Poll: Is PlayStation Plus Video Pass the Right Way to Expand PS Plus?

It's weird, I read elsewhere that Sony made some additional deal with Disney to put Sony pictures films on Disney+ after a period of time

I rather have them work on that ps plus monthly games and ps collection.

This is really confusing as an approach to movie streaming considering they literally just struck those deals with Netflix and Disney+ to serve as hubs for streaming their upcoming movies

I won’t complain about more free stuff, would personally pay more for a service that integrated Now and included more game emulation from older systems with trophies, plus phone streaming.

I don’t see how it can be added to PS Plus, unless they find a way to roll it out to every territory the PlayStation network covers.

They still haven’t been able to get PS Now to the majority of countries. Which is why it would be extremely difficult for them to roll it into PS Plus as it currently stands.

Complaining about free films. Moan, moan, moan...if it doesn't increase the price, no-one is forcing you to watch the films at gunpoint. We already get 3-4 free games a month and it's still not good enough for people. I thought Sony didn't have a toxic fandom...

Like it's been said we turn on our Playstation's to play games, if we wanted to consume film media most of our TV's could do the job just fine and there are endless streaming services. Whichever improvements we get to Plus must be gaming related in some shape or form.

@elvisfan1 Seriously its a trial service and people are acting like theyre going all in on this. Gotta love the morons trying to compare this to MS and their E3 when they highlighted TV the entire time.

Nope. Streaming services are a dime a dozen and Sony studios is one of the worst production companies on the planet.

I, and many people, already have Netflix, Amazon Video and Disney Plus. We don't need a PlayStation Video Pass and I'm sorry Sony but it's unlikely you can compete with the big boys.

Just merge Plus and PSNow, that's the smart way forward.

@elvisfan1 I prefer they spent money on games and not movies. So if I prefer Sony spent their investment dollars someplace else, I am moaning? Really? I cant have an opinion?

@elvisfan1 When we say we want to see PS Plus get better I don't think anyone is saying we want 20 more free games. The main thing that's being suggested is fusing PS Now with Plus and having a tier system where we would PAY more for the PS now included service.

I don’t mind this feature to be honest.

When people want, ‘a bigger focus on the games’, what exactly does this mean? More games? Or ‘better’ quality (AAA) games?

The PS+ games for the past few months have been great but more often than not, I’ve already played most of them. I don’t see how Sony could avoid this issue. Someone will always be unhappy with the lineup, no matter how strong it is.

And I don’t think it’s realistic to expect brand new games without a hefty price increase.

Wouldn't it make sense to have a Video Pass for PS Now? PS Plus is currently good value for money with online play, 3 'free' games, ps plus collection and discounts.

PS Now has a large library but nothing that compells as much as XGP. PS Now is about streaming so it would make sense to integrate Video Streaming in that service and maybe have a dedicated app for those who wish to stream games and video on phones, tablets and PC

nope, specially considering that you would have to pay me to watch most sony picture movies....

Again, absolutely not. It needs to improve with games, not videos or movies.

Good question, but a better one might be "is having a separate article asking for people's opinions when they've already given it on the other two articles, the right way to expand Push Square"

As long as the price doesn't go up. It's highly likely that the content they are offering will lose them very little from other outlets.
For me Sony turnover so much money from PS Plus that they could have devs make games just for Plus, they don't have to be AAA and they can release them later for retail on all platforms to maximise revenue.
At least then nobody will be able to say that they have played/own all of the games.

"I'd prefer they improved upon their selection of games," he moaned wildly and with much histrionics.

PS+ doesnt need improving PSNOW needs improving.

How about the inclusion of a free Crunchyroll subscription for PS Plus members?

mind you cloud saving should be free not tied behind ps+

Sony is offering Bravia Core - a free streaming service for their 2021 TV line up. This move aligns with their TV product but it's giving me the same impression with Xbox One E3 presentation, where all the focus shift to TV content than games. However, Sony is still creating exclusive games so, there's nothing to worry about. Additional content is welcome as long as it doesn't affect the selection of games.

adding films is a waste of sonys money PlayStation is about gaming not tv

Of course I don't refuse more features. What a silly attitude.
There should be the option to say:
'I just want PS+ to remain good value'

@ShogunRok Question. Are these video downloads or streaming? If it's downloads that would be alright for days when the internet is lousy or outright down altogether. If it's streaming, what kind of incentive is that? Most of us will already have access to this content through other streaming services lol. xD

I’m only paying £6.67 a month for PS Plus AND PS Now after shopping around online for deals on 12 month subs.

I can’t see Sony’s prices being cheaper than that if they merged both services (and I wouldn’t expect it to be).

I just want to be able to rent Zombieland: Double Tap without paying for a Starz subscription. Here in the states, you literally can't rent it any other way.

When the competing console has Game Pass I don't know how people get on here and comment like they have no idea why anyone would complain that the next potential big improvement to Sony's subscription service is... movies.

It's like Sony is trying to out Nintendo, Nintendo sometimes.

