Yesterday, Sony announced the long-awaited consolidation of PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into one version of the new PlayStation Plus. For the occasion, CEO Jim Ryan explained the company’s approach and what players on PS5 and PS4 consoles can expect.
We’ve given you the details of the three PlayStation Plus subscription tiers here. For now, we’ll just focus on what Ryan said that was interesting.
From previous statements from Sony representatives and insider reports, it was clear that the new version of PS Plus will not include new games on the day of release. At least not the ones created by the numerous teams inside PlayStation Studios. According to Ryan, their games may suffer, and Sony will not be able to invest in them the necessary money.. It’s also the biggest difference compared to competing Microsoft Game Pass service.
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“We feel like we are in a good cycle with our studies, where investment brings success, which makes further investment possible, which brings even more success. We love this cycle and we think our players love it too.” Jim Ryan stated this in an interview with Games Industry.
“As you well know, in the past we have not offered our games on a subscription basis on the day of release. We also don’t intend to do that with this new service. We believe that if we did this with the games we create at PlayStation Studios, this virtuous cycle would be interrupted. The level of investment we are putting into our studios would be unthinkable and we think it will affect the quality of the games we create and players won’t care.”
The head of PlayStation claims that Only selling games at full price and probably at a new price standard allows PlayStation Studios to provide the highest quality.. This goes against the idea of Microsoft and its Game Pass. On the other hand, there is a similar perception that Sony has more publishers who are reluctant to put their expensive AAA games on release day on subscription services. The counterargument is that the latest games on services like PS Plus and Game Pass potentially expand audience. Your news can have tens of millions of players overnight, and if your game has other forms of monetization then the revenue potential is significant.
BUT THE SITUATION CAN CHANGE
“The world is changing so fast that nothing lasts forever. Four years ago, who would have thought that AAA games for the PlayStation would be released on PC? Last year we started with Horizon Zero Dawn, then Days Gone and now God of War, a very complex and well-made version of this game for PC. We’ve had a lot of critical and commercial success and they’ve all accepted that it’s going to happen and they don’t mind. Looking back four years, I don’t think anyone could have predicted this. So I don’t want to foresee anything at this stage. Today I am talking only about the approach that we will take in the near future. In the current situation, it makes no sense to change our publishing model. But as we all know, things can change very quickly in this industry.” Ryan added.
According to the latest information, they have PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now. only 50 million subscribers. 75 percent of PS Now subscribers also pay for PS Plus, so combining the two makes sense. The question remains how many subscribers will remain after the merger and the possibility of paying for one of the three subscription levels. It’s worth mentioning here that Game Pass has 25 million people (data as of January 2022).
Source :Indian TV
