Sony reaffirms first-party PlayStation games won’t join PS Plus day-one

Since Sony’s PlayStation Plus revamp a couple years back, the console maker has semi-regularly added day-one 3rd party titles to its subscription service. That said, Sony has yet to bring any of its own games day-and-date, claiming it to be infeasible back in 2022. Cut to 3 years later and unsurprisingly, PlayStation has no plans to alter its strategy in this regard.

In a recent interview with the publication GameFile, the VP of global services at PlayStation – Nick Maguire – was asked about the notion of Sony bringing its first-party games to PlayStation Plus day-and-date with its official launch.

Unsurprisingly, Sony’s strategy (which has been working well for them so far) will not change any time soon, with Maguire stating: “We've sort of stayed true to our strategy across the board, where we're not looking to put games in day and date.”

They continued, “Our strategy of finding four or five independent day-and-date titles—and using that to complement our strategy of bringing games in when they're 12, 18 months old or older—that balance for us is working really well across the platform.”

Considering the fact that their current strategy – devised back in 2022 – has “surpassed [Sony’s] expectations” leading to “engagement in Plus [which] has never been higher than it is right now,” a change in tactics would make little sense.

That said, it will be interesting to see whether anything special is in the works for PlayStation Plus’ 15th birthday.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the current incarnation of PS Plus? Is it worth the asking price? Do you subscribe monthly, quarterly or yearly? Let us know down below.

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