Is FreeStyle Football 2 on Game Pass or PS Plus? Subscriber Discounts

FreeStyle Football 2 is not on Xbox Game Pass and not on PlayStation Plus. Neither store lists it as a subscription title, so you buy it like any other release: a paid pre-order on Steam, the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Store. What a subscription changes is the price you pay, and on console it also decides whether you can play online at all: Microsoft’s store lists a Game Pass member price 20% below the Ultimate Edition’s MSRP, and the PlayStation Store labels its cut “Save 10% with PlayStation Plus”.

What the stores actually show

Xbox: sold, not included, but cheaper for members

The Xbox Store sells FreeStyle Football 2 as a paid game with a pre-order price that ends on November 30, 2026 at 09:59:59 UTC. The Ultimate Edition is $62.99 against a $69.99 MSRP, and Microsoft’s catalogue lists three pre-order prices for the game, $26.99 for Standard, $35.99 for Deluxe and $62.99 for Ultimate, each a 10% cut on the list price. Subscribers get a lower number again. The same product page carries a $55.99 price with a Game Pass member tag, 20% off the $69.99 MSRP. That is a discount on buying the game, not a copy in your library.

There is a catch on console. The Xbox listing states that online multiplayer on console requires Xbox Game Pass Essential, Premium or Ultimate, sold separately. So on Xbox you need a subscription to go online, and you still have to buy the game on top of it.

PlayStation: sold, not included, with a PS Plus discount

The PlayStation Store page shows a $29.99 base price with a $26.99 discounted price carrying the label “Save 10% with PlayStation Plus”. The same page states that PS Plus is required for online play and that the game supports up to 10 online players with PS Plus. It carries no “Included with PS Plus Extra” marker, and the store’s own label, such as “Save 10% with PlayStation Plus”, ties the saving to your subscription rather than to a free monthly copy.

PC: no subscription anywhere near it

On Steam the same 10% discount takes the Standard edition from $29.99 to $26.99, and nothing in the store listing asks for a subscription for online multiplayer. If you play on PC, Game Pass and PS Plus are beside the point. JOYCITY’s store news sets the pre-order window from October 14, 2026 at 01:00 UTC through December 3, 2026 at 00:59 UTC.

What to do if you already subscribe

• Buy the pre-order and let the store apply the member price. Do not expect the game to appear in your library on launch day.
• Do not cancel a subscription to save the money. On PS5 the PS Plus saving on the $29.99 Standard edition is $3. On Xbox the Game Pass price takes the $69.99 Ultimate Edition down to $55.99, which is worth more only if you were buying that edition anyway.
• Every edition includes the ZEPHYR and HORIZON sets, and Deluxe and Ultimate add 72 hours of early access at 10:00 UTC on November 30. Our release time page has the unlock times by time zone, and the crossplay explainer covers what carries between platforms.
• The three editions and their bonuses are broken down in our FreeStyle Football 2 launch story, the game’s page collects our coverage, and the release calendar holds the December 3 date.

The phrasing is where players get caught. A store that says PS Plus or Game Pass is required for online play is talking about the session, not the license to play. FreeStyle Football 2 needs an online subscription on both consoles because its multiplayer is the game, but the copy of the game itself is a separate purchase everywhere, and the subscription only changes the price. If you are on PC you can skip the whole question, and if you are on console and already subscribe, the pre-order is simply cheaper than it looks.

Edited by Kerwin Stewart, Editor-in-Chief · How we report