Sony is once again doing little more than the bare minimum for players paying for the most expensive PlayStation Plus tier.
Sony has detailed what’s coming in February to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog (available to PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers) and the PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog (currently locked to PlayStation Plus Premium). February’s PS Plus Game Catalog additions are: Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition (PlayStation 5), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PlayStation 5), Monster Hunter Stories (PlayStation 4), Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (PlayStation 4), Neva (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4), Rugby 25 (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4), Season: A Letter to the Future (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4), Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (PlayStation 5), and Venba (PlayStation 5).
The PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog, however, is getting just one title in February – the PlayStation 2 release Disney Pixar WALL-E (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4). And in case anyone assumes this is a temporary blip, Sony also used State of Play to confirm what’s coming next: Tekken: Dark Resurrection from PSP in March, and Time Crisis from PlayStation 1 in May, both for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 subscribers on PlayStation Plus Premium. Unsurprisingly, both games sit under the Bandai Namco umbrella.
So, aside from April – where Sony still hasn’t said what we’re getting – we already know how the PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog is set up for spring. Either they haven’t decided yet, or they didn’t want to bring in another publisher, which makes it likely that the second spring month won’t be another Bandai Namco pick. Either way, it remains embarrassing that this is the level of effort reserved for the people paying the most.
Are they really this unwilling to dig into the past? Even internally, Sony has a deep back catalog it could be drawing from.
Source: Gematsu, Gematsu, PS Blog
