Paid subscription Playstation plus we have been with us for over a decade, already since June 2010. It was first introduced at E3 2010, when Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton announced the offer and talked about its benefits. Then the main list, pardon the tautology, of the pluses “plus” looked like this:
- access to demo versions of games before other players;
- free games;
- invitations to closed beta testing of various games;
- discounts on games in the online PlayStation Store;
Over the years, the subscription has not lost these advantages, but only multiplied them, having acquired many new interesting functions. According to the latest official figures, number of subscribers PS Plus exceeded 45 million in 2023, which speaks of its incredible popularity among console owners Playstation…
Many today still perceive PS Plus as a necessary fee for access to online modes of many network games and, of course, a monthly selection of available games, among which there can be both small projects and high-profile AAA titles, sometimes even coveted PlayStation-level exclusives Bloodborne… But this is by no means a complete list of its useful functions – part of the merits PS Plus can elude the user in the information flow. Even longtime subscribers of the service probably did not know about some things. Let’s list the main ones.
Access to online modes of many games
PS Plus provides access to PlayStation Network servers, allowing you to enjoy online modes of projects such as Call of duty or FIFA… You can invite friends to Get-together (voice chat supporting up to 16 players at the same time) and play your favorite co-op games like Alienation together.
Play some hotly anticipated games before others
PS Plus subscribers often get the opportunity to be the first to check out the beta and demos of games. For example, take part in testing the online mode of the upcoming Call of duty or be among the first to complete the demo episode of the future part Resident evil (as was the case with Resident Evil 7 Teaser Demo: Beginning Hour).
Cloud storage
This feature allows you to store your save data up to 100GB in the cloud to keep your trophies and saves safe and easily transfer to another PlayStation console, even the next generation. Let’s say, starting to pass “Ghost of Tsushima”On PlayStation 4, and later switching to PlayStation 5, you can transfer all progress and continue playing on the new console exactly from the place where your adventure on PlayStation 4 ended.
Share Play
An interesting feature that first appeared on the PlayStation 4 and gained well-deserved popularity during the global pandemic. Share Play lets you sync two consoles online, allowing two players from different locations to play as if they were in the same room. If you wish, you can transfer control to a friend in particularly difficult places in some Dark souls… But the most pleasant thing is the ability to play online cooperative games, in which online is not initially provided. For instance, Cuphead or Unravel 2… Share Play is still a unique feature that is only available on the PlayStation family of consoles.
Free games
PlayStation brings a new selection of games to subscribers every month. Once you add them to your account, you can access them at any time if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. Even if a year or several years have passed since the distribution. Thus, an active user of PlayStation consoles can, thanks to a subscription, collect an impressive digital collection without buying these games directly, which allows them to save a lot (games are handed out literally for tens of thousands of rubles per year). Both high-profile AAA releases and groundbreaking indie hits get into the distribution. For example, PlayStation Plus helped take off the battle royale last summer. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout…
In March 2023 PlayStation offers to download the full version Final Fantasy VII: Remake is one of the best JRPGs in history, released on PlayStation 4 just a year ago. Also included in the collection of the current month is a cooperative action game Remnant: From the Ashes is a hit that conquered many players around the world with its incredible replayability. Also, this month they are giving out Destruction AllStars – a new generation racing action movie released in March with an incredibly beautiful recursive first-person puzzle game Maquette, and Farpoint – space adventure for virtual reality helmet PlayStation VR… Please note that the selection is varied and designed for fans of different genres.
Exclusive discounts
Even if you don’t need online functions in games for a month (you simply don’t get carried away with multiplayer projects or are simply tired of them), and the monthly selection of games doesn’t interest you for a number of reasons, PlayStation Plus can still help you save a lot of money. more than paying for itself through additional discounts. The PlayStation Store has regular sales and subscriptions often provide additional 10-20% benefits, or even 50% – sometimes there are promotions with double discounts for members of the PS Plus family. As a result, very often it turns out that buying even a couple of games on sale within a month allows you to fully recoup the annual price of PlayStation Plus with a profit for you.
PlayStation Plus Collection
An absolutely unique offer, available to PlayStation 5 owners… PlayStation Plus subscribers get over 20 games from PlayStation 4… And in this case, it is not so much the quantity that matters as the incredible quality of the titles presented. As you know, the PlayStation brand is famous for the exclusive high-end games that make Sony’s consoles the most popular on the market. The PS Plus Collection includes hits such as God of War (2018), Persona 5, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Bloodborne… These literally epoch-making projects received high marks and many awards from well-known gaming publications. For their sake, people have bought and continue to buy Sony consoles. The old audience collection allows you to once again replay PS4 hits on PS5 in the best quality. And for players discovering the PlayStation brand for the first time, this collection will showcase the unprecedented quality of games from the studios of Sony and its partners, which should be preserved and multiplied in the next generation. You will probably want to return to these hits more than once or twice, so having this collection is important for any owner of the PlayStation 5. Full PS Plus Collection list:
- Bloodborne
- “Life After”
- Detroit: Become Human
- God of war
- “InFAMOUS: Second Son”
- Ratchet and Clank
- The last guardian
- “The last of us. Updated version”
- “Until Dawn”
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Battlefield 1
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Fallout 4
- Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
- Monster Hunter: World
- Mortal kombat x
- Persona 5
- Resident evil 7 biohazard
Exclusive game content and nice gifts
These include, for example, dynamic themes (PS4) and profile avatars (PS4 and PS5). In addition, game developers often create unique costumes, weapon skins and other bonuses that allow PlayStation Plus members to stand out in virtual worlds, as well as gift virtual currency.
Gifts and bonuses from video services
For PlayStation console owners who love watching good movies as well as video games, PlayStation Plus can save some money here too. For example, all new users of the service Okko with a PS Plus subscription will receive 90 days of subscription “Optimum”, and 30 days of access to the updated subscription “Okko Sport”, which now includes not only the matches of the English Premier League, MLS and other football tournaments, but also Bellator fights and tennis tournaments ATP 250. All current PS Plus users will receive a 30% discount on the renewal of the Optimum and Okko Sport ”.
IN MEGOGO new users of the service thanks to the PS Plus subscription will receive 100 days of subscription “TV and Cinema: Maximum”… Plus, all current PS Plus users will have free access to all content. NBA (regular season and playoff matches, gold collection of matches and additional content) without limitation.
The benefits of PlayStation Plus are hard to overestimate. From whatever angle you look at it, this is an incredibly lucrative deal, both saving a lot of money for fans of high-quality video games and gaining access to the unique online features of PlayStation consoles.
12 month PS Plus subscription costs 3,299 rubles, 3 months – 1,399 rubles, for 1 month – 529 rubles… Anyone in the PlayStation family can subscribe to the PS Store at any time…
