How PS Plus Premium convinced me to buy an Xbox Series X – Reader’s Feature

metro.co.uk:

A reader gives his verdict on Sony’s new three tier PS Plus service and why he’s now getting an Xbox Series X instead of a PlayStation 5.

So, Sony has finally announced their version of Game Pass and… it’s pretty much exactly what was rumoured and leaked beforehand. I’ve seen a lot of people suggest that Sony helped to leak it themselves, so that people wouldn’t be disappointed but, guess what? I’m disappointed.

I wouldn’t say I was surprised exactly, but I was hoping for some kind of special feature or addition that would make it seem better than Game Pass, but there wasn’t anything. It wasn’t even cheaper, but slightly more expensive for what sounds like pretty much the same amount of games.

You could maybe justify the price of PS Plus Extra, which is just the Game Pass bit, but PS Plus Platinum is far too expensive just to get what is currently PS Now pasted onto your subscription. I’ve already seen Sony argue that it’s just an additional option for hardcore fans but what that ignores is that now the one and only way to play anything but PlayStation 4 and 5 games is by paying £100 for a subscription. And even then the PlayStation 3 games aren’t even downloads.

A lot of the arguments for why PS Plus Extra isn’t as good as Game Pass revolves around Sony not being as rich as Microsoft, so they need the money they make from selling the major exclusives and can’t afford to miss out on that.

As much as I can sympathise with giant (as opposed to mega giant) global corporation, I get it but that ignores that fact that Microsoft seem to be making bank with Game Pass and that once enough people sign on it will be profitable. So while Sony might lose some money in the short term they still stand to gain more if they do make first