I don't want movies/tv shows on my psplus, just add more games or add ubisoft/ea pass like gamepass, heck maybe discount for sony 1st party titles.

I don't care about watching movies on a Playstation. I already have a multitude of options for streaming TV and movies. For me, It's all about the games.

No.

No, I would rather they kept the monthly games at a high standard.

@ralphdibny Hi! Just wanted to say Doom Patrol has been so, so good, so loving your avatar.

@elvisfan1 Personally, I'd rather more focus on games than a whole different medium. Horses for courses.

@TheFrenchiestFry I think they made those deals to make money, since they don't have a dedicated subscription based streaming service of their own.

This honestly just feels like a lazy way to add perceived value to ps+.

if you want movies you use netflix rather they gave us back our communities

Terrible. There's netflix and disney plus for movies. This is a weird idea

Hopefully next it's free TVs with every PS+ subscription!

Rather have PS Now and PS+ combined into one service.

@PossibLeigh cheers yeah it is blimmin' good! The best DC show I've I watched and I've watched them all (...well most of them 😅)

I want games, not movies.
Playstation by itself has enough movie streaming services available already.

Hey, remember that time Microsoft tried to make Live Gold better by including Zune Music Pass absolutely free?

Yeah, me neither.

I wish playing online would go free again and I’d drop Plus.

I don't really care so long as it doesn't push the price up, but I don't really watch films much anymore so it would probably be wasted on me. I'd like to have access to crunchy roll though as I need to keep up to date with anime for work so that would be a bonus.

Why not. Sony has a lot of movie and tv content. If I don’t have to pay more, go for it.

Sony doesn't have a library great enough to make this service worth it to a mass audience. Especially when their audience just wants something as worthwhile as Gamepass. Not to say Sony doesn't have great movies, but they're few and far bewteen.

This would be a good feature on Game Pass because there is nothing really worth playing on Game Pass anyway

How about giving us a service like Game Pass instead of another video streaming service that nobody wants or needs. Game Pass is the best thing to come to gaming.

@LTPenguin
I know it’s a shame I still have to say this but, just in case you didn’t know, PS Now is not just a streaming service, but also has many hundreds of downloadable PS4 games

@Kredian
But they do. It’s called PS Now , it’s cheaper and has many, many more games to download (plus a load to stream).

Sony pictures is a bomb factory why would I want this? For every decent movie like jumanji there's 20 paul blart mall cop 2's.

I have nothing against getting more features at the same price but this does feel redundant for now.

Noooooo thank you. Video games, please.

For the Players.
Not press Players..

If they have struck a deal with Disney... Does that mean there's a chance we'll get The Mandolorian down the line? I hear that's something actually worth watching from Disney +, though I'll never sub to that.

I've said many times previously that I wished they'd offer a mix-n-match of movie rentals and games each month so that there's at least something of value for those who already have or simply don't want the games offered. So it would be hypocritical of me to say now that I wouldn't be happy with it.

But the whole idea seems like a strange move to me, given the fact that they're retiring the video service they already offered. It would surely have made more sense to keep the existing movie purchase/rental set-up, and just add a few 'free' rentals each month to the PS Plus service.

All I care about are games. My Ps4 is for gaming only.

I would rather have a free Funimation sub

I remember another company going on about movies and TV shows on their console, I'm wondering how that worked out for them!

It seems if Sony feels the need to change things? The best thing to do is make a new service called PS+Now. Combine both services PS-Plus and PS-Now and charge $99.99 a year for both. This would entice more single service member to join both services. No service should be stuck at a forever price! Let everyone know the price will rise 1%-3% each year for inflation.
This should lower Price hike shock in most. Going up $1 a year is better than $10 in 10 years all at once. Even more so for Sony.

The current services should remain intact and Online multiplayer Play should be added to PS-Now also!! As a single service both should remain at current Price of $59.99 a year.

merge PS now with PS plus which gives a ton of old games to play from PS3 PS2 PS1 ps now has so much games + they can add more new games also add funimation some movies and anime in there a publisher or two to release his games into video pass and charge us 60$ a year like always and it's a steal

@Raios-Rogue There is no sane reason to believe Sony will take 2 $60 services and give you one completely FREE!

I’d rather they start adding PS1 games to PSNow.

Weird poll. Options 3 and 4 are the same thing...

Seems a waste of resources, would prefer if they merged PS+ and Now or at least had a small selection of retro games from Now integrated into + and changed bi-monthly or quarterly.

I get people are saying it’s free so it’s great, but it’s all budget, I’d rather that budget was invested in games

As a PS4 owner, who sees no benefit at the moment in stumping up £450 to play the same games, I'm seeing LESS value in PS Plus these days.
Once they dropped the PS3 and Vita games, we went to 2 PS4 games per month and assumed that the possibility was there for a 3rd PS4 game. Now the 3rd game is locked to the PS5, even when most of the games are on the PS4 as well!

Personally, merge PS Plus and Now and at least give something back to PS4 owners. Even the PS Plus discounts have been rather lame recently.

