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All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: AC Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, and more join the service

"Ape Escape, Super Stardust Portable, Syphon Filter, and Tekken 2, are among the classic games with a new user experience."

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VenomUK747d ago

Let's not muck about, that's a good starting lineup of first and third party games.

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Obscure_Observer746d ago

"Let's not muck about, that's a good starting lineup of first and third party games."

Where´s TLOU 2, R&C: Rift Apart and all that "strong support" from third party publishers?

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Silly gameAr746d ago

Don't be sour, Obscure. You see the quality of the games. Sony isn't betting everything on PS Plus, so why would they put everything from them and their 3rd party partners on the service at once?

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ocelot07746d ago

The salt from Obscure is amazing I love to see it 😂.

"I don´t care about their lame excuses. I just want to see how many of those people that used to talk sh!t about Gamepass will now make a 180° "

Noting to do a 180 for. It's not a gamepass competitor. It's just additional service for extra games per month. No watered down first party games on release date. Refresh of games each month. It's just PS+ but extra. TLOU 2 and R&C will join at some point.

SurgicalMenace746d ago

@Obscure

You just sound bitter....

I see it pains you to see any positive press coming to a source you've chosen not to support. How about you redirect that misguided contempt towards the company who you've chosen to support and has not delivered. That is where your anger's truly coming from, right?

How dare we be satisfied while you're going without, right? How dare Sony stay committed to delivering quality across the board. If GP is delivering so much forfillment, how is it that you're not playing all those great games? Why even pay attention to this train wreck of a service coming from Sony? Starfield being delayed only aims to amplify your anticipation and give you more time to clear out that evergrowing backlog? You're the real MVP champ.😁

SullysCigar746d ago

The fact is everyone bought those games, because they're awesome. That's why those developers are thriving. They try hard and are duly rewarded with critical acclaim and money.

Day 1 exclusives on a subscription service are a bad idea, imo. You risk ending up with low-end or big-brand-but-sub-expectation experiences.

People will play it regardless of quality, so corners get cut.

It's ideal for older classics and indies though.

KingofBandits746d ago

lol I wouldn't play LOU2 if they gave it away for free

AmUnRa746d ago

When theyr was an ignore function on n4g to block out posters, you Obscure_Observer you would be the first i would put on the ignore list, thats for shure....

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Flawlessmic746d ago

Thats a brillant starting line up!!!!

Man now im excited for this so many good games on there i havent played in such a long time and its only going to get better.

Sony has the best catalogue of games hands down.

Bring itttt!!

Obscure_Observer746d ago

"I dont beleive its demonised at all"

No offence, but you have´t been around here for very long to know those I'm referring to.

"Is sony chucked an ms like this year and has no new games coming exceot for old ones or lesser 3rd party titles then thats an issue"

Well, unless you know something we don't, Sony (so far) has zero NEW first party games set to be released in 2023. So I would be careful before run my mouth. Those "issues" can hit both sides.

Besides, we don´t really know which or/if any first party game will be released for Xbox this year before 12th June.

In a perfect world all games would meet their deadlines and exceed expectations by delivering a high quality experience for everyone. Some people love spell bs about how Gamepass will drive development of low quality games. But when a Xbox game gets delayed to meet the desirable high quality, it´s doom and gloom for Xbox.

It is what it is. When comes to Xbox, be damned if you do and damned if you don't.

dumahim746d ago

@Obscure_Observer

"Well, unless you know something we don't, Sony (so far) has zero NEW first party games set to be released in 2023."

Marve's Spider-Man 2 is scheduled for 2023.

"So I would be careful before run my mouth. Those "issues" can hit both sides."

I think there's a difference here though. We know what most of the MS studios are working on. Sony, we don't.

Eonjay746d ago

Gamepass isn't demonized. I think you have to stop internalizing the opinions of other people. You have to be willing to allow people to have ideas that differ from your own. I understand both sides of the Gamepass discussion and think that just because something doesn't work for Sony doesn't mean the same for Microsoft.

sparky77746d ago

Yeah it's actually decent, now PS gamers can get a taste of what it's like to have something like Game Pass.

VenomUK746d ago

@Sparky77 One of the great wins of Game Pass is that it has created a buzz for Xbox users who are happy at the tremendous value of all the included games and the new titles that are added each month. It looks like the new PlayStation Plus service will be able to create that buzz for the PlayStation community.

