Sony recently published a statement on the current state of its PlayStation Plus subscription service, confirming that it plans to engage players by improving the service and channeling players towards higher subscription levels. In the 2025 fiscal year, Sony boasted record profits for its games division, despite a decline in sales of first-party PlayStation games. Part of the company's success in the last financial year has been attributed to the growth of Sony's PlayStation Plus service.
PlayStation Plus offers subscribers access to PlayStation's online multiplayer services, as well as additional bonuses such as a curated game library, cloud storage, exclusive discounts and more depending on the player's subscription level. New PS Plus games are added every month, including a mix of modern and classic titles, but some games are only included for a limited time and are cycled out after a period of time on the service. PS Plus monthly free games are included in the service at no additional cost as long as players claim them in time and remain subscribed to the service, while the game catalog available at higher levels includes a selection of games that can be downloaded at any time.
The Classics Catalog is a selection of retro PlayStation games available for subscribers to download at any time.
PS Plus will lose at least 6 games by July 2025
Six titles have been confirmed to be coming to PlayStation Plus in July, including one of 2022's best action RPGs and a Final Fantasy game.
Sony promises to improve its PlayStation Plus service in the coming year
Confirmed in Sony's latest financial report, the company plans to double its PlayStation Plus offerings, aiming to expand the service by continuously improving its content to keep subscribers engaged. The statement reads:
“Sony is focused on driving profitable growth of PS Plus by increasing user engagement and continuously improving its service offering and content, as well as inviting users to upgrade to higher tiers.”
Currently, PlayStation Plus offers three different subscription tiers, each offering different levels of content in addition to online multiplayer services. Prices range from $10.99 per month to $19.99 per month, making PS Plus a solid value and attractive competitor to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass.
Sony is currently in hot water with PlayStation Plus subscribers after it was announced that the upcoming Halo: Campaign Evolved The PS5 release would require both players to have active subscriptions in order to play co-op. While online co-op games typically require both players to have a PS Plus subscription, players take issue with the fact that Halo: Campaign Evolved will force two split screen profiles to both be subscribed in order to play on the same PS5 console.
Despite this controversy, and the recent price increase for PlayStation Plus, the service has still managed to draw in an increasing number of players each year. PlayStation reported 129 million monthly active users across the PlayStation Network in the third quarter of 2025, putting this new push for more PS Plus subscribers into perspective from a marketing standpoint. As of 2024, 38% of PS Plus subscribers are part of the Extra or Premium tiers, up from 30% in 2022, showing a clear upward trend with plenty of room for growth.
June's PlayStation Plus free game selection includes Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition, Nickelodeon: All-Star Brawl 2and Warhammer 40K: Darktide. These titles are available to all subscribers, but PS Plus Extra subscribers also have access to a handful of new additions to the game catalog, including, Black desert, Blades of Fire, Farming Simulator 25, Final Fantasy 16, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Life is Strange: Double Exposureand Sonic X Shadow Generations.
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