PlayStation Plus Premium vs. Extra vs. Essential (Buying Guide) 

Miss the times when PSN was completely free.

A little error in the video. Back in the day, Xbox Live was paid. But, back then Playstation Network (PSN), which was Sony’s equivalent to Xbox Live was TOTALLY FREE, until they launched PS Plus with the PS4.

Why should we have to pay to play trials and demos? Back in the day, before the "influencer" movement, we would have demo discs etc. Demo's got us to where we were a few years ago, and this pay wall has stopped that and is holding gaming back.

I don't own any PS console but I love how you broke everything down. I hope Nintendo keeps improving their Online services to compete with PS and Xbox. Thank you!

I bought 5 years of Playstation + and then one year of Playstation Now both on discount sites and now I have 5 years of Playstation Premium.

Thank you for the clear breakdown!

8:54 start here.

Video is a big help. Thank you.

A great guide. Going Extra. Thanks

For me, the fact that Stray was a day 1 release and was £30 meant I could save money by just upgrading to premium between now and January for £22 so I got all the other games included too, included about 10 new games I still hasn't played yet so I've saved £100s

thank you cause I just got a new system and tryna figure this out almost spent a lot on the premium thank you so much.

Thank you, you were a lot of help.

Thank you for your analysis.

Well explained mate, thanks 👍

This Definitely Broke it down for me Thanks 👌🏼

ive watched this video twice + it’s very thorough and to the point. thank you. just got a PS5-DE today. not a huge gamer like a was years ago, but, the PS online store is running a $79 sale on Premium package until 01/14/23. think ima go with this….at least until 1/13/24. great information. thank you. /Bklyn👑

Great vid thanks bro

This was really helpful as I’m trying to figure out what to get for my kiddo as I am use to having the 2 subscriptions. I was all about watching this video as the guy in the video was an adult vs some kid telling me what to get.

Thank you for clean explanation of it.

thanks for explaining

Can you download the games in the classics catalog or are they only available to stream?

Well it's extra for me, thanks for video they make it confusing on purpose. I've seen people say it should have been called Silver, Gold and platinum tiers and i 100% agree!

I'm on PS5 and I'm definitely upgrading to extra in December when my essential runs out. I'm always buying the essential anyway so that little extra cost seems very much worth it. I have bought my yearly subscription during the Black Friday for years now though so I really hope that Extra gets a good Black Friday discount as well.

If you by extra for one month can you go back to essential and keep the games from essential

So you used to be able to go in just about any local store, including gamestop and purchase a monthly card for ps+, so now it's all digital and you "have" to purchase with a cc separately?

I have a PS4 Slim and I just subbed to PS Plus Extra at the end of last month and for me I think it's worth it because I'm still kind of new to PlayStation, cause the last PS console I had was the first one and I've mainly been Xbox since the OG Xbox. But I have a XSX and a PS4 Slim and I don't know when I will upgrade to a PS5 (I don't even know if I will get one anytime soon) cause I've still been enjoying the combination of Xbox game pass ultimate and PS Plus Extra on my two systems. I'm glad Sony made this game pass like service because it has been awesome for me to be able to have both subscription services.

Am I the only one who's more excited about the classics catalog than the game catalog? Yeah, sure I can play them on those original systems, but there are tons that I either never got a chance to play or I no longer have a working copy of those games. This is absolutely a huge selling point for me to get the premium package. But, maybe I'm just the odd one out. Lol

Also playstation extra now has Ubisoft classics if that changes which one you want

I just got my PS5 I'm setting up everything now If it wasn't for this video I wouldn't even know about playstation plus premium because it's not really obvious on the dashboard I actually like the series X interface better and it's ultimate gamepass is better then ps5s confusing 3 tier plus and ps now I had to do a search to find ps plus 3 tiers

Thanks!

Im pretty content with the essential version but im wondering if yall who have extra think its worth paying the extra for it?? Can you actually download the games or you stream them? And if u can download them do u keep them even if the game gets removed from the catalog?

So it is basically: PlayStation+ PlayStation++ PlayStation+++ If you need a 10 minute video to explain a video game service, it's too confusing.

So the games catalog and classic games catalog are both download and not streaming right?

im confused, i have a question; before the whole new ps plus came, and you had ps plus before that, you got the old ps plus monthly games. if i choose essential, would that mean i can still play it? or would i have to go extra? because i wanna get arkham knight as i already got it from ps plus but it says the title “EXTRA” on it so im just really confused

thanks for the video, it was really informative and easy to understand. If I get a PS5 in the future, then I'll definitely get PS Plus Extra.

Guys I have a question when I subscribe to ps plus extra then get the game for free but what happens when my subscription is finished then I subscribe to ps plus essential because it’s cheaper So can I play stray with ps plus essential or it needs to be ps plus extra??? Pls reply

Does that mean u can buy a lot games if u have Playtation plus Essential Extra or Premium?

Thanks to an Amazon (US) lottery, I am JUST getting my PS5... two years into this console gen. I have had the Series X since the holidays of 2021, but even getting that was a 100% fluke as Target miraculously had a single unit as a I walked by. As a guy who has been out of the PS ecosystem for a bit, the little catalogue in the Essential tier has a bunch of stuff that I haven't experienced, so that seems like an alright deal to me. I'm sure I'll eventually go up to the "extra" tier after I exhaust the "essential" stuff that interests me, but the top tier doesn't interest me. Although games preservation is indeed important, I don't have an interest in playing PS1 games on my PS5. I understand the appeal for some folks, but it's just not for me. Every time I go back to some of that stuff from my childhood, it just disappoints me as it isn't the same thing that I remember in my head, even if it has been remastered. I would rather just leave my childhood games in the past, and move on to the new stuff. But again, that's just me - games preservation = important. Old games = important.

thank you man❤

Do you get the game catalogue games for completely free or do you only get a discount?

