Are people being unfairly negative towards the new PlayStation Plus Tiers?
- Jamie Robinson
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min read

Today saw the launch of the new PlayStation Plus tiers in Australia with the service being rolled out across the world over the last week. Already, there's been a lot of negativity about it with people comparing it to Game Pass in its current state, which I think is an unfair comparison to make for a few reasons....
Here are the new PlayStation Plus Tiers:

PlayStation Plus Deluxe costs $154.95 per year compared to Game pass ultimate being approximately $190 a year.
Now one of the complaints I've heard from people is the fact that there are tiers on PS Plus where as Game pass only has 1 level so its easy.... Well, aside from that not being even remotely true with Xbox having Xbox Live, Xbox Game pass for Console, Xbox Game pass for PC and Xbox Game pass Ultimate. I'd say that the tiers on the PlayStation Plus service are much more consumer friendly... For example, if you just want to play online without the benefits of the game catalogues etc; then you can pay just $79.95 a year for the essential tier instead of the approximately $120 a year through Xbox who have Xbox Live only subscriptions but are about the same price as Game Pass itself which includes Xbox live.
However my biggest gripe with all the complainers is that they are comparing PS Plus on launch to a Game pass that is over 5 years old. Meaning they have had 5 years of adding games and content to get it to its current state and in fact on launch, Game pass looked very, very different. Here's a full list of launch games for Xbox Game Pass back in 2017:
Game Pass Launch Titles:
#IDARB A Kingdom for Keflings A World of Keflings Age of Booty Banjo Kazooie: N n B Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie BC - Rearmed 2 BioShock BioShock 2 BioShock Infinite Blood Bowl 2 Borderlands Bound by Flame Braid Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons CAPCOM ARCADE CABINET CastleStorm Comic Jumper Comix Zone D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die de Blob 2 Defense Grid Defense Grid 2 DIG DUG DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition Double Dragon Neon Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara Fable III Farming Simulator 15 Final Fight: DblImpact FLOCK! Galaga Legions DX Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Gears of War: Judgment Gears of War: Ultimate Edition GRID 2 Halo 5: Guardians Halo: Spartan Assault Hexic 2 Iron Brigade Jetpac Refuelled Joe Danger 2: The Movie Joe Danger Special Edition Joy Ride Turbo Kameo Knight Squad KOF98UM Layers of Fear LEGO Batman Lumo Mad Max MASSIVE CHALICE Max: The Curse of Brotherhood Mega Mana: Legacy Collection Metal Slug 3 Monday Night Combat Ms. Splosion Mana MX vs ATV Reflex N+ NBA 2K16 NEOGEO BATTLE COLISEUM OF: Dragon Rising OlliOlli PAC-MAN CE DX+ PAC-MAN MUSEUM PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION Perfect Dark Zero Pumped BMX + Resident Evil 0 Sacred 3 Saints Row IV: Re-Elected Sam&Max Beyond Time... Sam&Max Save the World Samurai Shodown II ScreamRide Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage Shantae and the Pirate's Curse SOULCALIBUR SOULCALIBUR II HD Spelunky Splosion Man Stacking Strider Sunset Overdrive Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings Super Time Force TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 Terraria The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 The Golf Club The Maw The Swapper Toy Soldiers Toy Soldiers: Cold War Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Viva Piñata Viva Piñata: TIP WWE 2K16 XCOM: Enemy Within
Hardly a reflection of Game pass 5 years on is it? Now compare that to the list of games you get with PlayStation's Extra Tier, which offers a catalogue of over 400 PS4 and PS5 games
PS5 Games Available on launch:
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Balan Wonderworld
Control: Ultimate Edition
Cris Tales
Death Stranding: Director’s Cut
Demon’s Souls
Destruction AllStars
Evil Genius 2 World Domination
Foreclosed
Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
Ghostrunner
Greedfall
Human Fall Flat
I Am Dead
Kona
Last Stop
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Maneater
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Monster Truck Championship
Mortal Kombat 11
MXGP 2021
NBA 2K22
Observer: System Redux
Override 2: Super Mech League
Returnal
RIDE 4
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Tennis World Tour 2
The Artful Escape
Tour de France 2021
Warhammer: Chaosbane – Slayer Edition
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship
Wreckfest
Wytchwood
PS4 Games Available on launch:
Absolver
Abzu
Ace of Seafood
Adr1ft
Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Agents of Mayhem
Alienation
Akiba’s Beat
AO Tennis 2
Aragami
Ash of Gods Redemption
Ashen
Astebreed
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Avicii Invector
Back to Bed
Bad North
Balan Wonderworld
Batman: Arkham Knight
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Bee Simulator
Black Mirror
Blasphemous
Bloodborne
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bomber Crew
Bound
Bound by Flame
Brawlout
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Caladrius Blaze
Call of Cthulhu
Carmageddon: Max Damage
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Car Mechanic Simulator
Celeste
Chess Ultra
Chicken Police
Child of Light
Children of Morta
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY!
