Announcing the Play At Home Initiative

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Announcing the Play At Home Initiative

Stay safe and pick up Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey for free from April 15 through May 5.

People all over the world are doing the right thing by staying home to help contain the spread of COVID–19. We are deeply grateful to everyone practicing physical distancing and take our responsibility as a home entertainment platform seriously, so we are asking our community to continue supporting the safe choice and the need to Play At Home.

As a thank you to all who are doing their part to lessen the impact of this pandemic, Sony Interactive Entertainment is pleased to announce the Play At Home initiative. 

Play At Home has two components: first, providing free games to help keep the PlayStation community entertained at home; and finally, establishing a fund to help smaller independent game studios who may be experiencing financial difficulties continue building great experiences for all gamers. 

Free Games to Play At Home

To support Play At Home, PlayStation will try to make those occasionally dull moments more exciting by offering Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey available for free* for a limited time through digital downloads from April 15 at 8pm PDT through May 5, 2020 at 8pm PDT Once you redeem the games, they are yours to keep. 

For most of you, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will need no introduction. This three-game collection from the masters at Naughty Dog includes Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—all meticulously remastered for PS4. We can’t imagine a better time for globe-trotting adventures with Nathan Drake, an iconic cast of characters, and thrilling treasure-hunting action gameplay.

Then there’s Journey, a beautiful, celebrated adventure that is as moving as it is mysterious. The game’s life-affirming message is timeless, and perhaps more important now than ever before. 

In alignment with SIE’s goal in preserving Internet access in the US and Europe, game downloads may take a little longer, but we appreciate the understanding from our community as we take these measures in an effort to preserve access for everyone.

Creative Funding

Independent developers are vital to the heart and soul of the gaming community and we understand the hardships and financial struggles that many smaller gaming studios are facing. With that, SIE has developed a fund to support them during this time. We have earmarked $10 million to support our independent development partners. More information about the fund, including participation criteria, will be made available soon.

During these days of physical distancing, fans have turned to gaming for moments of respite and enjoyment. At Sony Interactive Entertainment, we are privileged to bring this much-needed entertainment. We know this is just one small step and we are thankful to be able to offer this support to our players, our communities, and our partners.

*In Germany and China, users will have access to Knack 2 and Journey for free for a limited time (April 15, 2020 at 8pm PDT through May 5, 2020 at 8pm PDT).

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  • Appreciate the sentiment, but can we get a game that isn’t on the Greatest Hits venue yet?

    If you missed the Uncharted Collection a month or two ago, here’s your second chance. They are 3 good games.

  • I think it’s pointless if it’s only for PlayStation 4 because I have a PS Vita and I cannot download these games onto it so there should be an alternative for people who have PS Vita’s please.

  • The Uncharted game is broken every time I start it up it keeps on crashing

  • Oh, I’m just hoping that SE will give at least free multiplayer weekend every week. But hey, this is great too. Thanks

  • can this used on other games or just the two advertived?

  • Playstation worked just fine before your 7.5 update. Disk drive is broken so guess what Update doesn’t work wont install. two kids at home with nothing now but you want me to stay at home and play correct? Well now I have to sell a bunch of things to different people in order to get a new PlayStation because of your necessary update. Thank you so very much

  • Two games that were already free through the monthly bundles?

  • Fix the 7.5 update it killed my disc drive and thousands of others

  • This is such a cool idea! I hope that if they do this again they will look at multiplayer games since people can’t go see their friends

  • How do you claim them

  • Do you have to do it via your PS4?
    I don’t see any way to do it on the website.

  • I know it is early to ask but seeing that none of us knows when this crisis will end. Will there be more offers to come in the weeks that follow?

  • Thanks a bunch Sony! Already redeemed it!

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  • Thank you for the FOUR free games, being that the Uncharted collection is three games. It has been really difficult and it has been a nice treat to explore in Journey. I wasn’t really interested in either game but appreciated them none the less. It has given me the opportunity to play some games I normally wouldn’t have. Broadening my gaming horizons. Thanks PS!

  • Dear CEO of PlayStation plz give us more free stuff and money too thank you

  • It would really be nice to see more indie titles added. As well as old collections like Sly Cooper or Spyro

  • In any case, thanks for the free games :)

  • Where in the PS Store are these available to download? I must be inept.

  • Hi sony , you put out a update for playstation pro & original and i did but it tells me error has occurred… for no reason I’m starting think why y’all did that but i cant even play my games or continue anything like it’s gon keep telling me the same message over and over again please help me it will keep going over & over again i tried to get a hold of you guys and it told me you guys wasn’t available at the service i mean one person picked up then hung up on me (very unprofessional) i dont know but i dont wanna buy for a new ps4 because this update this help me

  • lol

  • My only ? Is why dosent Sony give free PS Plus to everyone so we can game with our friends we miss and cant see. Not everyone can afford plus right now with so many layed off and out of work and stimulus checks wont even cover 1/5 of the funds people are losing, Sony i.e. Playstation should know and understand how detrimental communication to others is right now, helps mental stability which is needed right now, plus if they gave everyone plus for free right now they would be ahead of xbox, they could even do a big press conference announcing that “To help people stuck in-doors maintain sanity, socialize with online friends even if it’s only used to party chat with missed friends” they be on top of the gaming companies that love their users and could show off to Microsoft who charge for gold to use their live/multiplayer games online. Think about it Sony. It would be a awesome thing and you’ll gain an even stronger fan base

    • Actually not a bad idea. Just give us a trial for April and May. Maybe extend it when then the time comes if this lasts longer. People would get hooked on playing with other people in games they never played that way before. Then you’d have a huge amount of new subscribers after the “trial” ran out. But at the same time, what about the huge revenue they would lose from the current subscribers?

