PlayStation’s policy of not releasing its first-party games on PlayStation Plus on the day of the release will continue, according to a company exec.
In an interview withGame File,PlayStation‘s vice president of global services Nick Maguire was asked whether the company was considering changing its PlayStation Plus policy to match that ofXbox, where first-party releases are added to the top tier of its Game Pass service on day one.
Maguire replied that it wasn’t, insisting that the company’s policy of adding its first-party games at least a year after launch, and instead selecting four or five indie games per year to add to PS Plus, was working forSony.
“We’ve sort of stayed true to our strategy across the board, where we’re not looking to put games in day and date,” he explained.
“Our strategy of finding four or five independent day-and-date titles – and using that to complement our strategy of bringing games in when they’re 12, 18 months old or older – that balance for us is working really well across the platform.”
Third-party games that have been released on PS Plus on the day of release in recent years have includedFBC: Firebreak, The Plucky Squire, Dave the Diver, Animal Well, Tales of Kenzera: Zau andStray.
Asked why some first-party Sony retro games, such as two Resistance games and Infamous Second Son, had been removed from the catalogue in recent months, Maguire replied that Sony wanted to balance the catalogue.
“We’ve got 80 collections of games across the catalogue,” he replied. “So we want to keep it fresh and bring in new games. Sometimes that means taking a few games out at the same time to keep the proposition interesting and help people find new games as well.”
