Why did we just accept that PS+ dropped from 6 games a month to 2?

[DailyCalmSpirit]

So, obviously starting in March, PS+ dropped their PS3 and Vita offerings. I assumed that meant we were getting, at minimum, 4 PS4 games, but, nope. Just The Witness and MW Remastered. A whopping 2 games. Good games, sure, but, the number dropped, regardless. Maybe I missed the communication that we would only receive 2, but, even if I saw one, I still would have been shocked.

This was madness to me, but, I saw a lot of people saying "hey that's a pretty good month, so, I'll take it." And, like, I understand if you didn't play the PS3 / Vita options that you wouldn't necessarily miss having those, but, how was it not expected that they would still make up for those in some fashion? Some said "well, this means they'll put more effort and money into getting better games each month" but...

Now we find out that, for April, we're getting The Surge (MC of 74) and Conan Exiles (MC of 68) as offerings, so, I'm not really buying that excuse. I'm sure these games are fine, but, you cannot tell me that we shouldn't have expected better if that was the real reason for dropping the number of games.

Why is this acceptable? How is there not a reaction on the level of cross-play or PSN name-change going on here? I know those are different subjects, but, this is something we are actually currently paying for and seeing a significant drop in value, and, yet, barely a peep from the community.

NOTE: this isn't about missing the PS3/Vita games. This is about making up for them considering the cost is the same and seems to only go up.

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Except you weren't getting 'just 2 PS4 games a month' at all, you were getting between 3 and 6 PS4 games. Now you're only getting 2.

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[butman]

I have PS4 and always got 2 games.

 

[Potterson]

Cause we need Plus to play online and we can't do much.

 

[xxracerxx]

Gamers rise up!

I was hoping for some PSVR games at least, even though I don't have one.

 

[Hasney]

but, how was it not expected that they would still make up for those in some fashion?

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Because they've got you by the balls for multiplayer, so nobody expected them to make up for the missing value regardless.

 

[OnionPowder]

I have PS4 and always got 2 games.

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Not true at all. Most months had more than 2 games on PS4 with crossbuy games from Vita and PS3 games.

 

[Kinthey]

I have PS4 and always got 2 games.

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Not quite true as there were a bunch of crossplay titles

 

[GART9000]

I have PS4 and always got 2 games.

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A lot of months you'd get one of two more from crossbuy games that were also on PS+

 

[Lashley]

Same reasons folk accepted mandatory paid online etc

 

[Deleted member 864]

I have PS4 and always got 2 games.

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There were a lot of crossbuy titles available.

 

[Deleted member 4976]

I absolutely didn't. The quality of offerings has not been great and I'm probably going to cancel my Plus sub and go month to month for whenever the big MP game comes out.

It's a shit move by Sony and getting mediocre titles like Surge and Conan is just...

Lol

 

[ghibli99]

There was a lot of talk about the drop from 6 to 2, but like you said, it was tempered by the quality of the releases last month. I fully expect there to be a lot more noise after this month's reveal. Right now I'm basically paying ~$40/year for cloud saves and discounts since I barely play online or the free games, and I don't feel great about it. LOL

 

[Buckle]

I don't really play PS3 anymore or Vita anymore so I'm good.

 

[TheGhost]

I think.....there was a thread about this (when it was first announced it was dropping down to 2), but it's probably because they have to shift gears for the inevitable ps5 and whatever rollout they have in mind for that.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Same reason you accept no crossplattform play between PS and Nintendo/Xbox.

There isnt much you can do about it, its their plattform.

 

[Windu]

because the monthly games is not the reason people subscribe to ps+.

 

[Deleted member 5725]

They should include some PSVR games now.

 

[Deleted member 4093]

Same way paying for online was accepted, what you thought

 

[butman]

There were a lot of crossbuy titles available.

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Maybe because there's no more Vita games that are crossbuy?

 

[Rodjer]

You guys accepted paid online to begin with, this is normal.

 

[jondgc]

I pay PS+ to play online with friends. The games are just a bonus to me. I will never cancel PS+ so long as it is required to play online multiplayer games.

 

[Equanimity]

What is there to do but to accept what they confirmed a year in advance? Send a message with your wallet, I let my sub lapse.

