Sony’s PlayStation Plus has reached a pivotal milestone – its one-year anniversary. To celebrate this, Sony has plenty of new and exciting activities as well as giveaways and even more impressively, the advent of cloud streaming for PS5 games. This major step comes as a boon for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers and marks a commitment to the continuous enhancement of the PlayStation Plus experience, especially for the PS5, which recently set a new sales record.
Only a year since its overhaul, PlayStation Plus has witnessed significant growth, with users spending seven times more time on the revamped platform compared to its predecessor, PlayStation Now. Most notably, PS Plus Premium, the service’s top tier, has garnered a larger user base than expected, which has been a pleasant surprise for the company.
Premium subscribers enjoy access to 700 games, including titles for PlayStation, PS2, and PlayStation Portable. As a part of the anniversary celebrations, PlayStation Plus Premium is soon to start testing cloud streaming for PS5 games. For now, these streamed games will only be available on PS5 consoles, but it provides users access to a whole new roster of games without the need for lengthy downloads. With the increasing number of games launching on PS5, adding cloud streaming capability for these titles is a significant value addition for the Premium subscribers.
However, Sony isn’t rushing to offer first-party day-and-date launches through its subscription service, a move contrasting Xbox Game Pass’s approach. Instead, Sony prefers to add games to the service later in their life cycle, aiming to reach out to a wider customer base months after the games’ initial release. This strategy has proven to be successful, with customers showing excitement and engagement even for older titles.
This month sees a tantalizing line-up of new games added to PlayStation Plus’ Extra and Premium subscribers. The Extra tier is adding 24 games to its already massive library, headlined by big names such as Far Cry 6, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, alongside indie favorites like A Hat in Time and Rogue Legacy 2. Premium subscribers will have access to classic games such as Killzone: Liberation, Worms, Herc’s Adventures, and Coded Soul.
Here’s a complete list of every game coming to PS Plus Extra and Premium:
- Rogue Legacy 2
- Far Cry 6
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
- Inscryption
- Soulstice
- Tacoma
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Killing Floor 2
- Tacoma
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York
- Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator
- A Hat in Time
- Carto
- Forager
- Dodgeball Academia
- The Wild at Heart
- Redout 2
- Thief
- MX vs ATV Legends
- PAW Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay!
- My Friend Peppa Pig
- DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
- The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
- Elex 2
- Killzone: Liberation (PlayStation Premium: Classics)
- Worms (PlayStation Premium: Classics)
- Herc’s Adventure (PlayStation Premium: Classics)
Apart from the regular game additions, there are special activities planned as part of the anniversary celebrations. PS Plus subscribers will receive a voucher code for avatars based on popular titles and a wallpaper image for desktop and mobile devices. A free online multiplayer weekend is also in the pipeline. Additionally, digital collectible rings will be awarded to users playing certain games, and giveaways for a PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR 2, and 3-month PlayStation Plus Premium or Extra memberships are on the cards.
With constant improvements, an ever-growing library of games, and the imminent introduction of PS5 game streaming, the now-one-year-old PlayStation Plus is set to maintain its momentum and potentially reach new heights in the coming year.
Surprisingly enough, Sony and Square Enix didn’t collaborate on making at least one Final Fantasy entry available on the PS Plus Extra and/or Premium ahead of the release of Final Fantasy 16 on June 22. But, hey, given that the demo on the PS5 is already being praised as one of the best free trials of any game yet, asking for more would probably be too much.
