Returnal's managing director Ilari Kuittinen hopes PS Plus Extra members will "dare to try" the game when it's rolled out to subscribers as part of the service's big relaunch in June. Speaking to Eurogamer after the PS5 exclusive scooped up awards for Best Game, Audio Achievement, Best Music, Best Performer in a Leading Role at last night's BAFTA Game Awards, Kuittinen suggests that's what's so good about subscription services.
"There's no hidden cost, if you like, it's easy to get into," he explained. As such, the Housemarque employee hopes subscribers will "dare to try it". Kuittinen also had praise to share for Sony: "Sony does [make] some wise decisions, like funding this game. They started to fund this game five years ago, they took a leap of faith." Two months after Returnal's release, Sony acquired the Finnish developer, making it an official member of PlayStation Studios.
The PS5 rogue-like is just one of a few confirmed games to launch with PS Plus Extra — the others are Death Stranding, God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Mortal Kombat 11. As the step above PS Plus Essential, it'll cost £83.99/$99.99 for a yearly subscription. The main perk of this tier is gaining access to up to 400 PS5, PS4 titles, all of which can be downloaded. Should you want to go one step further, PS Plus Premium introduces a back catalogue of classic PS1, PS2, and PSP titles, as well as PS3 game streaming. The list of games is said to reach roughly 340.
Are you waiting for PS Plus Extra to roll out before you try Returnal? Let us know in the comments below.
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Need a PS5 first....if I can be bothered to find one.
It's a smart move as those that do will be bitten by the "Just one more go" bug.
I'm not too fond of rogue/lite/likes and despite being interested in Returnal wasn't prepared to pay top cost to test this.
However as soon it was announced for PS+ Extra I was excited to give it a go.
This is part of the beauty of the subscription model, playing games you otherwise wouldn't buy/play. I've lost count of the number i've played on Game Pass that fit this mould.
I wont!! Cancelled my sub when the new tiers were announced🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here you PS5 consoles are always sold out or sold in inflated prices and PS Now is not available...
@themightyant NO! Subscription services are bad for gaming!
Was going to buy it on sale but with this and death stranding on the service will definitely sub premium for a bit.
Eh maybe we will see. Not a fan of Rogue-likes. I'm still undecided on if I will subscribe to the higher tiers or not.
@hbkay I’m still not sold on them. I was going to get 12 months now for £48 but then I add that to the £40 I’ve already paid for plus and what am I actually getting? The only BC games I play on my ps5 are PS4 titles like everybody else. And the only game I currently don’t own that I know is coming to the service is Returnal which will likely drop in retail price once it does come.
There’s just too many unknowns. What’s the third party support going to be like. Apparently Xbox paid 100mill for guardians to come to it not even day 1…how’s Sony going to compete with third party deals. Maybe the third party exclusives will hit…in which case things will start to look more attractive. Right now I don’t even know how long game trials will be. Will they end up being no more than demos I’m paying for? Or will they be substantial like EAPlay offers?
@Bleachedsmiles They may not be for everyone, but choice is good. For me and many others the subscription model is amazing value in conjunction with a few bought games. Many developers seem to like them too.
@Bleachedsmiles i honestly think ya’ll get NOTHING that isnt already in psnow. NOTHING 3rd party will be added, the ps1, ps2 games will be the ones currently on the service & NOTHING else will be added. They’re trying to make it sound incredible with 700 games etc but it will only b the stuff on there already. Just wait and see
Il be having a go. May get the physical for my birthday. Mainly because i got my friend it for Xmas and they've now added coop and he finds soulslike games better with a friend
@hbkay there will obviously be stuff added that isn't currently on PS Now, since Now doesn't have any PS1 or PSP games.
If I can stream PS5 games on my PS4 Pro, I'll happily give it a shot in June.
@hbkay wanna bet?
Definitely trying it.
Will get a Ps5 later this year and will start off with Miles Morales, Ratchet and Returnal
Happily give it a go when I see the service go live and see if it's worthwhile for me to get it
@WizzNL so i am……… im thinking the vita store which has/had ps1/psp/ games etc so whatever u could get on there is what they’ll chuck on the higher sub👍
@Milktastrophe sorry, i was thinking the vita store had psp/ps1 stuff….. that’s what they’ll put on higher sub
Good luck to anyone playing Returnal for the first time. I love Returnal but good Heavens just getting through an area, a Biome to reach the boss alone is just exhausting. You might get lucky and only encounter the weaker enemies or like me get incredibly unlucky and encounter the more aggressive ones, it's different everytime you die.
"There's no hidden cost, if you like, it's easy to get into,"
Giant backhand to the GT team right there.
I rented it and it's a good game better than alot of the overrated ps exclusives...but I just didn't have the time and there where other games I wanted to rent so I didn't get to far....will give it another go if it remains there for a good while
Personally I didn’t enjoy it and regretted caving into the hype. Expected a sci-fi souls like experience with death being a cool story feature, instead felt it was a randomised game where the “return thing” was a gimmick to justify a lack of content. One of the few I wish I could have got a refund on.
I get I’m literally the only one though 😂
I plan on hopefully jumping up to Extra but I need to see exactly what games are on offer first. I tend to buy the majority of the first party titles so I'm banking on the third party being equally as impressive.
@hbkay How does that make any sense? The service is just staying the same for people with the current PS+
Just put it in base PS+ then.
Dare ya
👍🏻
They are hoping to gather high interest for the sequel or their next project, and I completely agree — play the game and you’ll at least be impressed with what Housemarque does. I think it is the smoothest and most satisfying gameplay of any game I’ve played.
I have this still sealed part of my back log lol
If Im getting the extra option I'll check it out what it is. But since I'm not a fan of rogue likes or challenging games I don't expect to play it for long
@WizzNL There Are a Few Remastered PS1 And PSP Games On PS Now.
I already own Returnal, but this is excellent news for anyone that was unsure if they'd enjoy the game.
One of the reasons I'm excited for the service, Returnal is definitely on my list
Will be purchasing a plus extra subscription & This game has been on my list for some time
Yay! As a ps plus and ps now subscriber, I’m getting a taste of premium until my subs laps. I’m excited to play death stranding as it’s on my bucket list…. I’ll try returnal just because but I don’t like hard games and I shooter games are meh, if the story is good I’ll power through a shooter game….. sooo probably not gonna like it.
looking forward to trying it out to see if i missed out on not buying it.
I have a wife, I get tortured enough.
a classic old school demo would be better.
I never thought I would say this(I hate paying for subscription services) but I might try PS PLUS Extra for a year & if I don't like it then go back to the normal version(& the only reason I got the normal version is to back-up my PS5 game saves because SONY won't let me save them to USB like you could do on the PS4/3) :-/ (+ it's a shame we don't just get demos of most games anymore to)
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