Hiroki Totoki, Sony’s Chief Financial Officer, has suggested that the quality of PS4 and PS5 exclusive titles will decline if they are released straight to PS Plus, in a similar vein to what Microsoft does with Xbox Game Pass.
Speaking during the format holder’s latest earnings call, Totoki-san echoed earlier comments made by PlayStation chief Jim Ryan about the company’s reluctance to launch games to PS Plus day-and-date with their retail counterparts.rto-9uy
AAA titles on PS5, if we distribute that on subscription services we may need to shrink the investment needed for that and that will deteriorate the first-party title quality and that is our concern.
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PS Plus will be relaunching next month as a three-tiered system, which combines the service as it is now, with PS Now and a collection of retro games depending on what subscription you choose. The highest one includes PS Plus freebies, PS4 & PS5 games to stream, as well as PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP titles.
[Source – Genki on Twitter]