In case you missed the memo, Weird West recently received a PS5 port. This game, published by Devolver Digital and developed by Dishonored alumni, is an isometric immersive sim that we'd recommend you hop into. However, if you're on the fence, PS Plus Premium members can now give it a shot risk-free.
It's the latest in the top subscription tier's range of full games you can download and play in a trial period. In Weird West's case, you can try out either the PS4 version or the new PS5 port — which sports 4K resolution and 60 frames-per-second — for a total of two hours. If you've been curious to see what this game is all about, now's your chance to dive in before you buy.
Weird West joins dozens of other games you can try for no additional cost as part of PS Plus Premium, including Cyberpunk 2077, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Sonic Frontiers, and more. Will you be playing the trial for Weird West? Barge open the saloon doors in the comments section below.
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I'm a bit annoyed at how they handled this release. The definitive version launched with an introductory discount until May 10th, around 50% off. It was advertised on their twitter with links to the US PlayStation and Xbox stores, and on sale via the UK Xbox store and Steam as well. For whatever reason, they didn't apply a discount to the UK store and were charging full price for it.
They were also advertising that you could upgrade the PS4 version that released 14 months ago for free if owned, but they conveniently removed its listing from the UK store not long before the definitive editions announcement.
I wanted to play this and would of had no issue paying full price, but releasing it at a discount in select markets is nonsense and something I'm not willing to support.
I still think this is just paid demo's which in my 45 years of gaming never thought would happen but here we are🤷♂️
@Loamy Not on mine, and not on a lot of others either according to twitter and reddit. There isn't a listing for the base game at all. Do you own a PS5?
@Loamy Well this gets even stranger then, because I checked on release day and it was £35, and it remained 35 throughout the introductory offer period and is still 35 now.
So your PS5 store had it listed for £14?
@Loamy There are no options of versions on mine. There is one listing on the store, Weird West definitive edition. There's no option for PS5 or 4, only a trial if you're on premium.
I wonder if it only got listed correctly for people who already owned it?
To be honest that's annoyed me even more 😂 it would appear that some could see it and some couldn't.
@Loamy It was the same on the app for me, I checked both. My app doesn't list a PS4 version at all, there was/is one listing for £35 and it's been that way since launch.
I don't know what happened with this, there were obviously issues for some and not others.
@ROTTIEMAN16 so you never bought the magazine that the 'free' demo discs came with? 🤔
I had completely forgotten about this game, thanks for the reminder!
@ROTTIEMAN16 I remember back in the 90's you had these shareware discs you could buy and they contained only demo's. So technically it's not new..
But yeah, I agree it's ridiculous that it's supposed to be some kind of privilige to try a game before you buy it. Especially with the sorry technical state a lot of games nowadays release in and the practically non-existent refund policy from Sony..
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I know right! I only had to bike all the way to the grocery store, walk inside, and spend my weekly allowance to get a magazine for my free demos. So much better than today that is for sure.
@ROTTIEMAN16 I still remember those free trials you'd download off XBLA. Suggesting that trials are an incentive for a subscription seems a little off.
Picked up Redfall on steam deck and not impressed. Looking for something classic Arkane led me here though and I think I’ll give Weird West a try!
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