PS Now October 2020 Update Adds Days Gone, MediEvil, and Much More

Okay that's it, I'm not renewing my PS Plus subscription. PS Now selection is SO MUCH BETTER. Another great month !

Lovely, I wasn't convinced by the MediEvil demo but this means I can give it a go without extra spending.

This is why I get PS Now instead of PS Plus. So much more value! I’d get both if they would promise not to put Now games on Plus and vice versa, but they don’t!
Just link the damn things together Sony!

@thefourfoldroot
I think PS+ type of subscription is better though. You add the games in your library and they dont go anywhere. That's one of the reason I think PSNOW and Gamepass type are rubbish but that's me.
I really want to know how PS+ is going to be on PS5. It's not clear as of now.

@Medic_Alert
Still many 10s of millions of potential customers who could be tempted by 75% sales and such down the line.
Plus, to be cynical for a second, it provides some urgency for those who were thinking of subbing. Having something AAA on indefinitely (as most are to be fair) means that people feel ok delaying indefinitely...

@ShaiHulud I recommend it, it's a really cool game even if it is a bit outdated.

@JJ2
As someone who doesn’t go back to games once completed, there is no real difference for me. 3 months is usually enough for me to finish any game which is the minimum time limit for any big game on the platform (others are 6 months).

In theory you are correct of course, but in practice there is no difference for me accept you get far more games on Now and they are generally of higher quality.

This is really good. Question is though:

If I play Days Gone on PSNow and then I buy a PS5 and it’s part of those Playstation Plus games- will my save carry over? Will I have to start it again?

I’ll probably just wait for it on the playstation plus on PS5

@Mhoney
I don’t see why not, the Days Gone you would play on PS5 is the exact same PS4 game, so if you save to the cloud it should be fine.
The issues have been going from PS4 to PS5 versions of games - I’m guessing due to how the different architectures retrieve information from the very different hard drives (and even that’s not an insurmountable issue as MM manages it).
Would be good if Sony would confirm though.

@thefourfoldroot
I get what your saying. People are different. It s basically rental services and not my thing 🤷‍♂️

@Medic_Alert
You are probably right on that point, although I wonder whether the idea that these big AAA games will come and stay indefinitely, as opposed to being perhaps available, and then for only short periods of time, would impact launch sales of first party story based games. That’s likely what Sony might want to avoid as a policy, rather than missing the tail off sales.

@Kidfried
To be fair it’s not random, and that’s what makes it OK for me. They say up front if a game is added indefinitely (the majority) or if it’s on for 3 months or 6 months. I can then plan my play accordingly with no fear it’ll be pulled. In fact, it’s actually good to be given that deadline sometimes, it stops me drifting between lots of games, lol.

Solid month, will definitely play MediEvil if nothing else.

@JJ2 - I understand your point but Game Pass is amazing value even if you only play MS stuff or games by their studios. Those never leave the service. Forza Horizon 4, Gears 4 and 5 and Doom Eternal easily make up the cost of a 12 month sub alone for me. YMMV of course.

@JJ2
Yeah, people are different. For me game are rental - I very rarely keep them once finished. Other people are collectors and like to have lots of physical discs (even if they are just keys these days that are useless in the event a game and it’s patches are delisted).

I do have lots of c64 cassettes, NES and SNES games, ps1, 2, N64 games etc, etc, that no longer work too.

As I’ve grown older I’ve come to accept that life, and everything in it, is a rental, so the distinction with sub services doesn’t bother me any more, lol.

@Kidfried
Fair enough, everyone is different. That’s why I don’t want PS NOW and Gamepass to push us towards a subscription only model, as I know at least MS want to do, and certainly google, Amazon etc.

Excellent, I subscribed to PS Now a week ago and have been enjoying it, more games being added is great news.

@Kidfried
Yes, I’ve said that recently too. Great time to be a gamer with MS subsidising the growth of their sub service for the moment, and the used physical market being a thing.
Eventually I fear physical will go the way it has in the PC space, and obviously MS will need to start to raise prices and do Gamepass exclusives as you say. But for this gen it should be great.

They need to merge ps now with ps plus, as when the ps5 comes out there will hardly be any ps5 games on the free monthly games

grrr just bought Days Gone for 30 bucks

I bought Days Gone a while ago and only got around to playing it this summer. I really enjoyed it even if it has borrowed a lot of ideas from other games. Thought the story was quite good in the end as well.

Have to say that I've enjoyed having PS Now this past 6 months as well. It's given me chance to try a lot of games that I wouldn't normally and have bought some games that I enjoyed playing on the service so that I've got them for keeps. I think subscription services can be good as long as you don't destroy buying games as well which I fear is the plan that MS have.

I think I've suggested this before but it would be good if Sony could somehow use the streaming side of it to allow us to try games off of the store first before having to commit to buying. It could let you play a certain amount of it before dumping you back to the product page. Guess it would need to be available in more regions for that to work though.

I'm glad days gone is on PSNow, this means we will have it in a few months on Plus.

