PlayStation Premium Might Have Already Been Derailed By Remakes
While Sony seemed to underplay the fact that classic games will be added to the new PlayStation Premium as something of a bonus prize, it has been the main topic of conversation ever since the announcement was made. Sony's lack of understanding for what an ace in the hole its own back catalogue is feels emblematic of the whole endeavour, which is chasing a comparison to Game Pass despite lacking Game Pass' central appeal (day one games), making PS Premium more of a nostalgia cash-in like Nintendo Switch Online. However, banking on nostalgia isn't too bad when you have the back catalogue Sony has. The only problem is it feels a little too late for this to work.
When we think of the classic games of the PS1 era, a few games gather in our collective consciousness. Final Fantasy 7. Crash Bandicoot. Spyro the Dragon. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The problem is all of those games are already playable on PS4 and PS5 through modern remasters. FF7's is a reinvention of the game, but even then, the original version is readily available right now on Game Pass. The other three (Crash, Spyro, and THPS) have been polished to modern standards with a graphical upgrade and have a few Easter Eggs thrown in for good measure - a cut level on Crash, some new skaters on THPS - but remain by and large the same games. That's part of the reason the remasters were so successful. There's some appeal for the hardcore fans to get to experience their favourites in blocky polygons again, but for most players, the better version is will be preferable and, with 400 PS4 games included on the service, likely free alongside it.
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That's just the games that have already been remastered -
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