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Sony reveals PlayStation Plus, a tiered competitor to Xbox Game Pass

In the past few months, we've heard many rumors about Sony rolling out a new service to compete with Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass. Now, Sony has finally unveiled the new PlayStation Plus, and while it's definitely an improvement on the last one, it lacks many of the features that you would expect from a Sony-branded Game Pass competitor.

The new PlayStation Plus has three tiers: Essentials, Extra, and Premium. The bottom tier is $60 per year, and it's essentially the same PlayStation Plus we've seen since the launch of the PS4, with online multiplayer and two monthly downloadable games as the main benefits. The middle tier costs $100 yearly, and adds a collection of around 400 of "the most enjoyable" PS4 and PS5 games, all of which are downloadable. The top tier, which will run you $120 a year, and grants access to more than 300 old-school PlayStation games from the PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3.

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