@JJ2 I feel the same. Don't like the idea of a game I've started being taken off me. Give me best of both, pick a game on PSNow or Gamepass and as long as I'm still paying let me carry on playing. That would be too simple 😁

@Crowley22g
Yes. Not only that but I feel (I maybe wrong) when you add them to your library they shouldnt be able to take them back. However the other subs can be changed anytime and you just consume whatever they want to give you or take from you.
I'm not a sub person anyway. Hard to keep up with recurring bills that keep adding up.

Decent but they are desperate for me to chose between plus and now. Depending on what happens with ps5 I may let plus expire

If you’re playing days gone all I will say is keep playing there is a second ending

Days Gone is one of the best PS exclusives of the generation. Brilliant game.

@LiamCroft I really, really, enjoyed Days Gone, it was a ton of fun to get the Platinum Trophy. For people that are into the genre I highly recommend it.

Ooh, i was interested in Madelyn and Medievil! Glad to see those after ps+ announcement was a disappointment. I may also let ps+ expire later.

@Alex79uk agreed.......amazing game. and the obrien cutscene after finishing the game was a big surprise.

@eddie429 Come on man, that's a big spoiler for anyone who doesn't want to know anything. Maybe edit?

Solid decent month for me!
I'll try out MediEvil and Friday the 13th a try and Friday the 13th does look good anyways! But we have 5 minutes for the us side of now so maybe a different lineup?
Hopefully dsr (Dark souls remastered)?

@Alex79uk yeah i agree, i haven't touched the game since i got it since Christmas 2019 When it was on sale and some people are already saying theres a 2nd ending, well that ruined the rest of the story for me, lol!

Article updated with the official list!

I'll probably wait until i get Days Gone as part of the PS plus collection on PS5 and then at least I'll have it permanently as long as I stay subscribed.

Days Gone, Friday the 13th, MediEvil, Trine 4 m, MX Vs ATV All Out, RAD

Hopefully the others are added too.
Not too pleased about getting RAD and losing Battle Princess Madelyn
Still, MediEvil was the big one. Might try Days Gone too.

@Alex79uk - not really. the game has been out since april 2019. that's a year and a half.

@render That's basically a demo, which is done on a case by case basis. Might be the publisher that decides which of their games get demos. Don't think Sony can just overrule them and let you play part of their game for free.

Though streaming demos would be nice for larger downloads, especially when you aren't super interested in the game and might lose interest by the time the demo is done downloading lol.

@KleebanKliban Streaming demos is a really good idea, don't know why nobody offers that. Half the time I can't be bothered downloading a 30+GB file just to play ten minutes and decide I don't like it.

@KleebanKliban @Alex79uk Yeah basically a demo but what I was thinking is if it was streamed then the devs wouldn't need to build a specific demo for the game, it would just let you play a specified amount of the game e.g. one level / chapter and then drop you out. There's less effort to provide demos by the developer then as every game would work but you are right, it would probably need some sort of sign off by the developer / publisher to be offered. And you are right, no need to download a large file to just find out you don't like the game.

Playstation Now offers a great value. I signed up October 2019 my sub runs out in about a week. I will not be subing again for a while. Reason is I just don't have the time to take advantage of it. I only played one game on PS Now because of my backlog and I continue to purchase new games.

@JohnKarnes
Perhaps the logical thing to do would be to play the Now games you are interested in so that, by the time you come to buy these other games, they will be much cheaper?
Don’t mean that to sound sarcastic, but it’s what I do.

Ive always been a PS+ subscriber and Ive never tried PSNow before, but it’s getting harder to ignore with additions like these.

I’m feeling underwhelmed by getting Vampyr and Need For Speed when I see titles like Days Gone and MediEvil being added to PSNow in the same month. I kind of want to switch, but I don’t want to lose access to my PS+ library. Hopefully a bundle is offered soon.

PS Now is the reason I've only bought one PS4 game this year. (Which was, ironically, Days Gone). I think its a great service. Yes, it could be way better, but for the £40 I paid for the year its incredible value.

@LiamCroft Also Days Gone has no expiry date when I'm viewing it in PS Now. So unless that is an error, it could be permanent too?

@thefourfoldroot All of my backlog games are physical black friday games @ $10-$20 each. I grab up 8-15 of them every year at Thanksgiving. I think Destroy all Humans is the only game i have bought in 2020.

@JohnnyShoulder The PlayStation Blog mentions a 5th Jan 2021 expiry date.

They really need to add a service option that nets you Plus and Now for a discount. I subbed to Game Pass Ultimate over the summer and played a load of games I otherwise never would have touched. Sony has a competitive option sitting right under their noses and I can't understand why they don't compete more directly.

@LiamCroft Yeah I know that but that could be an error. Or more likely that the error is on PS Now not stating an expiry date. 🤷‍♂️

When oh when oh WHEN will PS Now land in Australia?... PS Never?? 😾

@JohnnyShoulder The error will be the text on PS Now, it's absolutely a limited-time addition.

@Alex79uk yeah I'm not sure I get his rationale for the spoiler either.

This service is amazing. It allowed me to play lots of games that I wouldn't have considered otherwise. And now we get MediEvil , days gone and trine 4 !!

I really hope sony continues the support for this service on the PS5

Am I the only person who can't see/add Trine 4 and Rad? I see the other 3 games, but these 2 I can only see in banner image, but can't find them in PS Now games list. I'm using US based PS Now account.