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PS Plus’ Focus Might Shift Away From Free Games
All of this is speculative, but the reason these games may be on the lackluster end could be the upcoming changes to the service. Sony recently announced that it was creating new tiers for the PS Plus subscription, with the final tier granting fans access to a library of700+ games across the PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3platforms, and these changes will be live relatively soon: June 2022. This is incredibly awesome for fans who have been wanting to play these older titles, but it could come at a cost beyond the subscription price.
If Sony is more concerned with the library of free games and the higher tiers of the service, then it is possible that the basic PS Plus tier suffers.PS Plus free games for April 2022could be an outline, then, of what fans could expect every month. It does seem beneficial that this library is mostly games from older platforms, but there are going to be major titles likeReturnalandSpider-Man: Miles Moralesavailable at higher tiers as well. With that in mind, it’s possible that the quality of the basic PS Plus games goes down to offset the new tiers. Doing so would encourage consumers, after all, to pick up the higher tier, instead of just having the basic one.
PS Plus Monthly Free Games vs. A Big Library
This isn’t without precedent either. Looking at the service’s main competition, the monthly freeGames with Gold haven’t been “well-received”for quite some time. There are a ton of variables here, but Xbox Game Pass’ huge library has made many forget all about Games with Gold. Game Pass quickly defined the late Xbox One-era and the early Xbox Series X-era, while the selection of Games with Gold offered every month has suffered.
The basic tier ofPS Pluscould fall to the wayside just like Games with Gold has. From a business perspective, it makes more sense to push PS Plus Premium subscriptions over the basic tier as it equates to more profit. There are plenty of differences between PS Plus Premium and Game Pass, but at the surface level, it’s a big library of games vs. a monthly offering of just a few. The Xbox ecosystem has proven how popular and successful the game library can be over the monthly selection, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the same thing happened on PlayStation consoles.
Again, there are a ton of variables. This makes it hard to say if these additional tiers will have a negative impact on the monthly PS Plus free games or not. If based on the PS Plus free games for April 2022 (heading into PS Plus Premium’s June 2022 launch), then any concern is understandable. Now, there could be other factors that have impacted the quality of these games, something fans are unaware of. Or, April could be a taste of whatSony pushing PS Plus Premiumover the bottom tier is like. Once these tiers become official, that’s when any shifts in the quality of the monthly offerings would be most noticeable and, at that point, most likely to be related.
