When entering the world of video games, we must first weigh, which is the platform that best suits our needs, the budget we have and if we want to be tied to a subscription to be able to enjoy any type of game without any limitation.
If you don't have friends to play with, because they prefer other forms of entertainment, depending on the type of games you like, in the case of a console, it may be necessary pay a monthly subscription, as is the case with PlayStation Plus.
However, if we opt for a PC, no need to pay any type of subscription To be able to enjoy any game, not multiplayer either, games that on all consoles (Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch) require a monthly payment that we can make annually to save a few euros.
The life of the consoles is very high, last an average of 6 to 8 years, so the investment we have to make pays off comfortably, something that does not happen with a PC, for which we have to buy new graphics, new processors, faster RAM memory every 2 or 3 years.
If you opt for the console, which most of the people who like video games or want to enter this entertaining universe do, the negative point is found in the subscription necessary for multiplayer games, a subscription that It is priced at 60 euros on both PlayStation and Xbox, although we can find specific offers about 45 euros.
If we multiply 60 euros or 6 years of average life of a console, they are not 360 euros, which, if we add the price of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, gives us a total that round the 900 euros. 900 euros in 6 years is pretty good. A PC for starters, it can already cost you that figure without counting the monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Regarding the price of the games, the titles that are released for PC and console have the same price. If we want recover part of the investment that we have made in a title for console, once we have passed it, we can sell it if we have bought the physical edition, an option that is increasingly difficult to find for PCs.
What is the PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus is the name of the monthly, quarterly or annual subscription that Sony makes available to all users of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 who want enjoy multiplayer games with other friends.
Also, every month allows us to play 2 or 3 games for free, and I say allow us, because they are never really ours. They are as long as we continue to pay for the PlayStation Plus subscription.
It also offers us up to 100 GB of cloud storage, storage with which we save the progress of the games, backup copies of the games ...
In addition, being a PlayStation Plus user allows us to obtain interesting discounts in the official Sony store, discounts that are only available on this platform.
Games that do not require a PlayStation Plus subscription
Some game developers do allow players to enjoy their multiplayer titles without having to pay for a Sony subscription. It is not that Sony makes an exception, but that it is the companies that pay Sony an extra to allow this functionality without which many users could not play.
Call of Duty: Warzone, Fortnite, Rocket League, Warframe, Genshin Impact, Brawlhalla… Are some of the titles that can be played without the need for a PlayStation Plus subscription. All of these games are available for free.
Other titles like Minecraft, PUBG or the FIFA saga if they require a subscription to PlayStation Plus. Coincidentally, all these games are paid and also require us to pay the subscription.
How much does PlayStation Plus cost?
PlayStation Plus are available at 3 payment methods, modalities that allow users to pay for the time that they will really need this functionality or when they know that they will get the most out of it.
- 1 month of PlayStation Plus It costs 8,99 euros.
- 3 months of PlayStation Plus they cost 24,99 euros.
- 12 months of PlayStation Plus It has a price of 59,99 euros.
The annual subscription is more profitable, since the month remains in just 5 euros. These are Sony's official prices. If we look further, as for example in Amazon, Instant Gaming o Life Player, we can find this subscription with a 15 or 20 euros discount.
How to get PlayStation Plus for free
You can enjoy PlayStation Plus for free and forever, as long as let's have enough patience to take advantage of the 14-day free trial that Sony makes available to all users who create an account for the first time on PlayStation Network.
Once we sign up for PlayStation Network and configure your PlayStation with the account details you have created, you can activate the PlayStation Plus trial period without us having to enter any associated payment method, so if you do this process every 14 days, you can enjoy PlayStation Plus for free and forever.
Obviously we must use a different email account with each new user that we believe. Although we can open accounts in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and other free email platforms, the most recommended option to forget about those email addresses that we are not going to use again is to use temporary emails.
That is, email accounts that, after a few days, they close automatically. We need an email account, because it will be associated with our PlayStation ID and it is where Sony will send us the confirmation email for verify that we are the owners of the account we have created.
How to create temporary emails
The operation of the platforms that allows us to create temporary emails is very simple, since, otherwise, nobody would use them. Many of them automatically suggest an email address, so we only have to enter it on the PlayStation website.
These email accounts do not have, in most cases, password protection, since they are to be used for a few minutes, until we receive the confirmation email from the platform where we are registering.
Available, YOPMail and MalDrop are some of the platforms that, at the time of publishing this article, can be used without any problems to sign up for PlayStation Network.
