the Premium option is the best for those that want the Classics.

Well explained. So just upgraded to Extra, seems the best option (for me) currently. 👍

Great video! Thanks. I’m going to purchase the Extra subscription under the Black Friday offer of 25% discount and stack it for when my subscription ends in Jan.

Love to see them add : Get Away, Get Away Black Monday, Enter The Matrix, Matrix Path Of Neo.

I was extremely lucky in that a couple years ago I stacked my PS Plus up to mid 2025 for $40 CAN per year including taxes...after which I had tried PS Now for a year and it was set to expire June 16/22 and I was not going to renew it. Even though I was not going to continue my PS Now subscription and had it set not to renew, Sony gave me PS Plus Premium until mid 2025. I slipped in by 3 days!!! In hindsight, I was already thinking I should have stacked my PS Plus for even more years, even before the announcement of the new PS Plus plans, given the yearly subscription price was so good at the time...and now I wish it even more so... Having said that, I am extremely thankful for what I do have.

I already have most of the AAA titles on disc from the extra collection and I'm not really interested in playing retro games at the moment so it's a difficult one for me.

Extra is definitely worth the buck !! hopefully the premium will have better updates in game stream 👌

Thank for detailed video, man. You should also mention that on premium tier, some PS3 games are only streamable, not download.

PS+💙 I would like to see more classic games added, like Parasite Eve 1&2, Nightmare Creatures, GranTurismo 1, 2, 3, & 4

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I want to see that original driver also!

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Extra has unreal value for money! Makes me kinda sad I already own most of the PS5 games though lol

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What happens when you exceeds the time limit given to you on game trials? will the game start afresh or will it become unplayable or unavailable. Just curious answer me please 🙏

I've got the premium package and I love it your videos are very helpful thanks so much for everything

PS Plus 💙 Thanks for this video I was racking my brain last night thinking what should I go for, I'd like to see them bring gaming on mobile devices like with Xbox game pass

First! Thank you!

A must is THE SIMPSONS HIT & RUN

Honestly the reason i watch your videos even if its not of my interest is because i really like your accent😂....much love bro❤️

Do you know if there will be games added on every month on the extra plan?

Ps plus Thanks for this content. We bought the premium plan, thinking we could download horizon for bidden west, but ended up playing the trial.

I’m sorry if this has already been answered, but we have never owned a console before, hence the confusion. We are just about to buy the PS5. Do these subscriptions mean that we don’t need to actually buy individual game CDs, or the online versions? We can just subscribe to one of the plans and we get access to all these games?

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So my xbox controller works with most games but some need access to the touch pad. I didn't want to install the hack that makea the back button and rs work so purchased a dualshock 4 pad as per Sony recommendations. However once paired this does not show up at all in the PS Plus App. Do I need to use the DS4 software and will this allow use of the touch pad?

So if i buy the premium i can play the extra games too right??

Is the ps plus collection on the essential tier available on PS4 because I can’t seem to find it

Do they remove games after a certain time? If so how often like how long will i have to complete a game?

I think the games on the 2 new teirs are only worth it for a short period depending on the games you want to play. I have signed up for the 3 months extra as there is only 2 games I want to play that I don't already have. Unless anything else is added to keep my interest ill most likely drop back to basic after the 3 months

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