@get2sammyb because they just point to this and say 'oh but look, we addedd this' , so when the quality of the games offered on PS Plus, or the amount or the level of discount you get becomes less, they go, 'but we added videos and tv to it, look at how generous we are.'

This remind me of XBOX 's mistep with the ONE where they went all in with the 'streaming box' and concentrated in all the apps on the machine instead of having actual games to play on the machine.
Gamers don't really care about movies and tv on our consoles. We just want games.

And to be honest I don't really want an equivalent to gamepass cause then I do feel you lose quality for quantitiy. I also think it devalues games more quickly. Like the buzz around games either doesn't start or fades really quickly cause well, it's just there....

Don't get me wrong it would be great to get some more Anime especially the more obscure titles but my Playstation and PS+ is all about gaming.
I want PS Now to be included.

@ralphdibny Haha, I do actually watch them all (though I may drop Flash soon if it doesn't buck up it's ideas) and you are 100% correct!

@PossibLeigh legends of tomorrow is a close second for me too. Haven't seen any of the new series of the Arrowverse yet. Probably will give them a watch at some point. Not sure how good the Flash will be without my favourite companion around 😂. They could have at least replaced him with my second favourite companion Julian!

"Guys, what gamers really want these days is TV, TV and television" - Don Mattrick, Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business strategy meeting, 2012.

I’d much rather they combined PSPlus and PSNow as a service.

Getting films is fine but unless they are day and date with cinema release its not really worth it.

@ralphdibny Yes, Legends is a very close second. I have Titans as number 3. Isn't there new Legends in a week or two?

I buy PS for games. I have Netflix, prime video, Disney+ and HBO for moves and TV Series, don’t need more

Nintendo "You can play legacy titles"

Xbox "You can play legacy and new titles"

Sony "We're adding TV and movies"

Sony reading the room like Hans Moleman.

@PossibLeigh I think we differ after 2nd place 😅. The rest of them are about as good as eachother so shared 3rd place for me. Black Lightning is probably the best of the bunch and Flash is probably the worse imo. Only because it's patchy though, sometimes its really good and sometimes it's just a chore to get through.

Yeah I think Legends has started or is starting up again soon! Will be a while before I watch it because I watch it with my partner normally and this pandemic is keeping us apart at the moment. We haven't watched Star Girl yet either and I think that looks really good so I have high hopes!

I appreciate that PS2 and PS3 were instrumental in popularising the DVD and Blu Ray formats, but I don't use my PS4 to watch anything on; I've already got multiple different devices for that (Chromecast, Multiregional Blu Ray player, tablet), I'll fire up my console solely for gaming, not for watching TV or movies.

@ralphdibny Ah, I feel ya man. I too have been kept away from my partner for over a year now. Just waiting for borders to re-open. Luckily, she doesn't care for TV so I don't have to postpone watching anything.

Yeah, BL is a weird one for me. Objectively, it's probably the best CW show, but just didn't keep me engaged for reasons I've not yet defined.

Star Girl is good. Fairly typical CW fair with better cinematography. It's elevated by it's fantastic choreography. I didn't believe any show could make Sports Master cool, but his fight style is awesome! Hope you guys can reunite soon and get on it.

I just want to play one player or couch coop games and I don’t care about all the subscription based stuff they try to sell all the time. Only exception is game pass that I’d like to see on PS with AAA titles available first day. Everything else is nonsense. And why should we care about video content with Netflix Prime Disney+ already there ? Pfff

@PossibLeigh across borders 😨, that really sucks! Luckily we are only a few counties away but it's still a good couple hours on the road. Is what it is really, we manage!

I think BL was great in its first season but then is a bit up and down from there. It's short seasons too which really helps it because there is a lack of filler episodes.

Haha have you not seen Young Justice? Sportsmaster is epic in that! I don't know why I love him so much lol. I've only seen the original two series. I've yet to watch the revival. Good to know he makes an appearance in Star girl though.

If this is their response to Gamepass, this is quite underwhelming, since, you know... GAMEpass.

@ralphdibny ah, the animated DC shows are my blind spot! I've been told I am missing out, so will have to rectify that!

Just combine it with access to Now. That's all they need to do.

Lower the cost of Now, retain it as a standalone service. But make Plus into Now and the free games (and discounts) that are already there. It'd be a huge step toward parity with Game Pass.

As a bonus, make any PS4 era games on PS+ free to keep, whether you keep your sub or not, just like how Xbox handles the older titles. They're already dabbling with this with their Play at Home titles. Bring it to PS+ and bolster the value.

And importantly, keep Plus' price as is. Add value to the consumer, not cost.

Nah, The Mrs has just about everything movie related (HBO, Disney, Netflix, Showtime etc) we reeeeaaaaaaly have no need for more 😅

I payed $27 for my year of PS+ to play online and FF7R for Free pretty much covers that.

So, I am already a happy camper regardless what Sony does.

@PossibLeigh ahh fair enough! YJ was my gateway in to the larger array of DC media. I'd seen the Batman and Superman films before that butt Young Justice really got me into the animated side, TV and even the comics!

For me it is i mostly own the games that are in Plus.