Topic: PlayStation Plus | OT |

@Th3solution That's good to know about the website, do you know if it works the same if you use the app?

I think we might had different things here in Europe, it was your most played game in the 5 years of PS4 and not just last year.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah the Europe “My PS4 Life” is different I guess. This is just a website and I don’t think it has any integration into the app. (They should totally do that though. C’mon Sony.). This is the link but I’m not sure if it’s only NA:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2018/wrap-up/

It gives a simpler summary for the year, not a video life My PS4 Life does apparently.

@Kidfried I’m mainly having trouble with Switch and Lockdown. Usually Countdown and Overdrive if I just play well then it’s good enough for the team to win. With Switch I can be a bike for almost the whole game and my team just never helps. With Lockdown, it the same and I’m just not good at that mode anyway.
I did play some online and it was fun and the opponents are much more aggressive. I just want to get the Founders Trophy but it gonna be tough.

@Th3solution Ah sorry I probably wasn't clear, I meant using the app to add games to your library instead of downloading them.

And yeah My PS4 life was just a website here too and generated a video with some stats about games you've played and trophies you've won in the 5 years of the PS4's life.

@JohnnyShoulder oh, yeah. Lol, Sorry. I do think it would be ace to have the app be able to pull up gameplay summaries like how long you’ve played and other such statistics.
But yes, as far as does the app work just as well as the website for claiming your PS Plus titles — yes, it does. It’s actually easier too, since you’re already logged in to the app if you have it on your phone and you can pull it up faster and when you click on the store you go straight into your account. I actually have been using the app for PSN shopping and PS Plus claims more often lately. It’s certainly much better than using your PS4, unless you know for sure you are downloading the game straight away. Even then, I think you can queue up games to download from the app too; I’m not sure since I’ve never tried that.

@Th3solution Yeah I've purchased games and dlc from the app so that they have downloaded on you switch on your PS4 when you get home.

Yeah would be cool to show these kind of stats on the app and even on the dashboard on the console. Maybe it's something they'll introduce for the PS5, as I'm not sure how much more the PS4 can handle.

A message popped up on my PS4 saying that they've added a free 14 day trial to my account, so I've got PS Plus now. So with that, time for me to go back to playing Persona 5

(I'll make the most of the free games and try out The Witness and maybe some Call of Duty multiplayer this weekend).

@JohnnyShoulder @RogerRoger
(I am responding here so as not to derail the other thread too much)
Regarding PS Plus- I used to just add games that looked of interest to me, but then found that I’ve missed a few that I later have developed a desire to try (Contrast, Jet-Set Radio, Yakuza 4, and Outlast are some that come to mind) So the last couple years I just claim every single game, no matter how bad the game looks. It does makes for a rather chaotic appearing digital library. With 6 games a month there for a while, I added a lot of rubbish into my library. It’s partly why I was complaining the other day about the lack of options available to organize and display the library on the consoles and on the app. I wish I could somehow manually arrange the games to display like a shelf where I see the titles I want to download and play and prioritize them.

@Th3solution My thinking is that I've got enough games in my backlog anyway which are ones I'm interested in, I don't really need to add any more just on the off chance I might fancy playing it one day. I don't think there have been too many that I missed that I wanted to play later. And they have usually been quite a low in value so it has not been that big a deal. It is not something that I keep a track of either, if I wasn't interested at the time of it being on PS+, it is not a massive problem with having to buy it later.

@RogerRoger Looking at my Libray it lists 227 games as Purchased. There are quite a few demos on there, but I have a few games on disc which I've not even loaded into my PS4. Looking on the PSN Profiles site it has tracked 163 games as played.... ouch.

@RogerRoger @JohnnyShoulder I can understand your approach. It’s quite a mass of fluff having all these worthless games on there. Yeah, I think my library has over 200 or so games just on PS4, not counting PS3 and Vita. I’ll actually play a small fraction of those.

Incidentally @RogerRoger after you wrote that about having 52 games in your backlog, I counted my list and came up with about 42.
...yes, I keep a very similar document with a list of all the games that I remotely am considering playing, and I have them in a rough ranking of order, separated by console, and ... yes, marked with certain mark by them to indicate if they have been started or another mark if they are on my ‘next up’ list. I keep my PS Plus freebies that I am curious to play in a separate section of the list, until they graduate into the master list to be played.
For example, here is a section of my PS Plus 2nd tier backlog - Beyond Two Souls, Valiant Hearts, Rime, Yakuza Kiwami, Bound, Knack, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Just Cause 3, Mad Max, Absolver, Mafia 3, Iconoclasts, The Witness, Soma ...
In my ‘currently playing’ list of about 10 games I have started include a few PS Plus games from recent to remote - Borderlands Handsome Collection, and Rayman Legends ... and maybe I’ll return to Sonic Mania one day 😅.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one with an obsessive need to keep lists 😜

@Th3solution I spend most of my working day looking at lists and spreadsheets, so I try to stay away from all that stuff when I'm not working! To me that's sounds like a chore and takes away the fun of gaming.

