New PlayStation Plus Debuts With Fewer Titles, Additional Upgrade Charges for Discounted Subscriptions
Sony's all-new PlayStation Plus has debuted in select Asian markets as its global rollout begins, but with far fewer games than the originally teased over 700 titles. Some gamers in the region are naturally complaining about the move. Separately, it has been found that Sony is charging more for upgrades to the new PS Plus tiers, for those subscribers who earlier got the PlayStation Plus service at a discount. The subscription-based service, that was revamped in March, is available in three different tiers — to better counter Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass.
The revamped PlayStation Plus has arrived in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand as a part of its initial global rollout. Sony promised to offer over 700 titles through the service. An official guide to PlayStation Plus published earlier this week also mentions that subscribers will get access to "700 titles across three membership plans." However, it has not been the case — at least for the early subscribers.
Some gamers who have subscribed to the new PlayStation Plus have taken to Twitter to point out that the service has been launched with around 230 titles in total. Xbox Game Pass, by contrast, has over 400.
As reported by Eurogamer, the list of games available as a part of the PlayStation Plus service in Hong Kong shows that there are 269 titles for subscribers. Similar is the case in Malaysia and other markets, where the updated PS Plus service has just been introduced.
Sony has not yet responded to any subscriber posts around the number of titles available at the launch of the new PlayStation Plus service. However, it did mention in its blog post announcing the launch that the given game catalogue "will refresh over time and
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