Another batch of high-profile multiplatform games will be full-price on PlayStation 5 and, where available, PS4 – while Xbox owners will be able to play the releases at no added cost with Game Pass. While, as we’ve caveated in the past, the titles won’t necessarily stick around forever and do still require you to stump up for a subscription fee, the value proposition is clear to see.
Among said products is Turtle Rock Studios’ upcoming co-op shooter Back 4 Blood and next year’s ratty sequel A Plague Tale: Requiem. Hades, Aragami 2, and Atomic Heart are other examples of multiplatform titles that will command full price on PlayStation platforms, but will be available to play at no extra cost on launch day with Game Pass.
Sony’s very own MLB The Show 21 released as part of Game Pass earlier in the year, although the decision was taken out of the platform holder’s hands by the MLB itself. Nevertheless, at a time when PlayStation is trying to push consumers towards $69.99 premium pricing, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the Team in Green has the much better deal right now.
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Something's gotta give (for Sony). They will have to adapt, one way or another.
I mean, that headline is really the most no sh*t Sherlock statement I’ve ever seen. The headline is that those games are free on Xbox. But you can’t just have that as a headline because this isn’t Pure Xbox. What next? Breath of the Wild 2 releases 2022, except not on PlayStation but we’re going to come at it from a PS standpoint.
Regardless, physical will always be my choice.
Come on and stir it up.
Little darlin', stir it up.
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I mean, most of these games will be mediocre or like an 8/10 at most...but yeah, it's bad for Sony right now
Outside of PC purchases I will always buy physical copies, so Game Pass getting these games has never really bothered me. I mean your more so renting it right? Sure that $15 let’s you rent a TON of games but you’ll never truly own them like you do with a purchase.
IMO
It's not a problem for me now. I'll be getting them all at no extra cost. I'm even looking forward to flight sim when i've caught up on my Gears and Halo.
There's trying your luck and then there is taking the piss. In my eyes Sony have done the latter and I can't support that.
I never thought I’d say this but I’m likely to grab an X Box this gen just for Game Pass. Not only is there nothing like it on PS, but I’ve gotta get my Bethesda fix.
This is Sony's problem.
Stuff like this is fine but once its £70 vs "Free" they will feel it.
These games are also full price on Xbox. Not everyone on there actually has Game Pass.
cant go wrong with basically playing new games for free . sure you have to pay/sub to the service initially but , to a person who subbed a while ago , and they see a new release , its a feeling of almost as if they're playing it for free. so its worth it .
definitely more appealing when seeing it compared to a $60-70 price . sony's ''for the players'' though guys. the PS4 started off so good then went downhill towards the end .
#FireRyan
@adrianthealchemist This is where the Xcloud plans come in. I think they just recently announced they'll be putting that on smart TVs and releasing a dongle. They can theoretically increase their user base massively there, soon you won't need an Xbox or PC to play Xbox games.
@adrianthealchemist
This is exactly right, but Microsoft has so much capital, they don't need it to work. They'd be fine with bleeding money just to make their brand a household name. Sony cannot afford to lose money on PlayStation. In fact, if PlayStation performed like Xbox, there most likely would be no more Sony.
It'd be interesting to see Sony being forced to sell itself primarily on the strength of its exclusives, like Nintendo does.
We're a far way off from that, though.
It's gonna look bad in a few years when big Microsoft exclusives are going to GamePass day one at no extra charge and Sony is charging $69.99 (or £69.99, lmao) for Concrete Genie 2 and The Last of Us Remastered Yet Again.
1. AC: Valhalla, FarCry6, Riders Republic, Fenyx Rising are all included in Ubisoft+ On PC... they even include all the Season Pass for Free.
But full price on Xbox and PS... even Switch.
2. Oh wait... Outriders was full price on PC. But included on GamePass for Xbox (PC Game Pass didn’t get it)
3. Days Gone and Horizon and Uncharted 4 are full price on PC... but included on PS+
We can play this game all day 😉
That said... PS5 + xCloud is an amazing combo.
