Reaction: Has Sony Put Together the Worst PS Plus Month Ever? | Push Square
Sony has had some stinkers in the past, but it's handing itself an incredibly difficult job if it ever wants to top the PS Plus Essential lineup for September 2023. We've got a dreadful PS4 game in Generation Zero, a bang-average MMO in Black Desert, and a single decent open world experience in Saints Row. Compared to past efforts, it is a really poor selection. You could write it off as a misfire, but the optics go absolutely down the drain when the lineup is paired with the fact you might be paying extra for it.
Coupled with three lacking PS5, PS4 games is a significant price increase across all three PS Plus tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium. If you're unaware, here's the breakdown:
Sony's reasoning for the price increase is the following: «This price adjustment will enable us to continue bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits to your PlayStation Plus subscription service.» It then makes no mention at all of what those extra benefits to justify such a significant price increase might be. If you're a PS Plus Premium member and your subscription just so happens to expire next month, you will be paying an extra £20 / $40 for the pleasure of playing a PS4 title with a Metacritic rating of 45.
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The poor lineup for September 2023 and the membership price increases would be bad enough on their own, but when they're put together and announced hand in hand: is this the worst PS Plus month ever?
We'd like to think — prior to this price hike, at least — that PS Plus Essential and PS Plus Extra members are satisfied with what they're getting. There's always a bit of quality in the three PS4, PS4 games for those on the base tier (and we do still consider Saints Row a good game for
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