Chronos: Before the Ashes
Cities: Skylines
Clouds & Sheep 2
Concrete Genie: Digital Deluxe Edition
ConnecTank
Control: Ultimate Edition
Cris Tales
Croixleur Sigma
Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD Edition
Danger Zone
Dangerous Golf
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Dark Rose Valkyrie
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders III
Days Gone
DCL – The Game
Dead Cells
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Dead end re;Quest
Death end re;Quest2
Death Squared
Death Stranding
Defense Grid 2
Deliver Us the Moon
Descenders
Desperados III
Detroit: Become Human
Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
DOOM
Dragon Star Varnir
Dreamfall Chapters
Dungeons 2
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires
Eagle Flight
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
Electronic Super Joy
El Hijo – A Wild West Tale
Elex
Embr
Empire of Sin
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enter The Gungeon
Entwined
Everspace
Everybody’s Golf
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Fade to Silence
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Classic Edition
Far Cry 3: Classic Edition
Far Cry 4
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
FIGHTING EX LAYER – Standard Version
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
Fire Pro Wrestling World
Flatout 4: Total Insanity
Fluster Cluck
Foreclosed
Friday the 13th: The Game
Frostpunk Console Edition
Gabbuchi
Gal Gunvolt Burst
Get Even
Ghost of a Tale
Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
Ghostrunner
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Director’s Cut
God of War
Gods Will Fall
Golf with Your Friends
Goosebumps: The Game
Grand Ages: Medieval
Graveyard Keeper
Gravity Rush 2
Greedfall
GRIP Combat Racing
Gunvolt Chronicles Luminous Avenger IX
Harvest Moon Light of Hope Special Edition
Harvest Moon Mad Dash
Harvest Moon One World
Hello Neighbour
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
Homefront: The Revolution
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotshot Racing
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition
How To Survive 2
Hue
Human Fall Flat
I Am Bread
I Am Dead
Indivisible
Infamous Second Son
Infamous First Light
Infinite Minigolf
Injustice 2
Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf: Console Edition
John Wick Hex
JumpJet Rex
Killzone Shadow Fall
Killzone: Shadow Fall Intercept
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Two Crowns
Kingdom New Lands
Knack
Kona
Last Day of June
Last Stop
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Left Alive: Day One Edition
Legendary Fishing
Legends of Ethernal
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Leo’s Fortune
LittleBigPlanet3
Little Big Workshop
Little Nightmares
Lost Words: Beyond The Page
Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Magicka 2
Mahjong
Malicious Fallen
Maneater
Marvel Puzzle Quest
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition
Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales
Masters of Anima
Matterfall
MediEvil
Megadimension Neptunia VII
Mighty No. 9
Minit
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
Monster Truck Championship
Moonlighter
Mortal Kombat 11
Moving Out
Mudrunner
MTX vs ATV All Out
MXGP 2021
My Friend Pedro
My Time at Portia
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
NASCAR Heat 5
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
NBA 2K22
Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Nidhogg
Nidhogg 2
Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
Nioh
No Straight Roads
Observation
Observer System Redux
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
Omega Quintet
Outer Wilds
Overcooked! 2
Overpass
Override 2: Super Mech League
Party Hard
Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Definitive Edition
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
PGA Tour 2K21
Pile Up! Box by Box
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
Pixel Piracy
Portal Knights
Prison Architect
Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid
Prey
Pure Farming 2018
Pure Hold’em World Poker Championship
Pure Pool
Rad Rodgers
Red Dead Redemption 2
Redeemer – Enhanced Edition
Reel Fishing: Pro Series
Rebel Galaxy
Relicta
Resogun
Rez Infinite
RIDE 4
Risk: Urban Assault
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break
Rogue Stormers
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
R-Type Final 2
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Seasons After Fall
Secret Neighbour
Shadow of the Beast
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow Warrior 2
Shadow Warrior 3
Shenmue 3
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Sniper Elite 4
SOMA
Soulcalibur VI
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Space Crew: Leegendary Edition
Space Hulk: Deathwing – Enhanced Edition
Space Hulk: Tactics
Space Junkies
Sparkle Unleashed
Spitlings
Star Ocean First Departure R
Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Starlink: Battle For Atlas
Steep
Stellaris: Console Edition
Stranded Deep
Sundered: Eldritch Edition
Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition
Surviving Mars
Tearaway Unfolded
Tennis World Tour 2
Terraria
Tetris Effect: Connected
The Artful Escape
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
The Caligula Effect: Overdose
The Council – The Complete Season
The Crew
The Crew 2
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
The Dark Pictures: Little Hope
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
The Fisherman – Fishing Planet
The Last Guardian
The Last Tinker: City of Colors
The Lego Movie Videogame
The Long Dark
The Messenger
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The Surge
The Surge 2
The Technomancer
The Turing Test
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition
The Wonderful 101: Remastered
This is the Police
This is the Police 2
This War of Mine: The Little Ones
Thomas Was Alone
Through The Darkest of Times
Tom Clancy’s The Division
TorqueL
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Toukiden 2
Tour de France 2021
Towerfall Ascension
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt
Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet
Tricky Towers
Tropico 5
Trackmania Turbo
Transference
Trials Fusion
Trials Of The Blood Dragon
Trials Rising
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
TRON RUN/r
TT Isle of Man: Ride of the Edge 2
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Until Dawn
Unturned
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Vampyr
Velocibox
Victor Vran Overkill Edition
Vikings – Wolves of Midgard
Virginia
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
Warhammer: Chaosbane
Warhammer Vermintide 2
Warriors All-Stars
Watch Dogs
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood
Werewolves Within
Wild Guns Reloaded
Windbound
World of Final Fantasy
Whispering Willows
Wolfenstein: The New Order
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship
Wreckfest
Wytchwood
XCOM 2
Y School Heroes: Bustlin’ School life
Yet Another Zombie Defense
Ys VIII: Lacrimose of DANA
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
ZOMBI
Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Comparatively, at launch PlayStation Plus offers significantly more value than Game pass did when it launched in 2017. This isn't me telling you that either service is better than the other. Its simply a comparison and suggestion that rather than comparing a day 1 service to a 5 year old one that we give PlayStation Plus a little time to find its feet and see what else is added over the next 12 months before judging it. There's no doubt that both services have something to offer and both are great value to the right person. I personally have PS Plus Deluxe and Xbox Game pass Ultimate and find excellent value in both as if even 2 games a year that I'd usually pay anywhere from $79 - $120 each come to each service, means I come out on top.
You make up your own mind...
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