  • Is the play at home initiative just available on ps4..? I know Journey came out on ps3, I don’t have ps4 yet..

  • Do you need playstation plus to download the games?

  • Now if only the PSN will allow people to sign in and stop disconnecting people then maybe they could download this collection

  • Hi

    Would be nice if there was games from the ps2 so I could buy on ps4 and lego batman series and all the lego games, xbox have managed so I dont see why Sony cant do the same, I love my tony hawk games but I dont see any of them of ps4.

  • hello, why does it not want to download? anybody else has that issue? i always get a popup with ERROR…

  • Am i keeping these games forever after downloading them or they expire on 5.5

  • My PlayStation keeps saying my WiFi password is wrong but I double checked it’s right someone please help me fix this or I will go completely crazy I have been in self isolation for about a month

  • Ohhh yeah thanks for giving away two games for free!!!! I’m definitely going to stay at home now especially because I’ve already had them both as ps plus games lol, very charitable from Sony giving away games that have already been given away, good job

  • I mean that’s cool and all, but for like the 99.99995% of us PS4 owners who already have these titles it’s almost as if Sony out out an article to remind you how cheap they are when it comes to the stuff they give away and to say “here’s more nothing to go with your nothing we were already giving you”. C’mon, these games retail for roughly $10 combined. Don’t break your wallet guys.
    Yeah they didn’t have to do anything(and it’s almost as if they didn’t) but they could have given us a list of Sony published games and went “pick 2”. Horizon, Killzone, God of War, Last of Us, hell even Days Gone and Spiderman are so cheap these days they could be on the list.
    TL;DR – Nice thought. More choices would’ve been nice. Thanks for nothing, but thanks anyway.

  • What about the PS3 versions of uncharted?

  • Will there be more games down the road which will become free for a limited time. Either way this is a great move on Sony thanks

  • Hi there! It won’t let me pick a free version of Journey? I added it to my cart and that’s where it still sits. Any ideas or tips how I can claim my copy?

    Thanks!

  • I like this games but i play in ps3 and you dont gift this games in ps3, i think you need put free games in ps3 too, this console dont die and very much people play here, no all the people got money for buy a PS4 and Buy PS plus for play online, thanks

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  • This works on ps3??

  • Damn, I bought the Nathan Drake Collection on Black Friday for ten bucks but now it’s free. Oh well, at least I finally got my hands on Journey, it’s such a beautiful game, I’ve really been wanting to play it ever since I played Abzu. Will Sony give out more free games, or just these two? I’m still fine with what they’ve given us either way.

  • Where’s the free downloads for the PS3 ? Why has Sony abandon the many thousands of people who bought a PS3. Sony, you want me to buy a PS4 or a PS5, but will you stop supporting 4 and 5 users when PS6 comes out, in the future. We, the “gamers, the “users” want our “investment” in your consoles to be supported, always. For what we have to pay to get one, you should always provide games, updates, and new maps, for all platforms. So, Sony, where’s the games for PS3? Sony, will you leave us hang’in? Please give some PS3 downloads…..All Playstation owners, gamers, let Sony know “support all playstations”……….

    Lisa Sevn7

  • Give me a Ps4 with FIFA 20 and I will stay at home the rest of my life!!!

  • The next free thing should be free ps+ cause my dad can’t work right now so we’re low on money and soon I won’t be able to afford ps+ and might have to sell my PS4

  • It’d be nice if ALL versions of the games were free. I realize there aren’t a lot of us, but I was hoping to get the PS3 version of Journey.

  • I only have a PS3 even though they’re a lil older you should still put something up for play at home games during this pandemic as well thanks

    • I agree, I still rock the ps3 and don’t get a ps4, it would be awesome to get some cool things if ya still play ps3(games dlc etc)

  • Thank you Sony for the free games I really appreciate it!

  • I’m new to PS4. I don’t see how to get these games and start playing.

  • I mean, that’s nice and all for the people who have yet to play them, Have fun, but I’ve got like, 0 interest in either, ESPECIALLY Journey, Ah well, guess I’ll go buy New Horizons and lose myself in the hours I’ll spend playing that, or hell even just grinding away on my mobile games…

  • Did i understand that right are these games playable until 5 may or can you “buy” them until 5 may and than you can play them forever.

  • Jim Ryan…

  • I like this but in my opinion I think they should make PS Plus free or allow you to play online freely

  • gente para mantenernos en esta cuarentena debemos agradecer ala gente que hicieron lo mas amable en sacar deos juegos gratis gracias saludos desde argentina

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