Hey everyone,
I wanted to share the results of a little experiment I ran over the past three months with PS Plus Extra. My original goal was simple: test the service before deciding whether to grab the annual plan during the upcoming November sale.

For context — I mostly buy my games digitally (around $500 spent since getting my PS5 last year). So I wanted to see if PS Plus Extra could complement my owned library rather than replace it.

Note: All the prices have been converted to USD as a standard conversion rate

My 3-Month Trial Results (July 27 – October 27, 2025)

• Total Cost: $23.81 (for the 3-month Extra plan)

• Games Played/Completed: Dozens, including Diablo IV, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Lies of P, Detroit: Become Human, and Unicorn Overlord

• Total Value of Games I Actually Played: $170.94

• Playtime: 224 hours total

That means for every $1 spent, I got 9.41 hours of entertainment.
If I compare that to going to the movies (roughly 0.84 hours per dollar), it’s not even close.

🎮 Value Comparison

So even if I only count what I actually played, that’s a 7.18× return on my money. If you include the entire available catalog, it’s over 14×.

Observations & Takeaways

• The library helped me try genres and franchises I might not have bought outright.

• Having access to so many great titles meant I could sample without “sunk cost” anxiety.

• It fits perfectly alongside my digital collection — I can still buy my must-haves, but use Extra as a discovery tool.

• Even paused games stay available, so I can jump back in anytime.

My Plan Going Forward

If the annual Extra plan drops to around $70–80 during the sale (which it usually does), I’ll almost certainly renew.
At my current pace, even if I only log 500 hours next year, that’s 8+ hours of entertainment per dollar spent — better than any other form of paid entertainment I use.

The yearly plan would cost about the same as 3–4 AAA games, but give me a rotating catalog, flexibility, and tons of variety.

Final Thoughts

After 3 months of tracking my usage and value, PS Plus Extra proved to be an excellent deal for my gaming habits.
It’s not just about saving money — it’s about freedom to explore, discover, and play more without the guilt of overspending.

So yeah, barring any major price hikes, I’ll be locking in the annual Extra plan during the November sale.
It’s simply the best entertainment value I’ve found on PlayStation so far.

I used two different methods to quantify the value I received from the service to be able to compare it against the cost of the subscription.

The first method gets the total of the lowest sales prices of each game that I played.

The second method divides the cost of the sub by the number of games I played.

The reason for the 2 different methods is a possible difference between owning the game and renting the game.

For my own personal gaming preference, once I finish playing a game I don't touch it ever again. So, buying the game & selling it back or renting the game for a predetermined amount of time makes no difference to me.

The total cost for 12 months of PS Plus Premium for me was $111.99 because of the Black Friday 2024 discount.

From the first method, I got a total value of $240.28 from my cost of $111.99.

The $240.28 comes from the sites psprices.com (for the PS4 & PS5 games) and psdeals.net (for the PS3 games).

In the end, I got $128.29 more than I paid for ($240.28 - $111.99).

From the second method, I played a total of 28 games.

From the $111.99, each game cost me $4.00 each if I had rented them for a whole year, which is not possible in my area.

Overall, I'm glad with these results and will definitely subscribe again. In addition, I now have 28 games added to my platinum/100% mosaic.

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I've only finished 9 games so far. I think I might renew this year if I still fall into the Black Friday window.