Its a little reductive, kind of insulting, and massively generalising to pretend that people are always complaining about the PS Plus games. Most of the time people don't. Remember, we absolutely are paying for them, they are not free - without membership, you cannot use them even after downloading, ergo: not free. So if you are also paying for PS Now, then you are not getting anything out of one or other of the subscription you are paying. This is the issue. Never mind that they are both the same genre and the entirely subjective opinions of how good they are. Out of 2565 total games, ~500 are on PS Now, and ~250 PS4 titles have been available through PS Plus. That's much less than half the total output of games, even accounting for previous subscription crossover games, that have been available. Is it inconceivable that they could choose at least one that isn't also available on PS Now? And is it really that unreasonable to suggest we would expect that as part of a service we pay for? There have been numerous months where one of the games has already been available of PS Now, but never before have both - and I've not felt the need to complain simply because that isn't to my taste before... I have never felt so entitled to. But both games being part of another subscription shows poor planning on PlayStation's behalf, and it seems that some of those being surly towards those of us who take an issue with it are merely doing so because they're okay, while blatantly disregarding the objectively unfavourable-to-the-consumer practices. It's not being 'entitled', it's paying for a service and not getting it.
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Re: Poll: Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Games for May 2020?
Its a little reductive, kind of insulting, and massively generalising to pretend that people are always complaining about the PS Plus games. Most of the time people don't. Remember, we absolutely are paying for them, they are not free - without membership, you cannot use them even after downloading, ergo: not free. So if you are also paying for PS Now, then you are not getting anything out of one or other of the subscription you are paying. This is the issue. Never mind that they are both the same genre and the entirely subjective opinions of how good they are.
Out of 2565 total games, ~500 are on PS Now, and ~250 PS4 titles have been available through PS Plus. That's much less than half the total output of games, even accounting for previous subscription crossover games, that have been available. Is it inconceivable that they could choose at least one that isn't also available on PS Now? And is it really that unreasonable to suggest we would expect that as part of a service we pay for? There have been numerous months where one of the games has already been available of PS Now, but never before have both - and I've not felt the need to complain simply because that isn't to my taste before... I have never felt so entitled to. But both games being part of another subscription shows poor planning on PlayStation's behalf, and it seems that some of those being surly towards those of us who take an issue with it are merely doing so because they're okay, while blatantly disregarding the objectively unfavourable-to-the-consumer practices.
It's not being 'entitled', it's paying for a service and not getting it.