I hate to think the size of my backlog. I would guess though that it is well over 100 if you include PS Plus and Xbox Gold games. Though to be honest, I often redeem those games, even if they aren't high on my play list.

At a quick count, not including my retro collection, I probably have 40 odd 'bought' games. I am a bit of a collector though in some ways, for example I own all the Dark Souls games but haven't completed the first yet.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, it just kind of evolved into this living document that I update every time new PS Plus games come out and anytime I buy a new game. Also included in the document is a section of games coming out that I have interest in, or even games that are already out that I’m keeping an eye on for a rainy day or when they might go on sale. In some skewed sort of way, I really enjoy keeping up with the list and categorizing the games. You should see my sock drawer. 😂

@Kidfried I track pretty much all the games I’ve — started and plan to return to, started and probably won’t return to, have and plan to play soon, have and plan to play remotely, plan to buy, or even have just an inkling to purchase. With the sheer volume of PS Plus games, it’s the only way I can keep up with the 10-20% of them that are worth revisiting. Like you say, it is easy to forget what’s in my library, and so it’s just easier to pull up my phone and check my list. It also helps us I have an upcoming open weekend to look at the list and see where my mood is heading and so I can download the games so I’m ready ahead of time for when I can game. Like Furi for you, I have several PS Plus nuggets deep in there that I know I need to get to when I’m in the mood. The Witness, for example, which I know is a favorite, is one I need to play but I’m waiting for the right time since it’s very much a niche game. Two that I recently finished from my Plus backlog are Velocity 2X and Transistor, both of which sat there for a really long time but eventually I had the mood for them and I did complete them and enjoyed each in their own way. Rayman Legends is another of my Plus games that I’m so glad I finally pulled out of hibernation and is a great ‘drop in, drop out’ game that I play here and there.

@Kidfried Yeah, I have tried to be more honest with myself on some of those games that I just am not enjoying and need to cross off if they don’t sell me on their content in the first couple hours. I have some of those too. Transistor took me a while, but in the end, I finished it and felt it a decent experience. Perhaps over-rated, but I didn’t feel it a waste. Now Drawn to Death on the other hand....

@RogerRoger You know how you said you liked fun but shallow experiences? JC3 must be the best example of that ever!

I bought a year today 12/1/19, and it hadn’t expired yet, and it said next renewal date was 11/25/20, which not only doesn’t include my remaining Plus, but also it’s the a full year. I’ll double check it when I get home, but did anyone else have this?

@Jaz007 That’s strange - it definitely should just tack an extra 12 months added to your current sub. I’ve not done it recently, but when I got a year sub to add on during days of play it just extended out my expiration date into 2021, no problem. Hopefully it’s just a glitch and when you recheck it then it’ll be fixed.

On a separate note about looking back on 2019 PS Plus in review, it was a decent year overall, but a little weaker than last year. I count 7 PS Plus games that I have played or will play. Not bad. Another 6 or so that were great games that I’d highly recommend but already own. So it’s not a terrible deal for $45 a year (if you get it on sale, which I try to do), which is less than the cost of one new game.

I definitely encourage anyone remotely interested to try Titanfall 2, by the way. I bought it and played it a month or two ago and it was an 8 hours well spent.

Mine is always up for renewal around this time of year so I always get it discounted in Black Friday sales.

I'd guess there's 11 games this year I downloaded but not played them all, and there's certainly a few I already had (I'm looking at you June). There's still some from last year I'm playing too so with the discounts as well, it probably still works out for me.

@Th3solution I checked the number of days left and it had a little over a year like it should. So yeah, not sure it said that when I bought it.
And yeah, the year’s been weaker. Less game is a notable part of the problem as it’s harder to see indie delights now. For Honor and COD:MW were some highlights. I ended up playing For Honor for over a hundred hours, so it kind of feels like it made Plus to an extent for me this year.

@Arugula Lol, yeah it seems like that’s the trend recently — remastered PS3 collections. BioShock, Nathan Drake, and Handsome Collection and Wipeout Omega Collection a few months ago. Not to mention The Last of Us Remastered, and Heavy Rain PS4 port within the past year too, and probably others I’ve forgotten.

So that means next month we’ll be getting one of these: the Assassin’s Creed Ezio Trilogy, Batman: Return to Arkham, The Devil May Cry HD Collection, Metro Redux, Lego Harry Potter Collection, or Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + II.5 Remix.

Of those, I’d actually really like to get the Metro Redux collection. Otherwise, I think the PS3 remasters we’ve already gotten (Drake, Handsome, and Bio) are the ones I’ve actually wanted.