
PlayStation Plus has become incredibly popular with PlayStation 4 and 5 owners since it launched nearly sixteen years ago. It’s changed a lot over time, and now offers three different membership levels: Essential, Extra, and Premium. The base ‘Essential’ tier gives you online multiplayer access, free monthly games, and cloud storage. If you choose ‘Extra’ or ‘Premium’, you get even more perks, including access to a large library of games—similar to Xbox Game Pass—where games are added and removed each month. Unlike the free monthly games with the Essential tier, which you can play as long as your subscription is active, the games in the Extra and Premium catalogs are only available for a limited time.