PlayStation CEO Confirms Various Release Dates for Its Futuristic Subscription Service

Published 04/23/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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Sony’s plans for PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now’s integration will soon be a reality. It’s true, and the new service will have both PS Plus and PS now’s features and it will be called PlayStation Plus. PlayStation’s CEO confirmed the integration across three regions: Asia, America, and Europe. The process begins next month itself, but the dates will differ for every region.

Asian markets (excluding Japan) gonna be the first to experience it on May 23rd, 2022, followed by Japan on June 1st, 2022. Then it’ll reach America and Europe markets on 13th and 22nd June 2022, respectively. Besides these three regions, the service will be expanded to the rest of the world that has PS Plus accessibility. That’s not all, Sony’s also launching PlayStation’s cloud streaming access across 30 global markets.

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On 22nd April (Saturday), Nibel shared the information via Twitter. The new PS Plus will feature three membership tiers globally: PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Premium. In fact, all three tiers differ price-wise and feature unique services, offers, and other deals.

Upon integration, PS Now won’t be accessible as a standalone service. And with no extra charges, PS Now subscribers will be migrated to PS Plus. Undoubtedly, it’s a wonderful news and the community’s looking forward to it. The new PS Plus will indeed bring significant convenience to the fans. In fact, it’ll make both PS Plus and PS Now’s services accessible on one dashboard, which is just amazing. Moreover, stay tuned as Sony’s likely to release more details in the coming weeks.

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PlayStation CEO’s comments on the upcoming brand new PlayStation Plus

On 29th March 2022, PlayStation’s CEO Jim Ryan mentioned tons of details regarding the coming changes on the PlayStation Blog. And according to Jim, here’s how the new PS Plus will help benefit the fans:

“The newly enhanced PlayStation Plus will enable our fans to discover and engage with more content than ever before, and deepen their connection with the PlayStation community through shared experiences.”

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The new PlayStation Plus has already become the talk of the town. Flooding the comment section, the community has also presented their views. Let’s have a look at what fans got to say about it:

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Swetabh Shekhar

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Swetabh Shekhar is an eSports author at EssentiallySports and holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication. He has been playing video games since his childhood days and has witnessed the evolution of the gaming industry. GTA, Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, and The Walking Dead are some of his all-time favorites.
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Pritam Priyedarshi