Still haven't seen anything that would convince me to get an xbox, gamepass or otherwise. Maybe when I see Redfall gameplay but in the meantime I will continue gaming on PS5, still waiting for that elusive Bloodborne 60fps patch.
@uptownsoul
It is true. Xbox is the perfect example. The potential for future profit has to be there, or they will cut it loose, like Mixer, Zune, Windows Phone, etc., but Xbox is still around and it has yet to make ANY profit overall (despite bouts of profitability). With Game Pass, it is even less likely it will make a profit any time soon (or ever). This is why Microsoft lumps Xbox in with other divisions on financial statements.
Who cares.... those that have a only PS will buy those games regardless, if they are interested. This doesn't change a thing. You are just making something out of nothing with articles like these, which for some odd reason you keep writing. You don't see your sister site Nintendo Life doing the same BS, do you?
These type of articles are becoming annoying as heck. Do better, be better...
Works for me. I'll play all the games I'm interested in day 1 on Game pass and purchase physical copies of the games I like when they go on sale.
Game pass is cool but I prefer physical over digital when is comes to video games.
Well,we all know gamepass only costs $1 upfront & it's then FREE forever thereafter...at least according to the Xbot acolytes!😋
Headline: PS4, PS5 games still to cost money at launch!? Say it ain't so!!
Seriously, I don't entirely get the point of these "news" articles anymore, if it isn't solely click bait/knee jerk comment thread, which obviously I've fallen victim to.
Here is what I would love to know: how many of these will be sold for $69.95 instead of $59.95?
Do we have prices for these on preorders yet?
@uptownsoul mixer wasn’t bleeding money. It just wasn’t getting anymore popular. Every other site grew during the pandemic. YouTube, Facebook gaming and twitch, but not mixer. They knew it wasn’t going to grow any further.
Unless you have FOMO or something like that, you can just wait for a discount. Also, since both price and release date were given out beforehand can't you just plan your purchase ahead?
I honestly just can't see the problem with the $70 price tag, if anything my father probably payed a lot more for my games during PS1 era and I didn't saw him complain about it.
@uptownsoul look up the growth of mixer compared to other streaming sites.
As long as Plague Tale is as good if not better than the original, I don't mind paying full price one bit for it honestly. Super pumped to play Halo through Game Pass though.
Good lord another one of these bloody articles about game pass...why dont you just become 1 xbox/playstation site and save the work load? I take it you guys do have a sister xbox site? Do you try and ruffle the xbox fans feathers by commenting on what ps+ owners get or are you just deliberatly knocking us ps owners for having to pay full price to own our games forever and not being able to just rent them? We have ps+ and ps now which people are already divided over and here you are ramming game pass down everybodys throats every chance you get...are you on some kind of retainer from the green team?
@Orpheus79V not to mention but once they leave game pass you have to buy it , and most 3rd party games will eventually leave game pass.
Stop acting like they're free, xbox players don't own the game via game pass. I don't scroll through my netflix subscription thinking "great, I now own multiple seasons of Grace & Frankie, for some reason!"
please push square accept the way things are and move on. It seems you care more about this that the actual PlayStation gamers.
But then thats games media for you out of touch as always
What's up with that Sammy guy crying over that game pass trash every opportunity there is.
Why the heck is he comparing renting games with buying games.
If you rent a game on Game Pass over 12 months, you eventually pay 150 bucks for, ONE game - and still don't own it.
Big cooperations seem to be obsessed with taking away possessions with the illusion of "renting gooooood" crap.
If it was out day 1 on both gamepass and PSNOW i doubt they make enough money to cover the cost of the game as hardly anyone would actually buy it
People keep comparing Netflix and Gamepass the difference between gamepass and netflix is that you have the option to buy the game and any dlc from the store where with netflix you cant. And the game also sells on other platforms as well
You even get a 20% discount in buying the game if your a subscriber
Back for Blood is looking like a really fun game! I'll be picking this up day one!
Some of these comments remind me of the shilling that goes on at Nintendo Life when people defend having to buy a separate $300 Switch and $60 copy of Animal Crossing every time a family wants more than one save.
