PlayStation Plus Users 'Hate' Controversial Change Made To Free Game Line-Up

PlayStation Plus recently quietly unveiled a major shift in the way that the subscription service works.

Until now, the extra and premium tiers were updated once a month with that month’s batch of free games dropping on a pre-determined single date.

Just last week, PlayStation Plus confirmed that it would henceforth be trialling a different approach in the US, UK, and Japanese markets.

The announcement went undetected by most subscribers but now that this month’s batch of games isn’t available to play, many are catching on.

PlayStation Plus is trialling the Xbox Game Pass approach. In other words, free games are dropping across the month rather than all in one go.

For unaffected regions, all of this month’s additions landed yesterday on Tuesday 16 June.

In the US, UK, and Japan, the latest games rolled out - or will roll out - as follows:

• 10 June: Sonic X Shadow Generations
• 16 June: Final Fantasy XVI, Gitaroo Man
• 23 June: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• 30 June: Farming Simulator 25, Blades of Fire, Black Desert

As you can see, those within the US, UK, and Japan have to wait quite a while longer for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Farming Simulator 25, Blades of Fire, and Black Desert compared to the rest of the world.

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Many have already taken to social media to share that they “hate” the trial.

The Initial Response May Sway PlayStation To Reverse The Change In Future Months

“Does anyone else hate how they spread out catalogue releases?” began Reddit user Disastrous_Kick_6952.

“I feel like that isn’t what catalogue is, since everyone waits for that one specific day to get their games and have fun with multiple new titles to try or get back into. This seems like a bad part in their decision since many people including myself were waiting for the 16th for the many games but it’s only one getting added that day.”

This user was far from alone in feeling this way.

“Yes, it’s quite annoying. Hopefully they don't do it next month as well, but I suspect that this may become the new norm,” replied Flottrooster.

“Yes it’s s**t,” simply remarked Caffine_rush.

Awkward_teenager37 wrote, “I know like five people are going to say, ‘This is great because I can’t manage to pace my gaming experience on my own!’ and everyone at Sony is going to say, ‘YES, this is the market data we need!’ and keep it like this forever.”

They’re perhaps onto something there. There are a couple of users praising the phased rollout, but it’s certainly not reflective of the general consensus.

There’s no word on exactly how long PlayStation Plus plans on trialling this approach for, but it’s perhaps safe to assume that it’ll last for a couple of months to allow for an adjustment.

In time, perhaps PlayStation Plus users will grow to like - or at the very least not mind - this change in approach. For now though, it seems it’s a change that’s, for many, a detriment to the service.

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