It's the start of the month, and that means the latest batch of PlayStation Plus titles are ready to go. The pair of PlayStation 4 games are beginning to roll out -- they're available now in Europe, with North America to follow in due course. Initially, July's PS Plus lineup went down like a lead balloon, but the pair of PS4 games has been changed since the original announcement.
PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer was originally in the lineup, but it's now been swapped out in favour of Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human Digital Deluxe Edition. This version of the game also includes Heavy Rain as an added bonus. Meanwhile, Horizon Chase Turbo is an indie racing game inspired by 90s arcade games like Top Gear and OutRun. We think it's well worth a look, especially if you're looking for some arcadey racing thrills.
Will you be playing either of these PS Plus games? Queue up some downloads in the comments below.
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S***. I bought Detroit just 2 weeks ago but for $8 so no big loss.
Language please - Quintumply
Hate to be that guy but... I was kinda looking forward to PES! Oh well!
Detroit is certainly a far better offering, but still no use to me... I received it as a gift last Christmas, and only finished playing a couple of months ago. It's not really a title with a lot of replay value once you've explored everything for the Platinum.
This is the best news
I was quite happy with just the racer as i'm not into football, will definitely play Detroit. Man all the people excited for Pes will be gutted now!
Bought Detroit a few months ago. I really enjoyed it and I'm glad other people will get to enjoy it. I'll enjoy having the physical version ^^
I for one am very happy in this trade. Been meaning to get Detroit for awhile now. Glad I waited out.
The Pes would have instantly been obsolete as soon as the new one came out.
PES 2019 should have been kept, this sets a dangerous precedent because now people will think they can get any Plus games to change now just because they don't like a certain game.
What the frick???? Since when did they change the games?
I already have Detroit since launch. Damn you guys, why can't you shut your mouth for once? XD
So sony coped out and changed games i was looking forward to PES i dont care about soccer but i would have checked it out if it was free. I dont really care about the free movie. Played the demo and it was a hard pass for me.
@get2sammyb me too! Particularly as i have Detroit. But was genuinely looking forward to checking out PES again
@ILoveVideoGames at least you fully own it. PS Plus members are only 'renting' it
They should've had someone in senior management acknowledge the feedback,own the mistakes made & outline plans to rectify things going forward,(eg: additional games).
As I said in the psplus thread-hiring or having indie content managers responsible for EU region store content that can interact with their customer audience,rather than a social media team that silently ghosts & reposts news in reaction to negative feedback would be a positive too!
@get2sammyb Me too, I thought as the last football game I played a lot was on the Saturn (and before that, Emlyn Hughes' game on the C64), would be intersting to try a newer one. Its not something Id think to buy, so was an interesting prospect... oh well.
I'm shocked. This change was dramatically better. Even just Detroit would have been a big improvement, but the Deluxe Edition?
Good on Sony for listening to feedback for once!
Don't have DBH so that's nice I guess but I have FIFA 17 so comparing to PES 19 would've been interesting. Played Heavy Rain on PS3 so not sure I'd play that again.
So people who purchased it on the sale just over a week ago will be refunded right?
@get2sammyb Yeah I was the same so your not on your own they should have added Detroit to the games or gave you the choice of Detroit or PES.
I’m kinda bummed now, I was looking forward to trying out PES. I already bought Detroit last year digitally so there’s not much benefit to this for me
@ILoveVideoGames Same HERE!!! But... I did NOT buy the digital deluxe edition. So maybe I can snag heavy rain too
@get2sammyb Why didn't they do PES and Detroit. Seemed like everyone was kind - meh on PES and NO!!! on HCT. Ah well.
Was actually looking forward to PES, quite disappointed now... Was literally the only reason I was going to resubscribe this month, there's been plenty off games that haven't interested me in the past so I just voted with my wallet, don't see why others just don't do the same rather than complaining they can't please everyone every single month, people are into different games and genres etc...
@AdamNovice I agree. We live in an entitled age anyway. Looking at you sonic...
This will only fuel the flame.
Announce it, defend it, take your lumps, make it better next time.
Backtracking only makes it worse.
Not to look the gift horse in the mouth, but how do you botch the lineup announcement LESS THAN A WEEK before the date? In a lineup whose new doses often leak through false start ads instead?😅
Perhaps PES shows up for August, then. Or has it landed in US only?
Well I was looking forward to playing PES, Detroit was on my to buy list. Win win for me.
@get2sammyb why? The new one is due out in a matter of weeks/months. 🙄
So I go from getting one game in PES to none because I own both Detroit and Horizon, nice job Sony. Was genuinely looking forward to PES as my main coop buddy is always on it, not a game I'd buy but was happy to get with plus. Would have been cool to vs him but nope, entitled whiners spoiled that.
@BigP yeah you weren't gonna renew regardless. Don't kid yourself.
