All-new PlayStation Plus arrives in select markets in Asia — Japan, North and South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand launches to follow.
It’s hard to believe that it was almost 12 years ago when we first introduced PlayStation Plus to the world, with Wipeout HD as one of the first games given to PlayStation Plus members. The PlayStation Plus product evolved through the years with more than 1,000 games offered to members globally. We regularly improved upon our offerings to provide a compelling package to the 47 million members who are part of the service today. And just eight years ago we launched PlayStation Now as an open beta and have since seen it mature to a full-fledged service enjoyed by more than three million users in select markets.
Starting today, we take our services one step further. I’m pleased to join our PlayStation community in Asia to welcome the new three-tier benefit offering from PlayStation Plus. The rollout begins today in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, and will be followed by Japan next week. North and South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets are set to launch next month.
This is an exciting time for us as we begin to bring our tremendous game catalog* to PlayStation gamers globally. Putting high-caliber games in the service is our priority, and we are pleased to launch with some of the most celebrated titles, including Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, NBA 2K22, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Returnal for Extra and Premium/Deluxe members. We’ll also have beloved classics like Ape Escape, Super Stardust Portable, Syphon Filter, and Tekken2, and much more – these iconic games will look fantastic when you play them on PS5 and PS4. Our game catalog will refresh over time with more exciting titles, and I can’t wait for everyone to experience this.
It has been an incredible journey to get to where we are today, and I’m truly proud of the many teams across SIE who worked tirelessly to transform our service offerings to add value and flexibility for our customers. Collectively, our teams have kept you, the gamer, front and center in the decisions we made to create this compelling game subscription.
To the PlayStation community, thank you for being on this journey with us and celebrating this new era of network game subscription services. Cheers.
For more on the All-New PlayStation Plus
All-New PlayStation Plus: Your guide to benefits and features
PlayStation Plus Games List (May 16 Announcement)
All-new PlayStation Plus launches in June (March 29 Announcement)
*Availability of Game Catalog varies over time and plan. See https://www.playstation.com/Plus for details and updates on PS Plus offerings. PlayStation Plus is an ongoing subscription subject to a recurring subscription fee taken automatically (at the then-current PS Store price) at the frequency you choose at purchase until cancellation. Terms apply: play.st/psplus-usageterms
So, is there 740 games at start, or it will be 740 in next 12 years … ?
No under 100 only at launch, the ones they announced. I highly doubt there will ever be over 200 games offered through the new plus service.
In big FAQ article they still says that there will be 700+ games (including demos), so… that sounds weird, as in every source there’s about 150-200 games listed for now, that’s far from half.
if it aint the 700+ games sony said it will be and less then 100 im gonna call them out on it and start a petition to have ps plus banned for sony lying to us just to pull a fast one and to make money
Yes you right they told us there will be on extra 400+ plus games but i only see around 100+ little dissapointed too 😐
It’s a repackaging of ps now guys, and the list they posted is a partial one, so just check it until june 13th and the actual extra and premium go up, as well as the june game adds.
You need to learn to read good.
PS Now has always been pushed as the 600/700+ games service over the years so the padding is their.
That link is trying to show first party value more than anything else.
That’s called “hyperbole”. And it’s not surprising.
Yes 740 games at launch, essentially more or less what PS Now was currently offering that now merged with PS+.
It is confirmed at this point.
Asian territory won’t have 740+ games because they don’t have PS3 streaming. Honestly PS, you really need to fix the pricing of the Deluxe Tier in those territory. There’s no way it’s worth as much as Premium with the PS3 games. Fix that.
Also, bring the NCST USA versions of the games in the West.
We don’t want the bad PAL versions, you’re better off patching languages OR have both PAL and NCST versions OF THE SAME GAME and let US choose which version of the game we want to play.
Smoothing for classics on the PS3 was great and it should be here.
I know you’ve tried to interlaced the frames to make it run better, but in execution it made it worse.
That tech would be best suited for 60hz 30fps NCST version to double the frame rate to 60fps instead of adding 5 more fps.
Don’t get rid of the tech, just patch the right version of the game with it. Syphon Filter could use a much needed FPS boost.
While some may not like the use of high resolution textures, personally I love the effort and hope to see improvement over time.
You should watch Digital Foundry video on it. It is constructive criticism and tells you how you need to improve. Even Nintendo expansion pak didn’t run well at all when it first launched, but they patched the games and it’s much better now. I hope you fix a lot of the issues with the emulation as well and built upon it.
I also recommend having Sony TV and Sony Music department involvement with their upscaling technology for resolution and audio. Sony TVs especially back in the 1080p days could upscale resolution to 1080p, and now they can for 4k. Audio as well I feel the tracks themselves can be upscaled and greatly enhanced with it’s tech.
Not only should it be in the emulator, but it should be within the PS5 UI settings prior to the game getting displayed and sound output. Same goes for AMD Fidelity Super Resolution FSR, games already have FSR included in their games.