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Sony Pictures Core benefit for PlayStation Plus members​

We’re pleased to see strong engagement for Sony Pictures Core since launching earlier this month on PS5 and PS4 consoles. Sony Pictures Core provides access for players to buy or rent up to 2,000 movies* straight from their console, and as a PlayStation Plus member, you’ll get additional benefits. Starting on November 1 all PlayStation Plus members will receive a 15% discount on all content available for purchase and rental in Sony Pictures Core during the month of November.

Lastly, we hope you caught the premiere of the new mind-bending interactive streaming series Silent Hill: Ascension which made its debut yesterday. In addition to the interactive series, a weekly compilation of audience-influenced storylines will be packaged into TV episodes, and PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members will have exclusive access to all weekly compilation episodes 24-hours before they debut on other platforms. PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members can catch the first one early on November 8 at noon PST local time, before its wide release on November 9.**

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November – Mafia II: Definitive Edition, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, Aliens Fireteam Elite

Games playable November 7 + Sony Pictures Core benefit for PlayStation Plus members this month

blog.playstation.com

 

[VanCityGamer]

Bad month for me personally.

 

[LordCBH]

Two great games, and a shit game no one wanted (Breakers)

 

[NickFire]

Increasing the price to make PS+ great one them said. I don't believe you I said. Definitely don't believe them now I say.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Bad month for me personally.

It's a rather meh one for me as well. Will try the Aliens game with my friends in co-op though and that's about it I think.

 

[Tsaki]

 

[lughnasadh123]

There I was thinking the third mystery game would make the month worth it.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Great month to me for Mafia 2 alone. May try Aliens some.

 

[GHound]

Bro. Breakers? Just say you fucked my mom like everyone else and quit with these insults that actually hurt.

Starting on November 1 all PlayStation Plus members will receive a 15% discount on all content available for purchase and rental in Sony Pictures Core during the month of November.

Lastly, we hope you caught the premiere of the new mind-bending interactive streaming series Silent Hill: Ascension which made its debut yesterday. In addition to the interactive series, a weekly compilation of audience-influenced storylines will be packaged into TV episodes, and PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members will have exclusive access to all weekly compilation episodes 24-hours before they debut on other platforms. PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members can catch the first one early on November 8 at noon PST local time, before its wide release on November 9.**

Getting real Xbox E3 2013 "TV, TV,TV!" vibes.

 

[Spyxos]

How is the Aliens game? The rest is rather meh.

 

[haxan7]

barf. They raised prices to give us this?

 

[Aion002]

Nice for Mafia 2, but Breakers is probably the worst Dragon Ball game ever made and this Aliens game is extremely boring.

 

[RobRSG]

Didn’t they give the Mafia Trilogy bundle before?

 

[Aenima]

I gave them the benefit of the doubt to decide if i resub or not untill the end of November. After the price increase adding only 1 PS5 game dosent cut it anymore. Will wait to see how is the PS+ Extra linup, but the Essential tier this month has nothing for me.

 

[tommib]

I almost bought that Aliens game at some point. Will try it now. Eventually. Maybe in 2026.

 

[shaddam]

Bought the aliens game on a steam sale a few months back. Not a perfect game, but I really enjoyed it

 

[Nankatsu]

The Breakers? Giving out the game on its first anniversary already?

 

[Ryuji Goda]

Trash ass shit

 

[Little Chicken]

This is a sad service, I regret paying for 12 months.

 

[King Dazzar]

What a load of wank.

 

[March Climber]

Is there a compilation website that puts all of the PS plus essential monthlies next to their Metacritic rating?

I want to know how the average is looking.

 

[Kerotan]

Mafia 2 is a good addition.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Man Alien Fireteam is in my cart, just havent bought it yet. this is good news for me.

 

[Represent.]

 

[dreamstation]

Aliens is worth a playthrough for sure. Great fun in co-op, can get pretty hectic especially on higher difficulties where team damage is on.

 

[Punished Miku]

barf. They raised prices to give us this?

It does kind of make sense. They're in heavy cost cutting mode right now. Lay-offs, raise prices on PS+ all seem like they're likely the result of the same core problem. I don't necessarily think raising PS+ prices automatically goes into PS+ output. I think they just had to raise prices now for other reasons. But who knows, just looking at the other recent news that's the sense I get.

Extra usually has some good drops, and Essential was on fire for several months. Could just be an off month.

 

[bitbydeath]

Aliens is worth a playthrough for sure. Great fun in co-op, can get pretty hectic especially on higher difficulties where team damage is on.

I just checked and it doesn’t even support true multiplayer, just that rubbish online stuff.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

THIS is how they make their service great?

 

[Kenneth Haight]

PlayStation exec Eric Lempel offers some degree of insight. To its credit, the publication asks Lempel directly about consumer criticism of the aforementioned price increase, to which he responds: "We want to make PlayStation Plus great”

 

[rofif]

Shit games. Yes... mafia 2 is mid game from 100 years ago. who didn't play it...

 

[akaFullmetal]

Meh month for me.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

I think they just had to raise prices now for other reasons

Is the reason that they’re greedy bastards or is it another reason?

 

[Punished Miku]

Is the reason that they’re greedy bastards or is it another reason?