@AdamNovice it definitely would, but thankfully Sony isn't known for giving half a damn about the fandom rants about PS+. It would be rather baseless and naive to assume they would randomly cave in after years of sticking with way more "controversial" offerings.😏 Like I said above, I suspect someone done goofed on the announcement part.
@nhSnork I doubt that, why wait till the day the games are out if it was a mistake? Put simply they caved in to the backlash.
@Trotterwatch Of course not. When the game was on sale they did so knowing it wasn't planned for Plus, if you want someone to blame, blame the entitled whiners who came across like Sony went up and punched their mother.
Darn it. Forgot to download last month's games!
Wait does that mean we get the avatar icons as well?
Detroit is a boss game but personally I'm a bit gutted that PES has been relegated.
Great. I already have all the Quantic Dreams games and was looking forward to PES.
Thanks to this site constantly hanging on about the PS+ games and contributing to Sony switching to games I already have!
Should've added Detroit while keeping PES, if they were going to make a change because now people will complain the other way. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. The 'free' PS Plus offerings have been weak for a while now and there's nothing wrong with telling Sony that, in a constructive manner and the company should respond in a better way. I really think simply adding a third game each month would be the way to go and it shouldn't be that hard to figure ones out given the PS4's stellar library.
@daveofduncan Of course I was, always in and out of plus because I don't have the time to play online all the time but whenever I have free time and a good game comes up I'm in. Was looking forward to binging career mode as I'm normally a fifa player on switch. Why would I lie😂
I own pes and I am absolutely in love with it. Worth every penny I spent on it. Detriot I own it as well.
Good thing I held out on it.
Dam ! I wanted PES. I got Detroit day one but its great for people who didnt and for people constantly judging ps+ on quality on offer rather than on a nice way to discover and try new games you d never buy.
I think this is a drastic improvement as PES was not for me. It will all come down to personal preference, but this is effectively three games this month. Given that they can't please everybody all the time, 3 games is better than 2 and that's how I'll choose to interpret it, even though I already own some of them.
Might even reactivate my auto-renew if this keeps up next month.
Another game is showing up in the monthly games section called hidden agenda for 15.99. it's a playlink title, could this be added as a bonus soon I wonder?
@Gamer83
Complaining the offer is 'weak' doesnt make sense now though. Detroit is a superb game making this month a very strong one. A shame people only jugde ps+ on quality of the games and it blew in their face then if they arent happy for either
Edit..
Like Gigawat above pointed out, its actually two games added vs one game removed
Damn, I've got both Detroit & Horizon Chase Turbo!
Oh well, can't please all the people. Could have been The Order 1886 though instead of Detroit!
@AdamNovice I disagree with your point regards Sony caving in as too the best of my knowledge this is the first time something like this has happened and theres been plenty of critiscm regards their choices for plus games previously. Personally I think common sense kicked in when they realised giving away a sports SIM that is outdated was a stupid idea and not reflective of value for money. I also don't believe that people should be labelled as entitled for voicing an opinion on what they deem to be value for money.
This version of DBH adds Heavy Rain so they technically added 2 games. But people will complain it's a PS3 title after complaining Sony stopped PS3 on Plus.
Bought detroit at launch, still haven’t played it 😅
Personally, I'm very happy with the swap. I was looking forward to the racer anyways, but had practically zero interest in PES. I have been interested to check out Detroit since launch, though, so for me, this month is very good. 🙂
Oh, I was happy with checking out PES. Not played any in ages.
Was going to buy DETROIT on PC. But Free wins on PS4. Playing F12019 now (great game) so Horizon Chase Turbo is not even worth the download.
I didn't know that they changed their mind and swapped PES for Detroit which in my opinion is good but I was looking forward to PES I wish it was the other way around and swap Horizon Chase Turbo for Detroit but beggars can't be choosers
I’m not a fan of QD’s games, but as it’s “free” I’ll give it a go.
Fair play Sony!! @Get2sammyB, play the light free version of PES
@R1spam The lite version is a glorified demo with the pay to win MyClub tacked on. Detroit also has a demo.
@Ralizah What do you mean good on Sony. They've literally just stitched up everyone who was actually happy to receive PES. Possibly even people who paid to sub to Plus to play it. Instead we get just as much a 'niche' game. Let's face it a Quantic Dreams QTE-fest interactive movie hardly appeals to a huge demographic.
If anything Sony should have kept PES and added DBH as well.
@Cycologist No, but Heavy Rain has already been a Plus title, so it's hardly adding a 3rd game.
I'm not a big fan of games like Detroit or Heavy Rain, but I'll give them a shot. Wouldn't have minded trying PES lol.
So we got 3 games this month again!
Sweet! I'm happy but they should have replaced hct instead of pes was looking forward to it to play with friends. Oh well xD I'm still happy tho was about to buy Detroit too got deluxe edition for free what more can I ask for? Nothing honestly.
@ILoveVideoGames yep me too, but, I paid £15 for it.
Win for me. Detroit would be in my top 3 most desirables!!!
