PS Plus Extra finally gives me a reason to keep my PS5 powered on

digitaltrends.com:

Due to the nature of my job, I own every modern video game console. I have a PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC, and even a Steam Deck. Would you believe me if I told you that out of all of those, the PS5 is the one I use the least?

It’s not that I never use it. Sony still offers the best console exclusives around, with top-notch titles like Horizon Forbidden West and Returnal. For that reason, my PS5 is a sturdy pillar in my gaming rotation that’ll never just sit collecting dust. That said, I rarely boot it up for any reason other than to play those handful of releases. Meanwhile, each of my other gaming devices have some incentive that has me returning to them even when there’s not a tentpole AAA game to dig into.

In that sense, Sony’s newly revamped PS Plus service is the supplemental experience the PS5 has been lacking since its launch. It offers a compelling reason to keep the console in sleep mode, turning the PS5 into a treasure trove of classic games – even if the service is far from perfect in its current form.

The new PS Plus is essentially Sony’s answer to Xbox Game Pass. It’s a subscription service that currently features over 700 games that players can access between three different payment tiers. The most basic tier functions like PS Plus used to, giving players a few free games a month, but the premium and extra levels up the ante. If you go all-in, you’ll gain access to a slew of games, from PS5 exclusives to classics from Sony’s library.

The list of classic games is currently incomplete. You can’t play Twisted Metal or Sly Cooper on it, for instance. That led to some knee-jerk reactions as some players wrote the service off before it even launched. But when I upgraded to the extra tier and