Drawn to Death's Trophies Compose an Angsty Short Story

"The game's set to launch on 4th April as a free PlayStation Plus title."

PS+ isn't free, it's $59.99 per year. How much does the game cost to buy if you don't have PS+ since PS+ is "free"? If you can't buy the game and you can only get it by being a PS+ subscriber then may I suggest this:

"The game's set to launch on 4th April but you can only play it if you subscribe to PlayStation Plus."

@get2sammyb Normally I would agree that I was just being pedantic if it was just about PS+ and "free", but you are reporting about a game that was supposed to be "free", as in really free, to everyone, not just to people paying for rentals and discounts,

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/02/hold_up_ps4_exclusive_drawn_to_death_will_be_free

then it was supposed to be a paid game as they decided against the F2P model, I've read it was going to be in the $20 digital range,

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/11/04/drawn-to-death-day-one-launch-package-detailed/

but now it's only available to people who pay for PS+, it's not free to everyone as originally planned and it's not available to purchase for $20.

Unless it's still coming out the same day for $19.99 for non-PS+ subscribers, in which case you should have reported on that as well. It's kind of what Jaffe made it sound like when he said this 2 weeks ago.

"We just couldn’t wait any longer to share the good news, so here – finally – loud and proud and excited as-all-get-out, allow me to announce that on 4th April Drawn To Death launches and PS Plus members will be able to play it from the same time!"

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2017/03/15/ps-plus-members-get-to-play-next-months-ps4-shooter-drawn-to-death-for-free/

So questioning whther this game is free or not, or avaible only to PS+ subscirbers or to everyone, I think is about as pedantic as the Brexit vote. You're still Great Britain right, the vote was just "pedantic" about being members of the EU or not, your country doesn't even use the EU currency the Euro, so what's the big deal?

@get2sammyb it's almost a prerequisite because you can't play online or get the Included games or discounts with PS Plus right?

@get2sammyb "There's nothing wrong with that sentence at all. It's all true."

You're a writer, you know that "nothing wrong" and "all true" are not the same thing. Is the game still available for $19.99 for people who don't have PS+? If it is, on the same day, then every thing is fine. I recall several games on PS3 having 1 week "early access" or some such for PS+ subscribers. (Can't recall any names, it was when PS+ first started years ago.) If the game is only available to PS+ subscribers then saying it's "free" is almost redundant as it has no cost associated with it to anyone, there it is free, but you aren't saving any money w/ PS+ if the game doesn't have a cost associated with it.

Writing - "The game's set to launch on 4th April as a free PlayStation Plus title." - leaves out all of the people who dont' have PS+ knowing if they can buy the game or not. I know you like to use the word "Exclusive" whenever possible, that sentence would have been a good place to use it if it is a PS+ exclusive. And if it isn't a PS+ exclusive, then say "also available to none PS+ subscribers for $x.xx" or "price forthcoming" if they haven't said how much it is yet.

The problem isn't that you lied, it's that you only gave an incomplete report about the games release. I'm sure not everyone here subscribes to PS+, even if it's 99% of PS4 owners.

@rjejr dude don't bring up brexit, I'm desperately trying to imagine it was just a nasty fever dream.

And there really was nothing wrong with the way the game's price- or otherwise- was presented in the article.

@Mergatro1d "And there really was nothing wrong with the way the game's price- or otherwise- was presented in the article."

Well then when can non PS+ subscribers purchase it and for how much? I didn't see that mentioned in the article anywhere. I don't see the point in saying it's "Free" for PS+ if the price isn't listed for non-PS+, and if it isn't available for non-PS+ then that should be in the article as well, "PS+ exclusive".

"Nothing wrong" doesn't mean it's complete.

@rjejr I've no idea how much how much it'll cost or whether it'll be available for non PS plus subscribers. Maybe Sammy doesn't know either; I'm not trying to fight his journalistic battles for him.

I just didn't see any problem with the way it was reported. I do take your point, though, that not all the information is present. A bit like brexit, then...

@smythelove Do you pay if you have PSplus no so its free with PSplus.

@Flaming_Kaiser Yup right on 😀

@Mergatro1d "that not all the information is present. A bit like brexit, then..."

Nicely said.