PS Plus Members Are Gutted Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Doesn't Include PS5 Version

If it's got a free no strings attached upgrade, then you can basically "own" the game for free, not like renting it from Plus.

I know this because somehow I have the Vita versions of Resogun and Dead Nation with no expiry date from playing other versions from Now. God bless you Housemarque.

That's too bad, but largely expected.

It's not like the game is stunning visually, so in these cases my main concern really is just the loading times. Are they long on PS4 and did the PS5 version improve them? If the answer to those questions is yes, then I probably won't bother playing the inferior version.

Any updates on life is strange 2 ? Only the demo is available for me

So you can download the PS4 version to your PS5 but you can’t then upgrade to the PS5 version? So Sony knows if you “purchased” the PS4 version, physical or digital, then you can upgrade it or you got it via PS++ and you can’t?

I only ask b/c I’ve been wondering if that’s the holdup with HFW:BS preorders not existing on the store, and still no price anywhere. Maybe people who bought the PS4 version and upgraded for free won’t be able to buy it, which seems stupid, or they could charge $10 more, to make up the difference for all of us who saved $10 buying the PS4 version then upgrading for free.

If Sony can keep this PS++ upgrade from happening maybe they can mess w/ HFW:BS as well, seems technically possible. And it would explain the delay. The longer they wait, only about 28 days now, the weirder it feels,

How is no one surprised by this? I am more surprised when they include the PS5 version along side the PS4 version (like Haven Immortal)

Thanks for covering this problem guys 👍 hopefully itll get sorted i thought ps5 upgrade was a paid upgrade not free so to me it must be a problem or something why we crnt get access to it. But it is suspiciously on sale aswell so maybe trying to tempt people to upgrade to ps5 version by paying for the sale price

Well.. not sure if I'm gutted about it.. would be nice, that's for sure. But I'll survive. Barely.

@get2sammyb I'm not sure what this reply accomplishes because nothing in that paragraph alludes to what I asked about loading times. As I implied, the lack of any of the other improvements mentioned there is not a deal-breaker for me.

I didn't know I was gutted, but good to find out something about myself.

@naruball the article doesn't actually mention any gutted PS Plus members, I suspect the title is either referring to PushSquare staff themselves, or commenters on the main "new PS Plus games" article. Or maybe it's just a case of referring to self in the third person, but by describing one's self rather than by name

Local man disagrees with the premise of this article

Meanwhile MLB THE SHOW (a Sony made game) is free for Xbox Game Pass players (regardless of gen)
Good going PlayStation (:

@Ultrasmiles I initially started to download the demo to Life Is Strange 2 yesterday. When I realized my error, I searched for the game again and saw there were two entries and the full game was also able to be downloaded. Don’t know if that helps.

Makes little sense, nobody is going to go and buy the free game to get then unfree upgrade.

it’s a ps4 game , how about ps5 games now ?

That's cool. I didn't want to play it anyway. Bamco has done everything in their power to make trash anime games.

@Saitama117 game's pretty great though, a really good re-telling of the story, for the first few arcs at least.

@Ultrasmiles it isnt a demo, life is strange is episodic. You only ever get episode 1 and then you have to buy the other 4. And that's likely what Sony have done here. Life is strange 2 on disc has 4 episodes with s code for episode 5 but they ALL expired 1 year after release so you have to buy it. I have checked literally 20 copies in cexs and all expired even one that was new and sealed. Its only 4 quid but still, a year is a joke.

@Cherip-the-Ripper I just wish a better developer could get their hands on the IP. Every anime game bamco makes looks no better than the PS3 era.

@Kyevo8814 tells how you really feel.

Er, I'm not, can't say I'd even look at it.

But I thought PS players buy their games, unlike those supposed industry killing, game pass lovin, Xbox fans? Ah well...

Unless the PS5 version has exclusive content, is "gutted" the proper word here? Why do we even clamour for backward compatibility if a cross-gen title's newer version becomes such an absolute preference regardless?

@Ichiban Because most people don't mind the Game Pass model and are happy something like Extra is on PlayStation.

The people you're criticising are those that take any opportunity to hype up a meaningless rivalry even when it's not relevant (in case I'm not being clear it's you, you're criticising yourself).