Expect Sony Games to Continue to Hit PS Plus Later, Current Strategy ‘Working’

Xbox Game Pass may get exclusive Microsoft content from day one, but Sony says its current PS Plus strategy is working, so don’t expect the same to happen to PlayStation any time soon.

talk to GI.bizNick Maguire, Sony’s vice president and global head of subscriptions, says Sony is heading to exclusive gaming, even as $70 games rise in price and PlayStation reveals it’s testing PS5 streaming. Suggested that it does not intend to mimic the game pass approach of.

Sony instead opted not to release its own first-party games on PS Plus at launch, with games like Horizon: Forbidden West a year later.

“We are very happy with our strategy. By delaying the game a bit in the lifecycle, we are able to reach more customers 12 months, 18 months, 24 months after release. ‘, said Mr Maguire.

“We see customers still getting excited about those games and jumping on them. And when they come in, we jump on them.”

“But for us to allow them [first-party] The game will be published to platforms outside the service first, but it has worked well and that will continue to be our strategy going forward. “

As Maguire mentioned, Sony released the cyberpunk cat game Stray on the PlayStation at launch. But these games are very different than what you get on day one with Xbox Games Pass, including exclusive games like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, and the upcoming Starfield.

The company’s decision not to add its games to PS Plus Day One comes at a time of growing concern over video game affordability, with some developers going to great lengths to keep their titles at $60. was also done. The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom of Tears recently became the first Nintendo game to hit the $70 mark, but the company insists it’s not the new normal.

Ryan Dinsdale is a freelance reporter for IGN. He will talk about witchers all day long.