 

[TheInfinityGauntlet]

Most people are locked in to a year or more it would be dumb to complain when you can't do anything

Now if your sub expires and you think it isn't worth it then you stop

 

[hydrophilic attack]

because some people actually were celebrating the change and thought it would lead to better quality ps4 games, lol8

 

[NeonBlack]

I was never here for the games. If they make online free today I'd never subscribe and they know that.

 

[Eolz]

Because fanboys defended the move and said it will make the games in the lineup better/bigger and more recent than before.
This month is pretty mediocre, yeah.
PS+ got worse over time anyway. They could have left some titles included for a long time, like it was at the start (Gravity Rush 1 on Vita for example), could include a VR title as a third title, etc.

Everyone gave up on Sony improving their service (not just PS+), so that's why nobody really complained.

 

[NinjaScooter]

You don't have to accept it. It's a subscription service. If some people did "accept" its probably because the change doesn't affect them as much as it does you.

 

[Deleted member 9714]

Because it's still 0 games per month that I care about.

 

[BernardoOne]

That's what you get when you convince people to pay for what should be free

 

[Jawmuncher]

You'd think they'd offer 2 more to match MS or hell include a specific PSnow title for the month.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Same reasons folk accepted mandatory paid online etc

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Fact.

 

[Acorn]

I don't use my PS3 anymore and don't have a Vita so no change for me really.

 

[Spongehead56]

I don't mind it because I've only liked maybe 1 (at most) of the PS Plus games each month anyway.

And I believe they'll add PSVR games eventually.

 

[antennastoheaven]

because some people actually were celebrating the change and thought it would lead to better quality ps4 games, lol8

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Never ever understood this.

All this change meant is that we don't get cool indie crossbuy games.

 

[Jeffram]

The two March games were more appealing to me than any of the six the months before. I'd rather get better games than more games.

 

[CloseTalker]

What an odd way to phrase a title, I feel like it's this little peek behind the curtain of the way some gamers think they can just weaponize outrage.

And they gave literally a one year heads up on this. If it isn't of value to you anymore, you had more than enough time to unsubscribe.

 

[Mike Rambo]

iirc they did actually give 4? There were absolutely two others on the free games page when I claimed my free games

EDIT: nvm, I guess I remembered wrong. That's so odd though, I feel like I remember it so clearly

 

[janusff]

I was never claiming the PS3 games and once in a blue moon I'd claim a vita game. But still, they should add at least another game in there.

 

[s3ltz3r]

So, where are the PS3 and Vita owners? I mean they should be the ones "complaining", right?

Do you own a PS3 and/or Vita? I'm genuinely curious.

As for your other questions...I don't care for cross-play. I own an XBX, PC and PS4. And name change, really? I mean how many people have been dying just to change their PSN ID? I've had mine for 5+ years.

It's not like Sony put Netflix behind a paywall. Ahem.

 

[Sasliquid]

I mean I'm waiting till my subscription runs out and then I'll have a serious think about wether I want to keep it going.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Never ever understood this.

All this change meant is that we don't get cool indie crossbuy games.

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yeah it was always a monumentally stupid idea

the vita games were often the most interesting ones for my taste, even

 

[zma1013]

They don't want to just give away all the games for the current system they are trying to get you to buy games on

 

[TheIlliterati]

I'm not sure, but didn't this basically happen similarly before PS4 came out, where it seemed like nothing was coming out on Plus? Expect it to get magically good again when Ps5 releases.

 

[OrdinaryPrime]

I think more the issue is at the beginning of the generation when they went paid online that was the bigger issue.

 

[Reckheim]

you don't have to accept anything.

 

[Dust]

I have not been subbed for like a year, zero regrets.

 

[ArmGunar]

The money saved on the now removed PS3/VITA games should have been used to negotiate at least a 3rd PS4 game, that's a shame

Fortunately, I bought 3 years for 25€ each some time ago, I think I didn't resub otherwise

 

[bane833]

I don't have PS+ so I couldn't care less.

 

[James3D]

It became a bad value to me so I canceled.

 

[xxracerxx]

The only thing people who hate this change can do is cancel your subscription.