Sony fans: "GamePass games are not actualy free!!!!!"
Same fans: "Oh boy look at these FREE PS+ games!"
@JAMes-BroWWWn What do you mean by one game? You will have access to hundreds of games, even day one releases for the price of one in 12 months. I have Game Pass Ultimate for 3 years and I only paid $180 for it.
I know Gamepass is not for everyone because there are people out there who prefers to own every game they play. But for me, it saves me a ton of money and buyers remorse. Now, I can play the game first and then just choose which are worth buying (dirt cheap) once my subscription eventually expires.
@ThePizzaMule you mean the games we get each month are not really free? Tell me it aint so 😥😭🤢🤮
@adrianthealchemist You are conveniently ignoring big difference between Netflix and Game Pass
When you are subbing to Netflix, that is only revenue stream for that service. Your subscription. And after that Netflix won't see a dime from you.
Game Pass? You are still buying games that are not in service. You are still buying microtransactions and DLC's. You are still actively spending in that ecosystem. Game Pass is just a gateway that gets you into the ecosystem of spending.
Outriders was best selling game on Xbox in april despite fact it was in Game Pass Day One. MLB The Show was one of the biggest sports launch in platform despite being in Game Pass. Sooo. Something from your post does not add up.
But yeah. Just focus on fact if Microsoft is having a profit from 15$ per month. Ignore the rest because it does not fit your narative, right?
XGP is that it’s clearly Microsoft’s attempt at trying to bleed out Sony by not going head to head but instead offer it as a service.
The problem is that XGP is by Microsoft’s admission not profitable (and how could it). 3rd party publishers wouldn’t join XGP if it was less lucrative for them, would they?
Just like Netflix did, Microsoft will significantly increase their pricing once they feel their subs are reaching a peak. The “real” price of XGP is probably around $20-25.
But Sony has to come with some sort of countermove. Not sure a full on GamePass of their own is the right move though.
@twitchtvpat Exactly.
What's with all the bashing on Sony lately because they don't do the same thing as Microsoft, you should consider switching sites to write for. Gamepads seems like great value but I rather own my games. Same with PS+ and now, you never own anything. You only give them money and once you stop you lose every game. And who stops them from pulling the games from the service, third party games are already temporarily.
I read the MLB The Show was the best selling game in a certain month or something on Xbox. It didn't say numbers but that speaks volumes.
The tittle sound like one of those things people on youtube write to get views from xbox fanboys, yikes.
Not sure about the need for this article. Other one last night made sense, but this? Of course we have to pay for these releases.
Not really sure what anyone expects Sony to do tbh. We either support the model they've set (within reason - the price uplift was too steep, too fast), or we don't and playstation ceases to exist. I know which future i'd prefer.
As i've said time and time again. If buying games on Playstation means they continue to put out high calibre software, then what does it matter.
Honestly, Nintendo never get asked to give their software away for free.
Feels like that interviewer yesterday asking Sterling if his match winner justified his selection.
Honestly. If we continue down this path the future of gaming is bleak. The recent threat of store closure for Playstation legacy hardware should serve as suitable reminder that access to digital content can be switched off at the press of a button.
@Jeaz it will be interesting to see what Microsoft do. In theory you are correct, but if they manage to successfully integrate Xcloud into Smart TV's and mobile without the need for dedicated hardware, their audience is potentially limitless.
On the face of it, at current prices, the model doesn't seem sustainable but if they do expand their reach drastically then there is an argument to make that they will continue to bed down at the current price for some time yet.
IMO i think that they are more likely to introduce more tiers of subscription to tempt those willing to pay more with further perks and bonuses.
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@Rob_230 I was thinking about this. If MS are successful in that regard and if Game Pass does become massively profitable at the expense of regular sales on xbox, I'd be asking how much longer will they keep making consoles for.
Remember nuon tech in dvd players? Well smart TV's with xb series tech included are surely coming, whether it be some kind of hardware add on, app or built in.