To play games on PS Plus Premium, do i need to download it or can i play it from the Pass homepage?

Bro is that a street fighter arcade behind you I want one so bad !

Thank you

That PS5 they have doesn’t have the dock attached so it looks weird lol

So if i cancel the subscription the games will be gone the next time you subscribe? No matter which subscription you pick?

*Where is Silent Hill 1-3?*

So there is no cloud gaming for ps4 with the extra ps plus?

Did they get rid of the ps plus collection for essential

I just got a ps5 I had a ps4 and had ps plus deluxe. But now I want to go to the premium, how do I do so? I can’t find anything even saying ps plus premium? I got to change subscription and the best I can get is deluxe Please help I want to play the old ratchet and clanks

It’s not letting me buy ps+

Cloud saves are free on Xbox

Please tell me if i get ps plus essential do i get to keep the games like rd2 and that?

brother looks like Fink thank you for the breakdown..Had to watch it before taking advantage of the Black friday sales. 25% off

When i had a xbox 360 the trial feature was a feature.I remember when i played the original bandicoot:) for 2 hours unfortualy i dind't finish it

Extra is very tempting

I don t want to download. I want to get a subscription on sale. Is Black Friday the only opportunity?

If i buy the premium can i get the games from essential amd extra?

If I pay for a digital download of a game on PS5 and subscribe to their premuim plus plan and decide ro cancel it will any games I've purchased digitally disappear or not enable me to play them online?

Worth highliting that the games that you get in Essential tier are different from the ones you get in Extra

Which membership I can find GOD OF WAR REMASTERED ?

I would go for extra because you get those games like spider man miles morales mortal combat and stray and all those other type of games

Essential for me

Thank u

PlayStation plus was so much simpler you could do all that with one subscription..now you gotta spend almost 30 a month to play something that was 15

what they failed to explain is that ps plus 1 year prices wish for essential is 60.00 dollars n extra for the year 100 .dollars n the extra is 120.00 dollars for the year

Are premium and diluxe the same thing .

i got premium for 99.99 for a year so technically 8.25 a month. coz i have my ps4 that will sound like a airplane if i download on it so i can just stream on my pc.

Can I play ps4 with a ps5 with an essential plan?

Can someone explain what happened with PS plus essential games collection. The sam colection he is talking about in: 4:10

Can I still get the game catalog and the games I get from extra if I get premium

Cant believe you have to pay the full premium price just so you can play classic ps1 games and demos…

Wait so even if you pay for a subscription you still need to buy the games to keep them after you paid like a 1000 euro for a videogame console? I thought you could download games for free?

But can I play midnight club!? That's all I care about

Does the extra has MK9?

I may try premium if the add Einhander & Road Rash. Without either, meh.

So I should get the premium????right

I feel like extra is better right now

How do i find the yearly purchase options? I don't like month to month purchases.

So if i buy ps plus extra and i download gta do i keep it forever?

3:33 Discounts for playstation plus are not usually that great by the way.

i subscribed

Really should only be two tiers, too confusing

I hate that I have to force myself to subscribe just because I love Online Play for NBA 2K. 😒 With Nintendo Switch online membership is separate, and I can choose the games I like to play.

Sad that Sony has raised the price on all these tiers, and for what reason?

There is really no difference from extra or premium everything you want is on extra the premium is so you can stream the PS3 PS1 games that’s it has no first party games not worth upgrading to

Plus premium isn’t worth it it’s streaming PS3 games and playing trials that’s it you don’t get quests like ultimate game pass gives no EA access it’s better you subscribe to plus extra

Its not that hard to figure out

I wish U could play Need For Speed Underground 2 again😢

That wasn't what happened... Xbox had been charging for their Live online service while Playstation did not, and then Playstation saw the revenue they were missing out on and finally made their online service a paid service also.... Some basic research would have prevented that mistake.... Credibility lost. Yap tap tap. Blah blah blah. Video made. Post it. Who cares whether it's based in fact

If you already purchased the Essential, can you upgrade to Premium??

Only way I would get the premium is if they had Midnight Club Dub Edition

Microsoft and Sony have these game subscriptions for targeted audiences to have the casual gamer and people that don't buy games or alot of games on a regular basis. Not as much for hardcore gamers at least. Not to say hardcore gamers couldn't enjoy those subscriptions. But they won't be worth as much to them that already played those games or don't want to go back to them for nostalgia

Essential is good enough I think

What's up peeps my advice is to all of you that have PlayStation 5 or Playstation 4 consoles if you guys have any advice for me right now because I'm just like right now I see the PlayStation Plus what I'm trying to say is to upgrade I get the PlayStation Plus premium but the cost is $10.19 95 or $15.28 for 12 months but cost is 119.99 there you go please give me like I said give me an advice so do I get that because it's saying the next charge it's going to charge me $119:99 every 12 months If I do get the 119.99 whats let's say $15.28 a month for 12 months so it's going to be like $15.28 every month or do they take it out automatically 119:99 dollars a month please let me know ASAP

He brought up Xbox a lot

damn playstation plus collection would’ve been so cool to bad it’s gone now

to be honest extra is the best for me NOW

This guy deserves 10 million subs

Hey 75% of Game Pass on Xbox you won't play either!

So, I get to buy my ps5 every year. Great.