Obscure_Observer746d ago

"Yeah it's actually decent, now PS gamers can get a taste of what it's like to have something like Game Pass."

This!

I predict that subscriptions services will not be demonized going forward, which is a good thing.

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Flawlessmic746d ago

@obscure

I dont beleive its demonised at all, the only thing is people want sony to do day and date for first party exclusives and while ms has the money to do that sony does not which would mean a drop in quality and lot of us are more than happy to pay for top quality if the other option means lesser games.

Thats the one sticking point people have, but to have a catalogue of older games is fine as long as first party games get released through out the year on top of that.

Is sony chucked an ms like this year and has no new games coming exceot for old ones or lesser 3rd party titles then thats an issue.

Majin-vegeta746d ago

PS now was out wayyyyyy before XBGP....

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MrBaskerville746d ago

It's lacking i the classics game department though. Hopefully there'll be more before june.

Amplitude746d ago

I just can't imagine why they would stagger the game announcements lmfao. EVERY game in the service at launch should have been announced at one time especially since the price and tier list was already announced. Do they expect excitement over these staggered posts?

"Oh thank god i get to play the PSP version of Super Stardust I was really worried! Can't wait til the next post to find out if Ratchet Size Matters is on there!"

Lmao wtf are they thinking

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ABizzel1747d ago

The line-up isn't bad at all for the Extra Tier, and that's only around 1/8 of the planned releases (stated to have up to 400). I assume there are more Ubisoft, Square, Capcom, Bandi-Namco, and WB games coming considering they've already been announced and have 3rd party releases.

EA, Activision (we'll see), Take-Two (Rockstar is listed???), Konami, Sega, Tecmo, Embracer, and more are currently missing, so I guess those contracts are still being worked out as last minute. Activision is a weird one to place, because it would have had to had been done prior to all of the acquisition stuff. EA has EA Play and likely will only put their content on PS+ if it's still shown as EA Play or they get a portion of the profits. But the others should be there.

The Classic side....needs a lot of work, but again this is just a sample as it's supposed to have up to 340. So we'll see.

TGGJustin747d ago

It's a really good start and way to go letting us enjoy the PS1 and PSP games we bought back when. We know if that was Nintendo we'd be having to subscribe or pay for them again.

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MadLad746d ago (Edited 746d ago )

I was really expecting more from the legacy titles (PS1 and PS2).
If you're going to put backwards compatibility behind a paywall, I was expecting a lot more than what is offered out of the gate.

They're just going to sprinkle in a some titles here and there every month. Not different than what Nintendo is doing, and that hasn't gone over well for them either.

Not seeing a big difference between what was offered if you already had PS+ and Now. Doesn't really feel like much of a step forward.

Flawlessmic746d ago

U dont see a difference between 3 often decent at best games a month to this???

Lol log off bro.

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MrNinosan746d ago

Have you seen the full list somewhere, which no one else has?
And what games do you need to be "happy"?

MadLad746d ago (Edited 746d ago )

I'll be happy when I can go to the storefront and outright just buy the games I want. This is all emulation after all.

You can run PS1 and PS2 emulators on the series s at 4k for the cost of $20. Where's the incentive here?

TheGreatGazoo30746d ago

@PICAYU

No, RealTedCruz is pointing out that on PC and Xbox you don't have to pay a subscription to play old games. You can simply go to the store, pay the $1-$5 for the old games and play them.

VersusDMC746d ago

Is it behind a paywall?

"Also, players who have previously purchased the digital version of select games from the original PlayStation and PSP generation will not have to make a separate purchase or sign up to PlayStation Plus to play these titles on PS4 or PS5. When these titles are released for PS4 and PS5, players can head to PlayStation Store and download a version for the consoles at no extra cost if they already own the digital version of the title. Some of the titles will also be available for individual purchase "

MadLad746d ago

And those numbers are small.
If they didn't want people to pay the service fee for classic games, they would have all titles on the Playstation store, and wouldn't keep trying to pull older storefronts from being accessible to consumers.