They'll keep throwing money at it until it works.
I have no issues with the model, most people pay a monthly fee for much of the things in their day life, whether it be a phone, house, car, Netflix or Spotify or console sub etc etc.
You don't ever really own these things as most people replace these items once their term is up or coming towards the end of the agreement.
Your house if you're paying a mortgage is only yours once that's ended, some folks rent, your car is usually via a loan or pcp which is carried onto another different model after a few years so that's unlikely to ever be owned either.
GP is no different really, it's how things are going.
I don't have any problems discussing it on a PlayStation site.
I do have a problem with the site saying fall instead of the autumn and dollars for currency! Lol
Since I've had no luck securing a PS5, I'm now open to getting an X-Box Series X--n case it might be awhile until I snag a PS5. Game Pass is looking very exciting now that I'm not ruling out getting an X-Box.
I wonder why nobody says the same to Nintendo?. Why sony is the one that should respond or why it only affects sony but not nintendo?
And i see some nintendo fans complaining about the prices of ps5 games but never have a problem when nintendo sells them a barebone remaster at 60usd with an additional amibo that have dlc for fast travel at 25usd, or last year with the mario collection for 60usd which were ports.
Just saying.
What?!?! We have to PAY for games now? How utterly ridiculous! Sack the entire Sony board immediately!!
Sony is not “pushing” anyone to do anything and they sure as hell aint trying to hurt anyone for charging $69 for a project they just spent 300 million on and spent years making.
microsofts proposition is insanely generous and thats not something you can ask every company to do, its not really plausible.
The pain is strong in this one. Calm down young padawan. 😂
@KnightRider1982 Exactly all these journalist never seem to mention that although they may be "free" (which is a lie) the user does not own the game at all
I broke down last week and bought a XSX as my local Game keeps tweeting when they get some stock in which made it easy to grab one physically.
I'm going to continue to buy most 1st party Sony games that interest me and also any third party games (Not on Gamepass) on my PS5 as I am heavily invested in PS.
But there are now just too many games now on Gamepass that I want to play and now after E3 that I will want to play in the future that it just seems a no brainer to me.
@Salt_AU I would think there is a good chance they are losing money and that will be part of the long term plan. Usually things like Netflix have to invest and lose huge amount of money for years to get to the size where they can make it pay.
@adrianthealchemist I think a couple of years ago was the first time netflix made a profit since it started ,the Microsoft Big men will be watching gamepass very carefully
@Scarla88 gamepass is great when they release a good game, although I haven't renewed mine for a couple of months as the games have had no interest for me,it does devalue the games though I dont care what anyone says ,if a game doesn't grab my attention in the first 30 minutes I won't stick with it ,its just delete.
Imagine if xbox didn't buy bethesda they'd literally have halo and forza again at their show 😂
If it stings that much, get a device that will enable you to subscribe to Game Pass (doesn't have to be a Console). For ~£21 a month, you can get a Series S with 2yrs GPU and play ALL of these - as well as MLB21, Outriders, Yakuza franchise and of course ALL the Zenimax games - a lot with boosted frame rates. Its cheaper than buying these games to play on Playstation and you get a console at the end of it.
You don't have to buy ANY games on Xbox at all - just buy the games on Playstation if that's your primarily gaming platform. There a LOT of games that you may of missed over the years too - Sunset Overdrive, Ori, Cuphead as well as games going back to the OG Xbox.
At the end of the day we ALL have the choice. You can 'choose' to buy them, choose to have a device where Game Pass exists and get them as part of your subscription or 'choose' to miss out...
@vapidwolf and yet MS have revealed Fable, Perfect Dark, Everwild, Avowed, Outer Worlds 2, Hellblade 2 & Project Mara, State of Decay 3, Age of Empires 4 and Flight Sim - all 1st Party and none by any developer that was under the Zenimax umbrella.
I think the only games shown from Zenimax studio's that will be 'exclusive' was Starfield and Redfall. Doom Eternal, Fallout 76 and TESO got updates which will come to PS too (as far as I know) and Psychonauts 2 is multi-platform from an Xbox Studio.