@AdamNovice
Why are you always so anti consumer? We are paying for a service and if we are not satisfied in any way we have a right to let our voices be heard. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if you had a Unions are icky stinky bumper sticker on your car 😒
As for the change is great and even if I already have Detroit I know it is a high quality game and adds value to PS Plus
@Ralizah totally agree. Although I can understand some people may be upset who have DBH, I imagine anyone who's yet to own a copy, such as myself, will be delighted by this news. It's a game with immensely more appeal than PES, and of a high caliber, also. The sort of game they should be putting out on ps plus, since taking off ps3 and vita, to keep their service more worthy of the cost. Obviously, others are upset who were keen to play a football game that they otherwise wouldn't have bought (free to play, anyway?) but I think it's a good indication that Sony are listening to and taking criticism seriously!
Wtf, where is pes? Detroit can do one
We already received Heavy Rain with PS+ in the past, but Detroit Become Human has been sitting in my PS store wishlist for ages.
@tomassi I wasn't aware HR was already on PS+, but for those who didn't redeem it or own it, it's a third game. Maybe the first time a game was offered twice on the same system
As much as I want Detroit I was looking forward to PES if they were going to do this give us both don't take away a game
Was looking forward to PES but I also want Detroit. I see now that it's 75GB though I don't want to use that much bandwidth.... need better internet
What? I was all ready to get my Master League on! This has genuinely annoyed me.
Useless. I already have it
@Juvenlast they gave us heavy rain last year on ps+
Best news ever! Switching out a yearly sports game for Detroit? Win!
Everyone always say we need better quality games on ps plus. But, when they do that we get games that most of us already own. Its a no win situation for sony. They should change how it works some way to make people happy. I have no idea if thats actually possible, but as it stands now it seems no matter what they do people are irate about it.
I dont own detroit or horizon though! Looking forward to checking them both out.
wanted pes has done detroit
The honourable thing to do would have been to offer Detroit in addition to PES and Horizon. PS+ needs an overhaul, and soon.
Excellent game, Detroit. I can sell back my copy now. 😛
Very impressed with this offering.
I can't morn the loss of a sports game...
No one buys Plus to get sports games, IMHO.
But, maybe Sony should have just added Detroit & kept the other two.
That's more of a diplomatic solution, more of a win - win for everyone.
I don't think this was a cave to pressure. In the Asia PlayStation market the PES announcement was accepted far better than in North America. Since we often have different games than you, it would not make sense to switch it here based on reaction there. The fact it got switched implies there was something else at play behind the choice to swap it for DBH at the last second. Legal reasons most likely.
@AdamNovice swapping games at the eleventh hour on a fandom's whim is a far less probable scenario. DBH, while once a platform exclusive, is a third party game and requires more profound reasoning than just informing Quantic Dream at the weekend, "hey, we kinda want to give 30 million players free access to that game of yours because, uh, a bunch of overly passionate commenters line sound like they're not into football". On top of that, Sony swapped out a comparatively high price sim with higher online play potential rather than a representative of "indies" whose presence in IGC has triggered fanmouths for ages - and offered an arguably even more "niche genre" game bundled with a title which has already been on PS+ before.😅
I'm not arguing your point in general, such a situation would be disastrously obscene and harmful if true. But thankfully, a lot speaks against this being a factor behind the change, so whatever was the real one, I dare retain some optimism. Appreciably so - PS4 library has seen some actual and rather bitter cases of caving in over the recent year or two as it is.
@kacboy the 76Gb incl Heavy rain it only says 42.4gb if you look at reg detroit
Haha, this is hilarious. Announce PES as part of PS+ and everyone decries the choice and is angry at Sony for offering a football game. Swap it out for another game (we'll, games in this case) and now everyone wants to play football.
#sonycantwin
In fairness, the optics would have been much better if they had ADDED rather than SWAPPED. Who knows, maybe they will after this new backlash.
Oh well, we went from a game that I own and one that I had no interested in to three games that I own. But I'm glad people who didn't buy Detroit are gonna be able to enjoy it. And the "haterbase" will grow too...
Happily claimed Detroit despite owning it physically and Heavy Rain digitally already.
Well, in my opinion, this swap is good because they're trying to make the community happy.
On the other hand, they should had added a game insted of swapping. Even if it wasn't a game this good.
Once they said they're going to give PES, they should keep their word and just add another game.
FFS... Bought Detroit just recently in the Days of Play sale and had already told my son we were getting PES which he got quite excited about....
There is no way that Sony will suddenly start adding PS5 games to this like many people seem to think, not without a "modest price increase" or at the very least, a tiered system.
@get2sammyb so was I Sammy, I'm currently playing Detroit, I got it for Christmas. The whiners whined hard and no PES for us.
I don't buy footy games anymore but was happy to get one for free.
PES is so bad, and I'm comparing it to one of the worst ever FIFA's - FIFA 19.
I'm happy to be able to replay Detroit Become Human, and try out alternative decisions and endings.
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