Until recently, players needed Xbox Live Gold (the equivalent of PS Plus) to play all online multiplayer on Xbox, regardless of whether the game was free-to-play. This is especially true considering how PlayStation Plus was revamped into multiple tiers, with online pay as the 'base' tier. Given the amount of revenue it pulls in unless there are drastic changes sometime in the future, we wouldn't expect PS Plus to go away anytime soon regarding online gameplay.

However, it's still a large revenue earner and is used as a way to subsidize the PlayStation Network. The service has grown well beyond online and multiplayer connectivity in recent years.

Whether Sony will drop PlayStation Plus as a requirement for online play is unknown. When will PS Plus stop becoming a requirement for online games? The list of games in PlayStation Plus Premium is huge, and PlayStation is rotating in new titles every month, so there's always something new for subscribers to check out. If you don't want to pay the new prices, you'll have to cancel your subscription. PlayStation Plus Premium - $18 per month, adds former PlayStation Now streaming, game trials, and select PS1, PS2, and PSP games.Īnyone with an existing PlayStation Now subscription was automatically rolled over into the highest tier of the new PlayStation Plus automatically - consult our PlayStation Plus conversion guide for details- so don't worry you won't lose access to your multiplayer games.PlayStation Plus Extra - $15 per month, adds library of PS4 and PS5 games.

PlayStation Plus Essential - $10 per month, the same as PlayStation Plus right now.Here are the three tiers of the new PlayStation Plus membership:

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