I mean, every company is to some extent. I think they're projected to miss their revenue targets by a large amount and I honestly have no clue why. They seem like they're the top dog in gaming these days. But I just see layoffs and a company wide need to cut some costs ASAP, so it's not a huge mystery why PS+ sees a large price increase as well. They need money for some reason. That's all anyone can see from the outside.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

I mean, every company is to some extent. I think they're projected to miss their revenue targets by a large amount and I honestly have no clue why. They seem like they're the top dog in gaming these days. But I just see layoffs and a company wide need to cut some costs ASAP, so it's not a huge mystery why PS+ sees a large price increase as well. They need money for some reason. That's all anyone can see from the outside.

I’m only jesting of course. I understand they need to make as much revenue as possible, they’re a business.

I’m a bit disillusioned as to what is happening at PS right now. Definitely the chase of GaaS is disappointing for me personally as someone who has basically zero interest in multiplayer or playing a “lifestyle” game. I know they have good single player experiences they haven’t revealed yet, and that everyone will forget this when they drop some quality trailers and definitive timelines hopefully sooner rather than later.

The bungie acquisition is the one that is currently looking like a raw deal and a mistake in my eyes. Seems like there are definitely politics happening between the studios especially with bungie dictating to other teams what passes the quality mark. Imagine how many interesting AAA single player titles they could have funded with 3.6B instead we get tweets telling Spanish/Portuguese speakers that their language is wrong and they need to fix it.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Already played aliens (didnt like)
Breakers suck
Mafia 2 is meh, might claim that one for a rainy day.

 

[Punished Miku]

I’m only jesting of course. I understand they need to make as much revenue as possible, they’re a business.

I’m a bit disillusioned as to what is happening at PS right now. Definitely the chase of GaaS is disappointing for me personally as someone who has basically zero interest in multiplayer or playing a “lifestyle” game. I know they have good single player experiences they haven’t revealed yet, and that everyone will forget this when they drop some quality trailers and definitive timelines hopefully sooner rather than later.

The bungie acquisition is the one that is currently looking like a raw deal and a mistake in my eyes. Seems like there are definitely politics happening between the studios especially with bungie dictating to other teams what passes the quality mark. Imagine how many interesting AAA single player titles they could have funded with 3.6B instead we get tweets telling Spanish/Portuguese speakers that their language is wrong and they need to fix it.

Worst case scenario I could see is that they're in rough waters for the immediate near future (2 years?). Long term there's no question Sony is the dominant player.
It just sounds like they've been hit with numerous substantial delays. Shit happens. MS had the "wait until next year" mantra for years, but the truth is - I still thought that made sense. Some of this shit takes 6 years. A pivot can't really happen quickly in the AAA or AAAA space.

 

[CamHostage]

Public service link, as I always struggle to actually find the PS Plus Essentials in the borked current version of the web PlayStation Store:

What's new on PS Plus | The latest games, trials and discounts for Essential, Extra and Premium members | PlayStation

Discover what's new on all three PlayStation Plus membership plans. Latest game catalog games, classics catalog updates, monthly games and more.

www.playstation.com

 

[KiteGr]

Still not convinced about the price increase.

 

[Codes 208]

Well i suppose free breakers is coming out just in time for the new broly raider dlc

But idk, they kinda fucked it up after changing how the raider queue works

 

[BlueLyria]

Really felling that high quality experience from the price increase /s

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[xrnzaaas]

Weak lineup. I've platinumed Mafia 2 only because I love the first two entries, but it had its fair share of glitches, massive popup and unstable framerate. One of the bad remasters out there.

The other two don't interest me at all. Go play Dark Descent if you're looking for an awesome Aliens game.

 

[dreamstation]

Realistically, what games would people be happy with?

 

[OuterLimits]

Metacritic scores:
Mafia 2: 72
Aliens Firestorm: 67
Dragon Ball: 57

Okay, third month in a row the games given have been trash. The increase in price makes this even more laughable.

 

[kunonabi]

Breakers is having a really tremendous anniversary so it going on plus is great. Hopefully we get a good influx of players.

 

[dotnotbot]

Lastly, we hope you caught the premiere of the new mind-bending interactive streaming series Silent Hill: Ascension which made its debut yesterday.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November – Mafia II: Definitive Edition, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, Aliens Fireteam Elite

Games playable November 7 + Sony Pictures Core benefit for PlayStation Plus members this month

blog.playstation.com

Awesome, I’ve been holding out for Aliens fireteam

 

[dreamstation]

Okay, third month in a row the games given have been trash. The increase in price makes this even more laughable.

I've played both Mafia II and Aliens and both are far from trash. Stop basing your opinion on the trash that reviewers are feeding you.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Aliens is fun but I've had it since release, plus nowadays it's almost impossible to find other people to play it with. It's kind of a dead game but I'm expecting that this will breathe some life into it for a couple of weeks so I would recommend playing it as soon as it hits PS Plus if you ever hope to play the campaign with real people instead of useless NPC androids.

 

[dreamstation]

Aliens is fun but I've had it since release, plus nowadays it's almost impossible to find other people to play it with. It's kind of a dead game

I've been playing it pretty much every day the last month or so and I find people to play with every game. I do have crossplay turned on and I use quick play though but that's fine for what I want to do.