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[AV]

The best selling "videogames" on Amazon are 10 dollar gift cards and 1 month PS+ cards. A ton of people can't afford to pay anything upfront, so they spend 10 bucks a month. Being poor is expensive, always has been.

We're talking about the super premium tier for $120 annually, not the basic tier and not gift cards. I can understand (but not condone) people who just want to play games online paying $10 a month if that's all they can afford, but those people probably shouldn't be looking to almost double that to play hundreds of old games.

 

[TGO]

So what's the difference between the PS3 games you can currently download and these ones on Premium?
Any enhancements?

 

[Papacheeks]

I want to play all of those games.

I'm not interested in racing games and Halo Infinite thought gameplay is fucking awesome, has no content to keep me there. I have been literally playing Returnal again recently with their update and its like crack again.

If they are going to bring games like that to service on top of some deals they do for Third party. I feel in terms of quality, PS has for me the more interesting catalog for a subscription service.

Until Microsoft get's their studios in check, they will be relying on Bethesda and Activision/Blizzard. And its still going to be a year or so before we even see those games on the service. ANd out of all the brands from Activision, I only care about COD. Which I buy the ones I think are good. Which last one I did buy was Modern warfare. My friends bought be Vanguard, and I literally stopped playing after a week.

 

[Swift_Star]

Not at the moment. But that day is rapidly approaching, and they're not ready.

Nah.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Yearly for top tier its -$80 cheaper than a year of Gamepass Ultimate and has more games available.

Also ask yourself would you rather play something like Miles Morales, Returnal on a service or Halo infinite, Psychonaughts 2, FORZA?

If you want quality you pay for it. But it still is cheaper and gives you more access with middle tier than a year of Gamepass Ultimate.

I honestly don’t care what it costs them, just what I get.

Is the math right on the $80 a year for ultimate? The inclusion of year is pretty great imo.

 

[spons]

At least here in Europe there is only available the opttion to get 1 month of PS Now for $9.99, which is the same deal you'll get by buying a year of PS+ Premium. With the difference that until the new tiers get released right now you have to buy PS+ separatedly.

Have people never heard of redeemable codes/cards? Just buy a 12 month one.

 

[Topher]

Not expectations, but hoped for:
- Boosting of older titles
- PS3 emulation
- Discussion of major third-party titles at launch
- Promise of building first-party library (instead of the "refreshed" one they're mentioning, which certainly means first party titles for limited time frames, as is currently the case on PS Now)

PS3 emulation is the only thing that is really concrete in that list and that is/was never going to happen.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Gamepass has been a thing for years, meanwhile ps5s are still selling out within hours of showing up in shops and sonys profits continue to rise.

You overplay the impact of gamepass. Just because it appeals to you clearly doesn't mean its for everyone.

Gamepass if it were all it's supporters make out around already be at 100 million+ subs as it would be too good for pc owners to ignore. The reality is so far from this viewpoint though, I think some of you need to get your heads checked.

Where some overplay it, is that it doesn't contain the vast amount of Sony first party games, so people who buy into PS ecosystem are not going to jump ship without them.

People buy PS for those games, and still continue to buy games on the PS up to 3 to 1 for third party, and their first party is practically 10 - 20 to 1 in contrast now.

"But Game Pass has day 1 MS games!" And that is good for them, but what does that do for the PS gamer? Exactly.

 

[ByWatterson]

Gamepass has been a thing for years, meanwhile ps5s are still selling out within hours of showing up in shops and sonys profits continue to rise.

You overplay the impact of gamepass. Just because it appeals to you clearly doesn't mean its for everyone.

That's possible. But we do know Microsoft is making gains in hardware sales in North America and Europe, so you'd expect GP subscriptions to continue to rise pretty swiftly.

I think the moment we'll know the contours of the next 5-10 years of competition will be when a COD title launches on Game Pass. I would expect a huge spike in subs if, in 18 months, Game Pass and COD are synonymous.