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Silly gameAr746d ago (Edited 746d ago )

@VersusDMC

Didn't a certain company have to make a patent just to do this? But PS plus does it automatically? Well, you can't really complain about that, unless you're just looking for things to complain about.

darthv72746d ago

I really like that approach as i have several digital PS1 and PSP games on my PSP and PS3 that I would think should be part of this. Even better would be if they allowed you to validate your owned disc games and get the enhanced digital version as well but I wont fault them for doing this as its a nice first step that could eventually lead to the next. So this is very good news indeed.

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Petebloodyonion746d ago

well, the good news seems to be that you won't have to signup or pay to play some of the old games if you own the digital licenses.
Seems to be in line with what MS is dowing regarding OG Xbox titles.
It's a start :)

MrBaskerville746d ago

They said there would be 120 classic games at launch, so I guess they'll expand the list later?

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wwinterj746d ago

It would be nice if I could just put in the discs I already own and play my PS1, 2 and 3 games naturally or at the very least get a free download of these games. However for a service this isn't bad at all. I'll see where it goes before I subscribe.

ABizzel1746d ago

There are supposed to be up to 340, so we'll see. The PS4/PS5 line-up is good, but I agree they need to show more for the PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP.

Charlieboy333746d ago

"I was really expecting more from the legacy titles (PS1 and PS2)"
But of course you were.....playing old games is a major part of being an Xbox gamer after all.

Profchaos746d ago (Edited 746d ago )

Backwards compatibility isn't exactly behind a paywall the article does state that if you previously brought classic PS1 and PSP games you can download and play them without the need for a subscription.
There's also an added benifit of higher resolutions and frame rates on these games with save states.

But yes PS3 is still behind a paywall due to cloud streaming.

PS1 , PSP and PS2 games will all be available to download from the store at no cost of you brought them digitally on the PSP, PS3 or psvita.

I believe PS2 may be an extention of the PS4 backwards compatibility program which already works natively with ps5 and the games are still up for sale I'm not sure if they will merge with PS3 games brought on the PS3 at this stage but I hope so as there wasn't to many PS2 games that reached psn on ps4 but the PS4 had many including all the GTA stories games

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Every PlayStation Studios game available now on Windows PC

Windows Central writes: "Many PlayStation Studios games that are ported to PC get dedicated PS5 DualSense support, which allows users to experience haptic feedback and adaptive trigger support without actually having to own a PS5.

According to Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, it's still the company's intent to launch the bigger single-player games on PS5 first, before later bringing the games to PC. This might not be the case for multiplayer games however, which are considered okay to launch simultaneously on console and PC."

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ocelot075h ago

My guess is after god of war. Probably last of us 2 that's a almost 4 year old game now and by the time it's released on pc it will be more than 4 years old or close to 5.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake Faces Backlash Over New Character Models In Comparison To Original

Konami and Bloober Team's upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2 is receiving backlash over its character models in comparison to the original.

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OtterX2h ago

Loool, Angela looks like Brian "Q" Quinn from Impractical Jokers! 😂

https://m.media-amazon.com/...

The rest of them don't look so bad in desig , it just feels like overall the graphics could have been better for 2024. I'm not blown away, but it's alright.

BigBosss1h ago

Could have been worse right? OG Maria looks like Cameron Diaz lol

OtterX1h ago

Cameron Diaz as The Joker! 🤣

gold_drake1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

she does have a very.. very strong jawline for someone whos 19 haha.

on_line_forever29m ago

All the characters in the original is far better even the atmosphere is better in the original

CrimsonWing6927m ago

I don’t get it, I’ve seen them make a normal looking female design in Medium… why is it that it feels like they’re going out of their way to make these characters looks off like this? They don’t need to be smoking hot, but it’s distracting with the direction they’re going here. I think the only normal looking one is Laura, but you’d really have to go out of your way to f*ck that up.

Ray J27m ago(Edited 26m ago)

Yet another victim of a cancerous “consulting company” like SBI, this time from “Hit Detection” just as parasitic. I’m glad all that ESG DEI insanity is now slowly on its way ou. But unfortunately it will take a few years until games release without that cancer release.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff218318h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan3h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin1h ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_26m ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

-Foxtrot18h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink9h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

Grilla3h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5232h ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin1h ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-6421m ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

excaliburps4h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla3h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

P_Bomb3h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing693h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip21m ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

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