There are a LOT of games on Game Pass that I wouldn't buy - certainly not Day 1 and not ALL AAA games, but the fact that I can 'try' for free is awesome. If a game doesn't grab me in 30mins, I haven't wasted money on buying it and I have also enjoyed games a LOT more too when I haven't just spent £50+ on buying it...
A game like Back 4blood is not a game you only play for 2/3 month and Microsoft knows that. Your then left with few choices when it comes out of gamepass
Stop playing the game or buy the game.
My god this website has become pathetic. Get a job over at purexbox Sammy this is embarrassing.
Wow is this site merged with Xbox site? Covering news is one thing, but more Xbox news in the last few days than PlayStation! The thing is most of the third parties games on gamepass are also available on PS Now (for cheaper sub prices) and other game sub like Amazon new Luna services. Yeah gamepass is great value for first party games but no need to repeat this everyday. Personally it is not sustainable especially for single player story games! Thing is Microsoft has other big business to cover the losses but not Sony!
AS great value as Game Pass is, I don't mind paying full price for a game to own it out right and support the devs.
If these games are on gamepass, the they will come to PS Now a bit later too. Look at the Street of rage 4.
@BAMozzy yeah ill wait for gameplay first before I make any judgements as a cgi trailer doesnt really tell me much of quality ,although I know some people love them
Er I have bought ALL my games since the PS1 days and have no problem buying more games the normal way in the future + do people really think that Gamepass will be a bargain forever?!?! Once Microsoft have got everyone on Gamepass they will up the price then everyone will be sorry. Oh well.
Do you actually have confirmation of Plague Tale Requiem coming to ps5 because so far it seems to only be listed for xbox and pc. I would love to know it'll be on ps5 but m$ seems to be actively clouding any ps5 info related to games they show.
What would happen if sony went the other way ,and told publishers you know what you want on our platform you can't go on game pass for the first 6 months . Fanyboyism aside the lead sony has and maintained in terms of units out in the wild ps4 and now ps5 , there is no second or third party company that's going to turn down that install base .
Sure this looks great on paper for Microsoft but be careful not to poke the bear as they say .
@Voldrik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Q5wHtguZI
https://twitter.com/APlagueTale/status/1404183120019136522?s=20
It was announced on all platforms - including Switch via streaming - shortly after it was shown at the Xbox event.
It's like Psychonauts 2 and all the other games shown (bar a few), they're all on PS4/5 as well, they just can't say that whilst being shown in the Xbox video
That's good. A few things that were shown are just taking a while to get clarification on if they'll be on ps5. I get that they won't say it during the xbox event, but even searching this morning, some of it hasn't said either way. It would just be nice if the devs would tweet it or something and not just let us wonder since so many have been scooped up xbox and they're kinda cloudy when it comes to exclusivity. Like they only talked about the doom update for xbox and this morning the reports are it'll be on ps5 (obviously) but at a lower resolution than series x.
Wait, we have to pay for video games now?
Outrage!
@vapidwolf I know CGi trailers are nothing to get to excited about - but even if they aren't Game of the Year contenders, I am not paying £70 to play them on day 1.
We haven't had a God of War: Ragnarök trailer either - not even a CGi one, yet people are still 'excited' for it. Perfect Dark, Fable and Hellblade 2 have shown more in essence and Hellblade was also an Award Winning game released recently (like God of War 2018).
I don't 'need' to wait for a review to decide whether a game is worth the £60 (or even £70) asking price, I can download, play and decide for myself if its 'worth' playing more or not for 'free'. There is no way I can buy ALL the games I would like to try coming out this year but these Game Pass games aren't coming out of my budget.
I don't have to choose between Halo or BF2042 for example, I can play both for the 'same' cost - not that I'm willing to pay £70 for BF regardless. I know Game Pass has a 'cost' to it, but I already have GPU paid up for the rest of the year so when they release, I am not having to pay out any money.