 

[DarkMage619]

Gamepass Ultimate, the one that also includes Gold, is $180 yearly tho, as it doesn't offer a yearly option on their store. It's literally $60 cheaper than Gamepass Ultimate.

Also, why would you pay it monthly when it offers you an annual option? Microsoft should follow suit and offer a discounted yearly option tbh.

People have already criticized MS for devaluing gaming with Game pass. Why would they lower the cost of the service further seeing it is already doing things no one else is with day one new game releases? Plus isn't it only a $1? Can't get much cheaper than that.

 

[dotnotbot]

I thought Playstation Plus Neo from a fake leak was a dumb name but Sony topped that and some countries are going to get Playstation Plus Deluxe.

• PlayStation Plus Deluxe (Select Markets) For markets without cloud streaming, PlayStation Plus Deluxe will be offered at a lower price compared to Premium, and includes a catalog of beloved classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations to download and play, along with time-limited game trials. Benefits from Essential and Extra tiers are also included. Local pricing will vary by market.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I hope they let us buy those PS1/2/P separately once they get added and not just lock them to a subscription service ala Nintendo Switch.

Yeah, but you know they will lock them ala Nintendo.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

More interesting than the PS+ stuff is what Jimbo says about live service games, imo. I expect more GTA Online-type moneyhats from Sony.

 

[Varteras]

Not at the moment. But that day is rapidly approaching, and they're not ready.

They already dipped their toes into Day 1 games with Shadow Warriors 3. They're pushing to double their revenue from first-party games by 2025. They want 10 live service games running by 2026. If Sony decides they need to begin doing Day 1 releases on a regular basis, they will be positioned to do so thanks to their efforts now and over the next few years. The streamlining of their services now was the first step.

 

[Mownoc]

At least here in Europe there is only available the opttion to get 1 month of PS Now for $9.99, which is the same deal you'll get by buying a year of PS+ Premium. With the difference that until the new tiers get released right now you have to buy PS+ separatedly.

They literally just changed it after my post lol. UK page had options for 12/3/1 month. £49.99 for 12 months. Same page now only shows 1 month option. So they quickly closed that loophole.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Some other concerning comments in other places that they won’t include live service games in this, essentially adding more tiers within

 

[MadPanda]

I'll wait to see the list of games. Just by reading this I'm not impressed. We'll see.

 

[kyussman]

June is interesting timing for me as that's when my PS+ renews every year......my break from gaming is going to contnue for some time yet though,so I'll be letting it expire this year.

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[ByWatterson]

PS3 emulation is the only thing that is really concrete in that list and that is/was never going to happen.

There's not a great reason for that, given that there has been a good emulator out there for years.

I love Playstation, I really do. But I really believe the industry is reaching an inflection point where it will start to change into something very different within the next five to ten years. And Sony has shown few signs of being open to change.

I'm not Michael Pachter - they're not going to die or anything. But this ho-hum rollout seems at odds with Jim Ryan's stated goal of dramatically expanding the video game market. With Microsoft throwing money around, and other tech giants eyeing the pie, they simply need to be more aggressive in my view.

 

[Papacheeks]

I honestly don’t care what it costs them, just what I get.

Is the math right on the $80 a year for ultimate? The inclusion of year is pretty great imo.

They dont let you buy a year of Ultimate so the price Is the monthly 14.99 x12 which gives you 179.88. Playstation's top tier if you buy the year is 119.99. So I miscalculated it's an extra $60.

But still Playstation doesnt give you games day to date, but they give you local downloaded games for PS5,PS4,PS2 PS1 PSP. And even at the second tier there are currently more games available than whats on Gamepass. Just not stuff thats day one outside of titles like Shadow warrior 3, and PS+ titles that might debut.

Playstation and Xbox are going at this two different ways. Time will tell on which one is the best way forward. I think Sony has done the better job of offering you options that cater to all ready sub people or people who just want to just play online.

