{"id":50610,"date":"2022-06-14T19:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-ps-plus-on-ps5\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:01:06","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-ps-plus-on-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-ps-plus-on-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need To Know About The New PS Plus On PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sony’s big revamp of PS Plus is here. It’s pretty cool. It could also use some work on some of its most-hyped perks, such as game demos and classic hits.<\/p>\n

Announced back in March, PS Plus 2.0<\/span> (not the official name but definitely the easiest shorthand) is a rework of Sony’s disparate subscription services. Fundamentally, it combines the game streaming of PS Now with the litany of perks from PS Plus. Though PS Plus 2.0 has been available in various markets for a few weeks, it rolled out stateside yesterday.<\/p>\n

The pricing model is needlessly confusing<\/h2>\n

Before PS Plus 2.0 rolled out, observers flagged its multi-tier pricing model for being more complicated than it needed to be. Short version: $ 10 a month gets you PS Plus Essential \u2014 more or less exactly what PS Plus was two days ago, and for the same price. $ 15 grants you access to PS Plus Extra, which includes a Netflix-style games-on-demand library with hundreds of PS4 and PS5 titles. And $ 18 a month gets you PS Plus Premium, adding the ability to stream games and to check out time-limited game demos, plus access to a bunch of classic games from prior generations. (Here’s a rundown of what exactly you get with each tier<\/span>.)<\/p>\n

Now that PS Plus 2.0 is here\u2026 yep, still confusing! Sony says it offered prorated pricing for upgrades to higher tiers for people with existing PS Plus memberships. You can upgrade right from the PS Plus dashboard on your PS5; in fact, it’s the very first button.<\/p>\n

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I decided to upgrade to PS Plus Premium, since that’s the tier with all the good stuff. (In the upgrade menu, you can tap the square button to show a handy compare-and-contrast list between what tier you’re at and what tier you’re considering.) of $ 19.23 would cover a level-up to Premium for the remaining four-ish months of my plan. Supposedly, this is a \u201cone-time amount,\u201d but you know how it goes. We’ve all been burned by the fine print on recurring payments. I guess I’ll know for sure with next month’s credit card statement. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n

Strangely, after upgrading, the PS Plus app crashed. I had to restart my PS5 to get it working again.<\/p>\n

Game trials leave a lot to be desired<\/h2>\n

One of the big selling points of PS Plus Premium is the option to test out recently released big-budget games. The launch-day list of demos includes just two first-party games, one of which is a remastered bundle of two games that are otherwise available in full as part of the PS Plus Extra game library. Here’s the full list of game demos currently available:<\/p>\n