Sony has given us a little more insight into the new PS Plus tiers, Extra and Premium. As previously reported, the game selections for both of these tiers will change over time — but now we know when these refreshes are going to happen.
For PS Plus Essential — that's the current PS Plus, just renamed — the monthly games will continue to drop on the first Tuesday of each month (and of course, Extra and Premium subscribers also get these games as part of the deal).
But the Extra and Premium line ups will refresh "in the middle of the month". That means we can all look forward to two different PS Plus updates every month from now on. How exciting!
Sony also states that the number of new games added per month will vary.
We've still got a good few weeks before the new PS Plus rolls out here in the West, but if you haven't already seen it, Sony did officially reveal Asia's Extra and Premium selection — a list that will hopefully grow before the new tiers land in other regions. You can also bookmark our All PS Plus Games guide for all of the latest info.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Fingers crossed they’re plentiful and meaningful. Some of the Nintendo Online update announcements were downright laughable.
Ah the drip feed tactic we all "love". So i guess this promise of 700+ games at launch was a lie then?
@WallyWest Not necessarily, Asian launch seems to be a bit smaller than what we'll get in the west.
@WallyWest No, the reality is that it was never promised. Sony specifically wrote "Adds a catalog of up to 400 of the most enjoyable PS4 and PS5 game".
"Up to" was also the official language used for the classics catalogue. We just have to hope that, like @nessisonett says, these monthly updates are juicy.
Should they add Ragnarok to the service day1 when it releases late 2023?
This whole rollout has been confusing. So why didn't Asia get the full 740 games??? If NAs lineup is this small it will be a disappointment.
HK and KR are only about $70-$75 USD for a year of deluxe. I think it's pretty likely these cheaper regions will have less games. So the "up to" would mean that our expensive regions have more games.
Eyyyy double the disappointment 🎉🎉🎉
@uptownsoul If you have exactly 9 months when you upgrade, it's going to be 3/4 of the difference between annual prices - they did say that in some post earlier.
@kyleforrester87 "No, it's a crap selection" twice in one month!
Full Asian line up for the ps4/ps5 games on playstations website
https://www.playstation.com/en-hk/ps-plus/games/
Hopefully the west gets steins gate and megadimension as well, also seeing yo kai watch 4++ on there makes me jealous
As I’ve said before THIS is the key aspect of how well the new PS Plus succeeds. How frequent, plentiful and fresh is the release cadence? For comparison Game Pass adds around 5-10 games every month many of which are new or Day 1 releases. This keeps the subscription service fresh and current. It makes you feel there is value in staying subscribed.
PS Now failed in my view as the list stagnated and only updated around 2-3 games a month many of which were quite old. That reduced the chance that you would want to play those games as there were both less new titles and you may have already played them as they were older.
Hoping PlayStation get this balance right second time round.
@ShogunRok This is the only right answer. Now we can complain twice every month!
@UltimateOtaku91 Im still not over that we never got an English Translation for YKW 4
So I assume they still wont really have 3rd Party Games on the Service Day1 because they still arent flexible with adding Games in comparsion to Gamepass
@Bismarck Sony's never going to add first party exclusives on day 1 to PS+ Extra/Premium.
Also Ragnarok is still slated for 2022, there hasn't been a delay to 2023 yet.
@ShogunRok
The “up to” is very strange language. I mean, when they eventually get to that number I presume they aren’t simply going to stop adding games.
Maybe it is an indication of the number of negotiations taking place. Sony just didn’t know how many licenses they would secure and it made its way into the press release. Wouldn’t surprise me given Sonys terrible marketing.
If that’s the case then I’d expect the first few months to have a larger number of games added than is normal for these services, but time will tell.
Edit: actually, I read it again, and it does say it launches with 700 games across the membership plans”. It says it will be different per region true, so maybe Asia excluding Japan has fewer games available due to licensing issues or something.
So we are now claiming this new service is going to be much much smaller than now and saying it said “up to 700 games” lol…. But we are starting with under 200???
Hahahaha.
Honestly….
Two drops a month. The first drop needs about 200 games to make this even half decent. Again I’m talking the retro games. The top tier is the one that needs serious work.
So they will be using the same drip feed tactic that Nintendo use, how predictable 🙄
@WallyWest yeah pretty much lol
@Kooky_Daisuke there is a saying; "you will own nothing and be happy" and it seems to be more true than ever these days, good thing we still have original retro hardware when services like this cease to exist much later down the line
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