Games Inbox: PS Plus Extra vs. Xbox Game Pass, Switch Pro predictions, and forgotten Amiga games

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The Thursday letters page wonders what games will be revealed at Star Wars Celebration, as one reader hopes for Crash Bandicoot 5.

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Explain the numbers To be honest, I think Sony has handled the unveiling of the new PlayStation Plus pretty well. They knew that their detractors would act as if no day one first party games was some massive surprise or betrayal, so they helped leak the information early (I believe) and then just announced the basics on Tuesday.

There is a lot of detail to come but to me I think they’ve done what they need to in order to start the conversation. It’s a shame PS Plus Extra isn’t a little cheaper, but if it really does have 400 decent PlayStation 4 and 5 games then that is very impressive. Although if that turns out to be 350 indie games and two first party games then obviously it’s not quite what it’s being implied to be at the moment.

I’m going to assume Sony aren’t that stupid though and that actually most first party games that are more than two years old will be on there, which is a lot of games and far higher in quality than Xbox’s exclusives. If Sony announces a rule to that effect, I think that will be the clincher for me that Extra is actually better than Game Pass.Emt

Devilish questions So the details of the new tiered PS Plus have been announced and as someone wrote, the basic outline seemed to have leaked early to keep everyone’s expectations in check.

I can’t help but feel announcing it via a blog instead of a livestream, while simultaneously releasing an interview with Jim Ryan where he categorically states he doesn’t see services such as Game Pass/PS Plus Extra as the future for gaming, kind of tells you Sony aren’t