The top tier of Sony’s PS Plus subscription service features more than 700 games, including the best titles from the first PlayStation console.
Players who choose the premium level can jump into “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales” and then jump in for some fighting in “Tekken 2,” delve into golden games of the past like the original “Resident Evil” classics, or go for a rest and recuperation in the game’s natural landscapes. “Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla” These are great advantages in themselves for PlayStation Plus subscription holders, so what does Sony want to compete with other services provided by companies such as Microsoft, Nintendo, or others?
Problems faced by the PlayStation Plus service:
- led addition Sony Pictures Core As a feature for PS Plus Premium subscribers, it made the service worse due to many errors and problems that appeared, especially when logging in.
- The recent increase in the prices of the PS Plus service, which did not satisfy subscribers due to the lack of services provided compared to this increase, frustrated many PlayStation fans and made the service less attractive to many.
- Sony could have partnered with Crunchyroll to offer a better feature for PS Plus Premium subscribers, because its app already works on PlayStation consoles and would have added more value to the subscription.
- Lack of quality in the monthly free games offered in the subscription service.
PlayStation Plus, with its three tiers, is still struggling to establish itself as a reliable alternative to Xbox Game Pass, and recent efforts to add value with video content for PS Plus Premium subscribers have somehow made the service worse for many.
In late 2021, Sony launched the Bravia Core streaming service, a niche product offered only with Sony’s Bravia TVs. Despite promising ultra-high definition movie playback, the service didn’t offer a full Netflix-like streaming library or storefront. As broad as Amazon Prime Video, which made it less than desired or even expected.
Rebranded as Sony Pictures Core in the last quarter of last year, PS Plus Premium subscribers were promised a library of free movies, but the app saw a lot of glitches here and there and did not deliver the desired experience.
Game Pass handled the movies feature better than PS Plus Premium
If you’re a PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe member, you’ll be able to access a curated catalog of up to 100 movies, but many subscribers have reported that they’ve experienced nothing but inconvenience and wasted time with this feature, as a variety of issues have arisen that prevent subscribers from Login to Sony Pictures Core servers, even a week after the app launches on Sony consoles.
Some subscribers also reported that the main application blocked them under the pretext of being in an invalid region, despite their presence in a supported region! While some appeared a white screen that ended with the application completely freezing and becoming unresponsive, or the appearance of a loading screen that did not end after entering the private credentials. With them.
Game Pass is better than PS Plus
The advantages of Game Pass over PS Plus actually go beyond the advantage of getting day one releases, as Game Pass allows players to easily switch formats from Xbox to PC or to mobile, and transfer their save data, and Game Pass also excels in handling With access to movies.
Although Game Pass has never advertised itself as a video streaming service, the features and perks section of the Game Pass Ultimate subscription has touted a variety of movie-related benefits, such as some months Game Pass subscribers getting free movies like Texas Chainsaw on Halloween .
Free one- to three-month subscriptions to streaming services such as Peacock, Apple TV+, and even Sony-owned anime streaming service Crunchyroll, among others, are also included as a promotion.
Oddly enough, the primary focus of Game Pass is gaming, but the delivery of other benefits like movies has always been simple and straightforward, and the fact that Sony’s movie streaming app didn’t receive more QA before launch is very puzzling.
Also, Microsoft’s subscription service is much better than its counterpart from Sony in terms of prices up to the present time, although it is likely to increase in the future, in addition to that it often tries to provide new titles, whether exclusive or from a third party, from the day of the first release to its subscribers.
New prices for the subscription service:
- PS Plus Essential: $79.99
- PS Plus Extra: $134.99
- PS Plus Premium: $159.99
Many Sony fans assumed that the free monthly service games would at least have a higher value, but frustration continues for many months and Sony must take this aspect into account, to remain competitive and maintain its service subscribers, especially after the new changes in Microsoft’s policy.
There is also a lot of criticism of the collection of games offered by Sony in the Extra service and its lack of classics and the inclusion of many independent games in it.
Suggestions that might improve the experience:
- Reducing prices, mentioning the reasons for the increase, or compensating for them with attractive future offers.
- Subscribers will get more titles on the first day of launch in order to compete with Game Pass’s biggest advantage.
- Introducing first party games that are very popular.
- Greater support for classic titles for the first three PlayStation devices without the need for streaming, and it is fully available and not like a “dropper,” so to speak, and it is one of the most prominent features requested by a wide segment of Sony fans.
- There are greater discounts on purchases, whether games, items, or add-ons for subscribers exclusively to the service, to encourage and attract more players to the service.
Share with us your opinions and comments. What does the PS Plus service need to be better off today… and what features does it have that make you prefer it over others?
