{"id":956064,"date":"2026-05-13T02:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:10:16","slug":"sony-ps-plus-gets-four-to-six-day-one-games-per-year-and-the-focus-is-on-indies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956064\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony: PS Plus Gets ‘Four to Six’ Day One Games Per Year – And the Focus Is on Indies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony:<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Unlike Xbox\u2019s pricier Game Pass<\/a> alternative, PS Plus<\/strong><\/a> doesn\u2019t tend to include many day one games, whichever tier you subscribe to<\/p>\n

The cheapest option, PS Plus Essential, predominantly includes older games for you to add to your library. Meanwhile, the more expensive tier PS Plus Extra prioritises a large catalogue of legacy content, while PS Plus Premium is more about cloud streaming and retro games.<\/p>\n

Some recent examples of day one games have included Stray<\/a> and Blue Prince<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But in an interview with The Game Business<\/a>, Sony\u2019s third-party bigwig Chris Svensson reiterated his employer\u2019s stance on including new games within its subscription.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t do very many day one titles. We do them largely for indies, and there\u2019s probably between four and six a year that we focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For much of the generation, Sony was under intense pressure to follow the Game Pass model, with fans demanding the company include first and third-party games day one.<\/p>\n

But after falling short of Microsoft\u2019s lofty subscriber targets, and doubling the price to $30 last year, the conversation has fizzled out.<\/p>\n

The Redmond firm recently reduced the price of its subscription<\/a>, but removed Call of Duty<\/a> in the process; including it came at a $300 million cost<\/a>, according to reports.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Svensson said that the type of titles included in PS Plus are \u201ccurated\u201d by Sony, but he didn\u2019t elaborate on what it actually looks for. He did say, however, that it\u2019s important for devs to be on its radar so it can give their games the requisite exposure.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about PS Plus these days? Is Sony doing enough to surface good content, and should it consider including more day one games? Let us know below.<\/p>\n

[source thegamebusiness.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Unlike Xbox\u2019s pricier Game Pass alternative, PS Plus doesn\u2019t tend to include many day one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[25594,59,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-956064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ps-plus","9":"tag-ps4","10":"tag-ps5","11":"tag-sony","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116564841607156699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}