Playstation Plus Premium: subscribers are starting to get scared, here’s why

As you probably know, Playstation gamers have been enjoying the brand new, refurbished Playstation Plus since June 24, 2022. This time, users can choose from three different offers:

• PS Plus Basic
• PS Plus Extra
• PS Plus Premium

If the first formula offers the same benefits and services as the old PS Plus, the Extra and Premium formulas have new additions such as: access to an extensive catalog of PS4 and PS5 games (for extra offer) or temporary access to the latest Sony exclusive games, for example Horizon Forbidden West.

Through the premium offer, players can also A panel of classic games from the PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP catalogs. And it is precisely this formula, which was considered a priori for lovers of retro games, is starting to annoy its subscribers. We explain why.

In early August 2022, Sony removed the cover of the list of games added to PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium bundles this month. In addition to the public Yakuza Like A Dragon or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can also get additional games such as: Metro Exodus, Dead by Daylight, and even Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Lack of retro games bothering premium subscribers

What about retro games? Nothing to reportand this is what bothers users of the Premium plan. For this reason, many users shared their dissatisfaction on Twitter in response to the official tweet released by Sony.

“Will we have more classic games or not? I’m having a really hard time understanding the point of keeping a Premium subscription when I can upgrade to PS Plus Extra because the classic games and trials aren’t really worth it.” reassures the msg-ho3 user in the social network.

“The selection of retro games sucks! It would be better to improve, otherwise I will definitely not renew next year”, crashes into another user. “Where are the classic catalog updates? That’s why most of us bought a premium subscription.” asks another player. if you understood, Sony shows every interest in replenishing its catalog of classic gamesunder penalty of seeing many players unsubscribe or switch to the Extra formula.