I also don't feel 'annoyed' at only a 10-12hrs game that I haven't just spent '£70' on. I am only looking at the Game Pass games as whether I will get 'something' out of playing it or not - I am not looking at them to decide whether or not they are worth the asking price, whether there is 'enough' content at a certain quality etc to justify the cost to me.
If I was a PS5 only gamer, the 'cost' to add all these games to my Library is relatively negligible - especially if you have a PC/Laptop. You already have 'everything' you need as you can use a PS controller too if you want. For £21 a month, about the cost of an average indie game, you get 2yrs of GPU (inc all the Games with Gold over those 2yrs and EA Play) and a Series S console to keep (a Series X is £8 a month more - an extra £192 over 2yrs). That costs £504 over 2yrs but by Comparison, a disc-less PS5 costs £350 and 3 games (R&C, GoW & Horizon:FW for example) at £70 (as you are forced to buy from Sony's digital store) would cost about £560 - another £100 to add PS+ for two years. However, you also get a LOT more 'new' games day 1 over that 2yrs and of course have a 'big' instant Library on Day 1 too.
Its crazy to think that you can pay £21-£29 and have a Console and a big Library of games to play as soon as you have set everything up - yes you have to keep paying £21-£29 a month for 2yrs but you could make do with just that expenditure and still get 'new games' to play added every month.
I know we all have a Choice to make - whether 1 platform is enough to play all the games you want (and can with the available time and financial costs involved) or whether you can 'justify' the cost of additional Platforms. Game Pass itself makes a great case for itself to be additional - regardless of the gamers 'preferred' platform choice.
Like I said, if you are primarily a PS gamer, you could add Game Pass for £10 a month and use your PC/Laptop and DS controller. Take advantage of GP for Hades, MLB21, Aragami, B4B etc, play whatever games are on GP you have any interest in - new or old - like Sunset Overdrive, Ori, Cuphead, Dishonoured, Prey, Doom, Gears etc and just buy everything else you want to play on PS5 - you'd still be better off Financially - which is basically what these articles constantly remind you of...
Forza horizon 5 will launch on Xbox game pass but only the standard edition so I'd imagine it would be the same for these games if they have any paid dlc
@Voldrik literally as soon as the event ended, Press releases were sent out from Bethesda confirming all the details, including the PS5 Doom upgrade. The resolution is minor and only in the performance mode (which is the 120fps mode that nobody will use). 1584p vs 1800p
The 60fps RT mode is 1800p on both systems and the 'balanced mode' is a full 2160p at 60fps on both as well.
It was also all over Twitter about 20mins after the event ended.
I do think that devs and publishers should quote all platforms in their marketing, regardless of what company shows their product, as it can be misleading. I also think websites, like this one, should state all the platforms games are coming to and not pretend others don't exist - it won't kill them to say 'Xbox' or 'Switch'.
I know this is a site dedicated to PS, but not giving the facts just makes it more confusing when looking for factual information. The Nintendo and Xbox branch of this site are the same as well, acting like a game is exclusive to the platform they focus on, when it's not.
Game Pass is £120 a year subscription. That's the same price as two brand new games. It's very good value. If it was also on the PlayStation then I'm sure the majority on here would be a lot more positive about it.
Out on gamepass at launch or temporary exclusive on xbox? I don't buy unless it's with a 50% discount, simple.
Gamepass is $10 a month. $15 is ultimate which gives u access to pc game pass and iCloud service. Imo why pay $60-$70 a game. Play It and finish it on game pass move on to next game if u want to play it again later wait for price to drop and purchase it. Saves u money that way
@ApostateMage I understand the value of it and why people get excited,ooh look loads of games for a tenner ,but as someone who has been gaming for decades I realise why this is a good deal it will eventually affect the quality of games ,the games will get smaller budgets and in a few years we will all be playing the equivalent of an episode of hollyoaks.
@adrianthealchemist A secondary definition of "free" is "at no additional cost". As in, "buy one, get one free".
I think Game Pass will be a big success for Microsoft. But if it isn't, so what? I'll enjoy it as long as it is around.
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