You still get games on top of all ps+ benefits.

Word is still out on what they launch with for PSP,PS1,PS2 games.

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

I'm good with buying things I want and having companies earn my money, versus being fed by corporations because I don't have any other financial options.

I'm good with getting tons of games I want for less than it would cost me to buy them and have companies earn Microsoft's money, versus being fed by propaganda that you're above somebody because your plastic box has a different logo on it. Anybody with any ounce of logic would prefer the option that costs less money for the same games, but I guess expecting logic on Neogaf is a fool's errand. Have fun being so jealous of people using Game Pass that you resort to calling them poor lol.

 

[TheDreadLord]

Can I buy PS1/PS2 games and play it on the PS5 without subscribing to this piece of crap?

 

[Thirty7ven]

I though Playstation Plus Neo from a fake leak was a dumb name but Sony topped that and some countries are going to get Playstation Plus Deluxe.

• PlayStation Plus Deluxe (Select Markets) For markets without cloud streaming, PlayStation Plus Deluxe will be offered at a lower price compared to Premium, and includes a catalog of beloved classic games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PSP generations to download and play, along with time-limited game trials. Benefits from Essential and Extra tiers are also included. Local pricing will vary by market.

Sony is being dumb, unfocused, and not improving anything.

 

[Banjo64]

Feels a bit messy really. They should have cleaned house a bit to streamline things.

 

[Papacheeks]

Something no one is talking about:

• Since PS2,PS1,PSP titles are downloadable
• what are the prices going to be if they are available on the store
• what titles are there going to be at launch?

 

[Warnen]

didnt even bundle in a Crunchyroll sub….

 

[Lognor]

Guess I'll just play them on my Series X

How do the emulators run on Series X? I might have to give this a try. If games run well it's funny to think that the XSX is a better console for older PS games.

 

[LordCBH]

what are the prices going to be if they are available on the store

They won’t be. Sony will say “if you want to play PS1,2, and PSP titles, subscribe to the Premium service.”

 

[Hitchyhero]

I swear there's some overlap on here from people that have said "gamepass type services arnt good and PS gamers consume their games differently.... And also "no one cares about backwards compatibility" to those who are now saying "this is great ill get the mid or higher end tier... Can't wait to play all these retro titles"

As expected... Most people didn't have a problem with Gamepass other than it being on xbox/Pc only.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

video games should be free

im going to become a twitter communist

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Feel sorry for my Sony bros, that fucking sucks

Sorry for what exactly? Getting everything people knew they were getting? Lmao

No one ever expected day one games in here

 

[AV]

Something no one is talking about:

• Since PS2,PS1,PSP titles are downloadable
• what are the prices going to be if they are available on the store
• what titles are there going to be at launch?

They aren't going to be on the store. If you want a good idea of what games will be there, check the games that are already available on PS3 in your region.

 

[ReBurn]

I'm not interested in racing games and Halo Infinite thought gameplay is fucking awesome, has no content to keep me there. I have been literally playing Returnal again recently with their update and its like crack again.

If they are going to bring games like that to service on top of some deals they do for Third party. I feel in terms of quality, PS has for me the more interesting catalog for a subscription service.

Until Microsoft get's their studios in check, they will be relying on Bethesda and Activision/Blizzard. And its still going to be a year or so before we even see those games on the service. ANd out of all the brands from Activision, I only care about COD. Which I buy the ones I think are good. Which last one I did buy was Modern warfare. My friends bought be Vanguard, and I literally stopped playing after a week.

I don't see anything that leads me to believe Microsoft doesn't have their studios in check. They just need to get the games out. The reliance on Bethesda, Activision, etc. is what makes the future of Gamepass so interesting.

I’m hoping this move by Sony at least gets Microsoft to include online play in console gamepass. $240 per year to be able to play many hundreds of games sounds great to me.

