PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan told in March that new, first-party titles won’t hit PS Plus on day one, meaning subscribers will have to pay separately for them. However, don’t look to PS Plus for new, blockbuster Sony games. There’s still hope for nostalgia seekers out there - Sony said its list of classic games is an “early look at a selection of games that will be available,” so there should be more to come. While there are some PS4 remasters of PS2 games on the list, including Rogue Galaxy and the Jak and Daxter series, so far Sony’s service has zero original PS2 games. There’s an emphasis on PS3 games, with 29 available to stream, and relatively few titles from earlier eras. However, Sony’s initial lineup of old-school games feels thin, even though they’re a crucial feature of the Premium tier. Most of the games on Sony’s list are from the PS4 and PS5 generations, which is good news for Extra subscribers. That last game is included in the list as part of a deal to offer a few dozen Ubisoft+ Classics games to Extra and Premium subscribers. Sony confirmed just over 100 titles heading to PS Plus Extra and Premium, including Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us Remastered, Gravity Rush Remastered, The Last Guardian, Tokyo Jungle, Ico, Tekken 2, Asura’s Wrath, Ape Escape and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Streaming will work on PS4, PS5 and PC, while native cloud gaming on mobile devices isn’t possible on Sony’s network. Note that cloud play is only available in territories where PS Now is already live.

This adds about 700 games from the PS Now library to Premium, complete with the ability to play a selection of PS3 titles from the cloud, and stream or download lower-tier games from original PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS4 eras. This is also where streaming comes into play: Sony is folding its existing cloud service, PlayStation Now, into the new Plus ecosystem, but only at its most expensive level. The final option, PS Plus Premium, costs $18 a month or $120 a year, and adds up to 340 games from the original PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PS3 and PS4 eras.

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