On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the subscription service PlayStation Plus The game file talked with the vice president of Nick Maguir Global Services. He boasted of success. Not only does the number of users continue to expand, but, according to him, the fastest premium level is growing, even faster than the average option.
A premium subscription, which currently costs 4000 CZK per year, attracts more people than an additional tariff for 3280 CZK. Maguire claims that Interest in PS Plus is currently the highest in the history of serviceAnd at the same time, it indicates that players are increasingly playing cataloging games and returning every month.
The premium tariff is to experience the greatest growth – by 18 %last year, which, according to Maguirea Allows additional reinvestingWhether in new functions, such as streaming games on the PS Handheld PS or Sony Pictures Core portal.
The Japanese company increased the price of all three tariffs in different parts of the world last year. Justifies this with the fact that This is an additional cost reactionThe field, although the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Hideaki Nishino recently indicated that prices can continue dynamically, Maguire only says: “We want to continue to invest in service and bring great value.” He did not confirm, but did not refute the further increase in prices.
Sony traditionally does not speak of a certain number of Sony subscribers, but instead mentions that this 81 % of them are already owned by PS5While a year ago it was 70 %. Over the past 12 months, players played more than two billion hours in Sony and third party titles.
Sony continues to store strategies in accordance with which His own games in PS Plus on the day of release do not includeThe field of the only exception is the selected independent names from other developers/publishers, such as Blue Prince, Action Multiplayer FBC Firebreak, brave squire, Daiv, Diver, animal, Kentsere stories: Sau or Stays fell into a proposal on the premiere. We still have a computer with PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Plus per year from four to five independent games on the day of release.
But Sony herself relies on a model where He adds his games 12-18 months after releaseOr even longer. According to Maguire, this model is successful.
Sony wants to continue to offer two main games (for example, Diablo 4 in July), while Extra and Premium receive later and larger games (for example, Battlefield 2042, we love the catamari Roroll and The Hunter: Call of the Wil). In addition, the classic from the PS1, PS2 and PSP era to a premium tariff – for example, in June, Deus Ex: The Conspiracy.
The PS3 names remain accessible only with the help of streaming of the cloud, because they still cannot imitate imitation from -for significantly different console architecture. But Sony promises that even these games will not disappear. On the contrary, he intends to expand them gradually.
In the classic catalog in PS Plus Premium, at least one game should appear per month.
When the catalog increases, sometimes it is necessary to remove something. It also applies to the first -class Sony example, for PS3 it disappeared from resistance or the notorious second son of PS4. According to Maguire, the goal is to keep the catalog fresh and change it so that the players still have a reason to open new things.
Source :Indian TV