 

[Fbh]

So on IGN it says some confirmed games include things like Miles Morales and Returnal. If so then the middle tier will probably be worth it for me when I get a Ps5, hell with those 2 games alone which I wanted to play anyway I'm already getting the extra $40 worth in content.

 

[legacy24]

Can I buy PS1/PS2 games and play it on the PS5 without subscribing to this piece of crap?

no lmao

 

[hemo memo]

They dont let you buy a year of Ultimate so the price Is the monthly 14.99 x12 which gives you 179.88. Playstation's top tier if you buy the year is 119.99. So I miscalculated it's an extra $60.

But still Playstation doesnt give you games day to date, but they give you local downloaded games for PS5,PS4,PS2 PS1 PSP. And even at the second tier there are currently more games available than whats on Gamepass. Just not stuff thats day one outside of titles like Shadow warrior 3, and PS+ titles that might debut.

Playstation and Xbox are going at this two different ways. Time will tell on which one is the best way forward. I think Sony has done the better job of offering you options that cater to all ready sub people or people who just want to just play online.

You still get games on top of all ps+ benefits.

Word is still out on what they launch with for PSP,PS1,PS2 games.

It depends on how frequent they add/shuffle games to the service but for people who don’t care about buying games day 1 then 99$ a year for up to 400 games is not a bad deal. That’s less than 2 full priced games.

 

[lh032]

as awful as it seems, i personally believe quite a number of EXISTING user is going to upgrade to another tier.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Sony has the better strategy but MS has the larger force.

 

[Topher]

I get a sense that many of the people bitching are not planning to use the service anyway and some of them probably do not even have a PS4/PS5.

This changes nothing for me since they left PS+ alone. I think no "day one" is a legitimate complaint but nobody should have been expecting that based on Sony's stance. Maybe the PS3 games still streaming? Again, nobody should have been expecting that since it is obviously a hardware limitation.

This was a smart move by Sony. They didn't rock the current boat, opened up revenue opportunities and combines sub numbers.

It is like I said above, some gamers seem to have to absolutely love something or absolutely hate it. If folks were being level-headed about this then they would see it is an overall improvement over the split PS+/PS Now offering as it is. Your point about folks not even having a dog in the fight is on the money. It is a constant in every single discussion like this whether it is Xbox, Sony or Nintendo. You can spot those guys a mile a way in any case, can't you?

There's not a great reason for that, given that there has been a good emulator out there for years.

I love Playstation, I really do. But I really believe the industry is reaching an inflection point where it will start to change into something very different within the next five to ten years. And Sony has shown few signs of being open to change.

I'm not Michael Pachter - they're not going to die or anything. But this ho-hum rollout seems at odds with Jim Ryan's stated goal of dramatically expanding the video game market. With Microsoft throwing money around, and other tech giants eyeing the pie, they simply need to be more aggressive in my view.

Good reason or not, PS3 emulation isn't happening. And it wouldn't be game changer regardless. Did Xbox 360 BC move the needle for Xbox One? Not a bit. Game streaming is the big "game changer" according to a lot of folks so why put so much effort into emulation?

I don't think the industry is changing as much you think it is. Make great games people want to play. Do that and however you want to get people pay for it, whether subscriptions or buying outright, then they will do it. No one is going to boycott GTA 6 if it isn't part of a subscription.

 

[yurinka]

Hot take: Sony now makes almost $1B/quarter of revenue with their game subscription and will increase a lot with Spartacus.

Assuming PS+ will have 50M subs at Spartacus release (will be more since they are in a growing trend), if they pay now $59.99/year (assuming 100% of PS+ pay the yearly fee, which isn't the case as Jimbo said today) and 25% of them upgrade to $99.99/year PS+ Extra tier, that would mean a revenue increase of $500M/year.

That would be with only 25% converting, with none converting to Premium and only paying the best deal (yearly sub). And considering that the new offering wouldn't attract new subbers. Pretty likely they will have made almost $4B this FY from game subs, and Spartacus may generate them an additional yearly $1B.

