Yesterday, Sony announced the all-new PlayStation Plus subscription service with plans for the Xbox Game Pass competitor to be released in June this year. The update is already generating both hype and concern with many gamers voicing their concerns about pricing, as well as cloud streaming PS3 games.

In a PlayStation blog post published yesterday, Sony laid out its plan to combine PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into one subscription service, offering 700-plus games both classic and modern. The service consists of three separate tiers: PlayStation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium.

PlayStation Plus rebrand is official

- Tier 1: PS Plus Essentials ($9.99)
- Tier 2: PS Plus Extra ($14.99)
- Tier 3: PS Plus Premium ($17.99)https://t.co/TiXKqFWKTg pic.twitter.com/FdrI2yQPbC

— Nibel (@Nibellion) March 29, 2022

The service is said to be released in small markets starting in June 2022. The first markets will be in Asia, followed by North America, Europe and the rest of the world. Also at launch, Sony plans to include major titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Mortal Kombat 11 and Returnal in its primary bundle.

The most common reaction to the update regarded a statement made by Sony within the fine print of the PlayStation Premium tier. According to the blog post, classic PS3 games would also be available via cloud streaming. To some, this was disappointing, with many hoping that Sony would pull through with PS3 emulation. Many memes and tweets surfaced regarding this tension as some theorized that emulation of older consoles proved to be too hard for the developers.

i do like that the PS3 was so fucked up that Sony has given up on figuring out on how to make those games run on modern hardware. a whole generation of games regulated to cloud streaming because we cant figure out how to emulate our own console.

— 9 V O L T (@9_volt_) March 29, 2022

$120 a year for classic games and still no native PS3 pic.twitter.com/eaClgyVbBN

— 𝐋𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (@PolyDepression) March 29, 2022

they, uh, really dont want to figure out ps3 native back compat huh pic.twitter.com/TaEwASxyjP

— microplastic eater doug (@dougie4306) March 29, 2022

"PS3 games available via cloud streaming" pic.twitter.com/3PlGcg7hJA

— Blessing Adeoye Jr. (@BlessingJr) March 29, 2022

The PS3 games are cloud streaming only 💀💀💀 https://t.co/2zLowtiFuD

— Cheems Of Regret (@cheems_of) March 29, 2022

Even though there were some negative reactions regarding the price ranges, most gamers seemed to be excited with the overall prospect. Now, as everyone awaits the subscription service's release in June, it'll be interesting to see how the community reacts post-drop.