Sony announced the renewal of PlayStation Plus in June, a service that will compete head to head with Xbox Game Pass, and here we tell you about their differences.
Finally what we were waiting for happened: Sony announced that playstation plus will have a big change from june this year. If you do not know what we are talking about, I recommend that you read this note.
In this way, the arrival of PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra and Premium or Deluxe make the system PSPlus have a quality jump. Although it was not finally called spartacusthe truth is that this new service is prepared to fight head to head with Xbox GamePass. For this reason, here are some differences between the service of microsoft and the one of Sony.
next generation console games
Something that we could see in the PlayStation statement on its official blog, is that we will not have absolute backward compatibility with PS3, PS2, PS1 and PSP. For PS3 games it will be necessary to test them using streaming via option Premium and will not be available in Latin America.
On this occasion the point is for the service of microsoftSince the Xbox Series X|S allow you to try titles from previous consoles. In this way, we can enjoy Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Xbox games locally. Also, we won’t need to use the option streaming in the service of Xbox GamePass for those old console games. It is worth clarifying the Xcloud, the streaming service included in Game Pass Ultimate is not available in Argentina.
game system
The concept of “gaming system” lies in the diversity and ease with which each company offers video games to users. For example, we know that players who use PS Plus Essential, Extra and Premium or Deluxe they will have two free games each month on top of whatever the service adds. But it won’t have the launch triple A’s included in the service.
by the sidewalk of Xbox, they do not have free games in any of the subscription levels since they are all temporary. However, unlike Sonyservice microsoft presents an exclusive of AAA titles from the first day they go on sale. Here it is left to the user’s discretion if he prefers to enjoy titles of Xbox as soon as they come out, or to be able to count on monthly free games in the subscription to PSPlus.
Prices
One of the most important points to take into account when choosing one service or another is the cost. On the one hand we have the prices in dollars of the service of $ Plus:On Latin Americamembership PlayStation Plus Essential will get to $6.99 monthly (with taxes and in exchange for the official dollar as of today it would be $1,326.91 Argentine pesos), U$S 16.99 quarterly ($3,225.21) and U$S 39.99 annually ($7,591.30). However, in Europe prices change to €8.99, €24.99 and €59.99; and in United States US$9.99 monthly, US$24.99 quarterly and US$59.99 annually.
On the services side Xbox we can see that the service Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass They have a monthly subscription cost of 599 pesoswhile the version of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs $899 per month, all of this plus tax, which puts them very close together.
playstation plus is positioned as a serious candidate to compete with the service of Xbox GamePass. In any case, we will have to wait until its launch in June of this year to see the impact that this combination of PS Plus, PS Now and retro games.