new PlayStation Plus There has been a lot of talk about this: Sony, confirming the rumors that have been circulating for a while, decided to merge the company. subscriptions Up to PS Plus and PS Now, as well as significantly expanding the catalog of games included in the bundle to develop an offer in many ways comparable to Xbox Game Pass.
As a result of this effort I three levels What you should know well by now: Necessarycombining content from the old PlayStation Plus with online and monthly free games; Extraadding a rich list of PS5 and PS4 games available for download at no additional cost; and finally Prizefeaturing streaming, trial versions, and PlayStation classics.
Nowadays we tried new PlayStation Plus subscriptions and here we will tell you our impressions of the renewed Sony service.
Interface
L’interface It is very clear, created by Sony for the new PlayStation Plus, focusing on the most relevant content of the subscription, namely the game catalog, and providing the user with two possible types of use: the menu under the “Explore” heading. titles by genre (regular, classic, trial versions, streaming, monthly games) and “posters” of benefits.
The latter is very simple and communicates instantly offer we have access to depending on the level of our subscription: the first three “blocks” are reserved for PlayStation Plus Premium and show trials, catalog of classics and streaming in the cloud; then you move on to PlayStation Plus Extra with the game catalog and finally PlayStation Plus Essential with monthly games.
However, it is a pity that it is not possible to scroll through the titles. filter them by platformwhich would be very handy with the classics.
Upgrade and prices
Extreme clarity is clearly helpful for us to think about something possible. upgradehowever it depends on the subscription formula currently active: If you are in the middle of your annual PS Plus Essential subscription, you can upgrade to the Extra or Premium formula by paying a price difference to cover the remaining months, but you will not be able to choose a shorter upgrade, for example, only one month to try the service.
This last possibility is available for new subscribers or in any case with no active subscription and monthly € 13.99 (Extra) or € 16.99 (Premium), quarterly € 39.99 (Extra) or € 49.99 (Premium) or finally € 99 Annual from .99 € (Extra) or 119.99 € (Premium). In short, the system is plain and simple but not elastic maybe we would too.
Contents
The list, which includes all PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium titles, leaves little room for doubt, and navigating the catalogue alienating effect quite similar to this Xbox Game Pass. Of course, the main difference between the two services is now also known for the stones: Sony does not include PlayStation Studios exclusives in the list from day one, while Microsoft increases the real convenience of the subscription.
Aware of this fundamental distinction, we still felt overwhelmed in terms of quantity and quality when faced with the long list of games included in PS Plus Extra and Premium prices: Netflix of video games, these subscriptions are the closest to it, and in some ways even exaggerated. Can anyone calculate how many lives it takes to play everything?
If you’re passionate gamers who don’t miss the big news on day one, the impact of that catalog might not make you dizzy, but if you’ve been by chance after a long hiatus, you’ve skipped a generation of consoles or even started with this entertainment genre, someone better hold your hand while you browse PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium content for the first time. .
As you know, like exceptions return, devil’s spirits, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesGhost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut and Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, as well as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Red Dead Redemption 2, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Control and The Division: The overall value and numbers of Sony’s first batches are dominated by those of third parties, but the choice as a starting point is not lacking.
classics
Of course, it must be said: list classics PlayStation isn’t at all close to the concept of integrity we’d expect to find in PS Plus Premium, and indeed many of the past gems are missing, so let’s just say what’s available now is more of a first choice. was not very inspired by what the PS1 and PS2 had to offer at the time.
Ape Escape, Siphon Filter and Jumping Flash so to speak! but there is a lack of iconic titles such as Gran Turismo, Tomb Raider, Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, various Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil, Spyro the Dragon, Silent Hill, Legacy of Kain: Soul Rever … I mean, The asylum list is quite long. and given the promotional emphasis on this subscription item, it should fill up quickly.
Streaming and trial versions
we are coming then streamingIt’s a legacy of PlayStation Now that has basically never been successful, and we tried it ourselves with 20 mega ADSL connections a few years ago and understood why so many users in the areas most affected by the digital divide were in for a surprise. Coming back to using this powerful feature of an effective 100 mega fiber, it clearly gave us a different perspective.
The best part of this technology is, access speed, the fact that it requires no downloads or installations: you start the game and it closes in a few seconds. We took advantage of this tremendous ease to immerse ourselves in the extraordinary atmospheres of BioShock Infinite and Batman: Arkham Knight, unsurprisingly the two franchises have sunk into oblivion for years and our experience has been quite positive.
Of course, there is a clear feeling that a similar service lends itself more to demo-style use than anything else: the possibility of trying a title right away and finally putting it to download and playing it locally, at its best.input lag but what we notice and above all compression artifacts for example in Rocksteady’s title it ruins the image quality when running while driving the Batmobile in Gotham.
when it comes trial versionsthese are demos in the most classic sense of the term, but provide a special opportunity to try out some new PS5 titles before deciding whether to buy them, such as Horizon Forbidden West, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Collection, Cyberpunk 2077, Tina Tina’s Wonderland and a handful of others. Name: Here, too, the hope is that the catalog will soon prosper.
pre-sensations
in terms of ease There’s no doubt that the new PlayStation Plus is worth every penny of its cost: while we can’t count on a content-to-price ratio that’s perfectly comparable to Xbox Game Pass, the Extra and especially Premium tiers have a hard-to-reach offering. refusal. , especially in terms of first-party productions.
Clearly, there is a lot of curiosity about how the service will be managed in the coming months, whether the roster of classics and third-party titles can be significantly enriched, and which PS5 exclusive titles will be next in the catalog for the first time. In terms of the interface, it’s like whether these little interests will come or not.
However, even if time absurdly stands still in the current situation, the content of the new PlayStation Plus will justify the cost of a subscription to the great one.
Source: Multiplayer
