Sony arrogance has killed PS Plus Premium before it began – Reader’s Feature

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A reader is disappointed by the launch of the PS Plus revamp in Asia and worries that Sony is being complacent about the threat from Xbox.

So, we’ve all been reading about the launch of the new PS Plus in Asia this week and I don’t think many will have been surprised that it turned out to be a bit of a disaster. Very few games (the vast majority of which were PlayStation 4 titles) and reports of crashes, problems upgrading accounts, bad emulation, and the general sense that it’s been very rushed, for no obvious reason.

I say it’s not a surprise not because there was any particular rumour that said it would go badly, but because Sony’s weird lack of promotion suggested it was not being treated seriously by them. That doesn’t make sense on any level, as far as I’m concerned. This was meant to be the PlayStation version of Game Pass and one of the best reasons to buy a PlayStation console. Now it’s just a stick for Xbox fans to beat Sony with, as ‘proof’ that Microsoft is better.

Why Sony didn’t see any of this coming I don’t know, because it was obvious to everyone else that something was up as soon as they started being weird about the marketing. The service launches in a couple of weeks here and we still don’t know what games we’re getting. Why aren’t they telling us? Don’t they know? Don’t they think we want to know? Or… don’t they care?

Sony arrogance is one of those things that has become a cliche, a lazy criticism used by detractors without having to think up any kind of proper argument. The reason it exists though is because there’s an element of truth to it. Sony do often come across as arrogant, not just in terms of what they say and do but in their attitude towards themselves and their place in the games industry.

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