PlayStation Plus Premium: Is it really an Xbox Game Pass rival?

The VG247 team reacts to Sony's big PS Plus revamp, and opinions are… tepid.

[darthv72]

Im understanding this as combining the existing + and Now and adding in PS1 / PSP / PS5 streaming & downloads as well as new game trials. The new game trials would be kind of like day one releases on GP. Letting you play a new release and then decide if you want to pay to keep playing it.

I honestly thought PS1 was already supported on PSNow since they digitized all those PS1 games back during the PS3 era.

[CaptainHenry916]

What about PS2 and PS3 games🤔 and over 800 games . They're using microsoft azure now as well

[darthv72]

What about them? They are already part of PS Now.

[Eonjay]

Plus it offers over 700 games. That is seriously a lot of content.

[darthv72]

Well... that's the PS Now side of it. It's always offered a huge catalog of games. This is the equivalent of making something old look new again and people feeling like they are seeing it for the first time when its been there all along. They just chose not to notice because it was a separate thing.

[Deathdeliverer]

Until it actually releases there’s no way anyone can say. Having games from each PS gen including PSP is pretty sick. (No vita though) When they say every major publisher is supporting it does that mean day ones like gamepass? Sony already said PS5 games will be on, we just don’t know if a new release every now and then is on the menu.
I have gamepass ultimate and I’ll have this. If they are TOO similar though, as in they both have the same games, I’d probably drop one.

[glennhkboy]

I guess it just means those 3rd party PS1, 2, 3, 4 games already in the PS+ services get the blessing from their publishers/ developers.

[DaCajun]

PS plus original is still the same, thankfully. PS+ premium is just PS+ and PS Now combined for the same price as both added before, $59.99x2+$0.01=$119.99.

Just a rebranding of the previous 2 seperate offerings and people are acting like it's something new and the greatest thing ever. It's still the same good deal as before plus $0.01 more, lol. People have been wanting them to simplify it for a long time now. Most hoping for a discount in a combined offering, which in someway there is in the middle tier.

The only new things that I've noticed are just a medium tier and the previously free 5 hour game trails for certain games locked behind the premium tier now. If I've missed something else new please correct me.

[Godmars290]

HAs Game Pass really proved to be a positive for Xbox?

[alb1899]

Yes it does. Isn't it good for you?

[NecrumOddBoy]

Positive with the audience. It’s not profitable but I don’t think it’s a major loss with how much MS makes as a global company.

[SpineSaw]

Sure it a huge positive for Microsoft but the reason they went to the GP service is they had to they could not sell their First Party games those games a just are a level or 2 below what Nintendo and Sony First Party has to offer.

[MadLad]

Several studios under Microsoft put out award winning games last year, from what I remember.

[OMGitzThatGuy]

Only game that wasn't selling well before game pass was FM7.

[SpineSaw]

You mean those multiplayer games with all that replay-ability that so few are still playing Halo Infinite and Forza 5. Those award winning games?... lol Like I said a level or 2 or more below Sony and Nintindo First Party Studio games.

[MadLad]

There's a lot of people still playing Horizon 5. Halo Infinite is having issues with their multiplayer, but I loved the campaign.

You're just biased.

If you want to be that way, who even was still talking about Horizon "Forgotten" West since Elden Ring dropped?

[Godmars290]

@TheRealTedCruz:
How aren't you bias with a comment like that?

[SpineSaw]

@TheRealTed
There be absolutely no bias in facts. The Microsoft website and Steam site that report most games played both report gamers have moved from Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5.

[glennhkboy]

Yes, GamePass is generating profit for MS for the last fiscal year.

[MadLad]

Sounds like a glorified emulator with a price tag, honestly.
All I can say is Microsoft has been doing that for 3 generations now, and actually went back and improved the games for free.

The only useful thing here, for me, would be giving you a trial for games so you can have a more informed decision before you purchase. But again, you're now already paying to have that.
And Sony has one of the worst refund policies to be had otherwise, so it's almost like you're paying to remedy that.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

At the very least, they didn’t crate barriers in order to artificially increase the price of their base service in order to create an inflated value proposition.

[babadivad]

No, it isn't...

[CrimsonWing69]

No, but I’m hoping the retro library will make up for that.

[Dandizzle]

Thing is most of game pass games are not exclusive.. most of the games in the ps plus+ theirs are exclusive. Also game pass library of late has been feeling kind of long in the tooth.

[kikicub]

This is really lame, what a way to drop the ball and miss an opportunity to wipe the floor with GP

[tay8701]

not sure what you were expecting. they dont need to clone gp because 1st party sony studios actually sell games unlike the majority of xbox studios. i dont want them to go the way of gamepass. the minute they do that, the quality of their games drop. id rather pay $70 a game a get legit game of thr year type games, than pay a small fee each month and get average games. thats just me though

[kikicub]

I get it, but to me the great thing about getting day one is that I can play it and decide if I want to keep it. Also having it day one means an increased player count which is good for everyone.

[Kurupt]

Question is..are these psone and ps2 games support trophies???... Hope they do!!

[EasilyTheBest]

Sony had the chance to do something great here but I think they have missed their opportunity.
They should have waited till later in the year & got PS3 games working via downloading not streamed. They should have had Vita games on there aswell.
They could of kept the different tiers They have now but had an Ultimate Pass called something like PlayStation All In & also included New Released first party exclusives.
They could of charged double the price of Gamepass say $25 a month. It could have gone with the fact that their games are 1st games are better than Microsofts & are worth the premium price.
If PlayStation All In would effect game sales it wouldn't matter as they'd be getting a high monthly income They could even do it so its a minimum 3 month sub...

[Phoenix76]

What we need now, after this announcement, is the ability to play old disc's on the ps5.

[MadLad]

That's never going to happen.
They quickly cut BC and then doubled down on retail remasters for generations.
Now they're selling you the content in the form of a subscription service and paid upgrades.

If you want to play old Sony games either own the old hardware, or give them more money.

It's simply their business model.

[GrmpyolGamer]

If it doesn't have day and date releases then it is not a rivel. Sumple

[GoodGuy09]

Seems to be a mix of both nso and gamepass.

[Goozex]

I don't trust any article from vg247