![]() Couple that with needing to pay to play online - a silly idea to PC gamers - and you have yourself some pause for thought before signing up for a monthly plan. Sadly, the Vita and PS3 are no longer a part of the service Sony have given extra save storage in the cloud to try and make up for it. ![]() It used to be pretty underwhelming until Sony really ratcheted up their game with massive hitters like Bloodborne and The Phantom Pain two games which already pay for the entry fee. PlayStation Plus is a prerequisite to play most PS4 games online, but you tend to get your money back with its selection of free monthly games. Cons: Vita and PS3 support being dropped. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. I will certainly be curious to see what the final format of PlayStation Spartacus looks like, but again, I am expecting a rebrand, not a conversion into a full Game Pass system.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. In many ways, their demanded $70 price point for games this generation already does. That may be fine for now, but if we get a few years into this generation and Microsoft continues this recent Forza/Halo trend of big name, beloved games being offered for free on Game Pass (Starfield, Perfect Dark, Fable, Avowed and Elder Scrolls are all coming), Sony’s system may feel increasingly antiquated. They just spent the last generation dominating Microsoft in both console sales and exclusive offerings, so they are not in a position of weakness where they would need to fold all their big hits into a subscription.Īnd yet, if they don’t, PS Plus Ultimate, or whatever the final name for this ends up being, will not be a serious competitor to Game Pass in the ways that matter, and Microsoft will retain the advantage in that space. ![]() These games are massive best-sellers most of the time, and Sony has a lengthy proven history of producing exclusive megahits. ![]() Sony is terrified of folding up PS5 games, specifically their high profile exclusives, into a subscription service like this, and they really, really want to retain the revenue from selling $70 disc and digital copies of these games. And yet, what’s being offered here is…still very far away from what makes Game Pass so appealing. ![]()
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