Something no one is talking about:

• Since PS2,PS1,PSP titles are downloadable
• what are the prices going to be if they are available on the store
• what titles are there going to be at launch?

They aren't going to be on the store. If you want a good idea of what games will be there, check the games that are already available on PS3 in your region.

PS2 games available on PS Now are also in the store. PS1 and PSP are going to be playable locally too, so very likely will be available in the store as they were in PSP, Vita and PS3.

And I bet they will be crossbuy with them as they were in these 3 platforms: if you bought them digitally on PSP, Vita or PS3 you would be able to download them for free without paying the subscripttion.

 

[AV]

You know what I actually want? Let me JUST have access to the legacy titles for $X a month.

They're never going to put them up for sale individually and I've accepted that, but I don't have much use for most of stuff in the other tiers personally. If I'm going to get shafted to play old ROMs at least make it its own thing.

 

[onesvenus]

Yearly for top tier its -$80 cheaper than a year of Gamepass Ultimate and has more games available.

Also ask yourself would you rather play something like Miles Morales, Returnal on a service or Halo infinite, Psychonaughts 2, FORZA?

If you want quality you pay for it. But it still is cheaper and gives you more access with middle tier than a year of Gamepass Ultimate.

The thing is that if you were to buy a couple of Microsoft games a year, you are better subscribing to Gamepass. If you want to play day one PlayStation games and get access to those other games you will be paying the service in addition to those 70$ games.
Really big difference IMO.

And Wtf about people comparing this to GPU. Should we ignore the PC games you are getting with that?

 

[iorek21]

No real interest in the higher tiers as of now.

Don't really care for old games, everything really worthwhile has already been remade/remastered. I already have most of the PS4/5 games that I really wanted, so the new stuff library is not really useful for me.

The only thing that could motivate me to subscribe would be getting Day One launches for exclusives or third party stuff.

 

[adamsapple]

So what's the difference between the PS3 games you can currently download and these ones on Premium?
Any enhancements?

No. Nothing in any of the PR leads one to believe that.

 

[AV]

PS2 games available on PS Now are also in the store. PS1 and PSP are going to be playable locally too, so very likely will be available in the store as they were in PSP, Vita and PS3.

And I bet they will be crossbuy with them as they were in these 3 platforms: if you bought them digitally on PSP, Vita or PS3 you would be able to download them for free without paying the subscripttion.

In the nicest way possible, I wish I was this naive, because it's also what I want. But they haven't waited 8.5 years to put your purchased PS1 classics on the modern store JUST as they roll them into their highest tier of subscription service. Not gonna happen. They're paywalled behind everything else to get you in for good reason.

 

[hemo memo]

as awful as it seems, i personally believe quite a number of EXISTING user is going to upgrade to another tier.

New users to the service most likely. I mean if you are an old PS+ subscriber you’ll probably have most of the games that they’ll be offering already on your library previously redeemed.

 

[Papacheeks]

They won’t be. Sony will say “if you want to play PS1,2, and PSP titles, subscribe to the Premium service.”

That goes against how they operate their databases with their storefront. They can't just put the data on their servers and not have it be on the store. Thats money left on the table.

They have been building a new database since PS4 from my knowledge.

 

[DJ12]

That's possible. But we do know Microsoft is making gains in hardware sales in North America and Europe, so you'd expect GP subscriptions to continue to rise pretty swiftly.

I think the moment we'll know the contours of the next 5-10 years of competition will be when a COD title launches on Game Pass. I would expect a huge spike in subs if, in 18 months, Game Pass and COD are synonymous.

Do we though. Don't think that's the case in the uk. Maybe in America MS are claiming back some of what the one lost them.

Series X has been available on Amazon for about 2 weeks now here.

It's hard to draw conclusions based on this without knowing how many units MS shipped, but Sony have also shipped far more this month than previously with most outlets getting more than one shipment this month.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Guess I'll just play them on my Series X

That’s about all you’ll play on it.