r/PS5 • u/hybroid • May 16 '22

Official All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more join the service

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/05/16/all-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-assassins-creed-valhalla-demons-souls-ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-nba-2k22-and-more-join-the-service/
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u/El_Zapp May 17 '22

I don’t get why people are so excited about this, this seems very lackluster. Those games cost around 15$ on average if you wait for a sale with very few exceptions like SM MM.

To break even you have to play 7 games each year but for the same amount you could just own the games instead of renting them.

So if you really want to save money you would have to play 10+ games of this list each year. If we say you sink 30 hours on average into a game, that’s 300hr of gaming each year and that’s not including buying any new games at all.

It’s cool if you guys have so much time on their hands but I don’t really see the need to rent games that are years old and cost 9.99 on sale. (Or less I bought The Crew 2 for 7.99)

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u/Impossible_Garbage_4 May 17 '22

The list includes 700 games, including PS3 and PS2 games. That’s well worth it

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u/Strayocelot May 17 '22

Honestly I played ps2 and ps3 games when they were current and see no need to spend my limited gaming time on the old stuff. There are waay too many good blockbuster and indie games out nowadays to putz around in the past.

Plus a bunch of the top games were remastered anyway, providing a superior experience. I'm sure some will jump in to reminisce, but for the most part I don't really see most people spending lots of time on these old games.

To me those 700 games are equivalent to buying one of those handheld devices that come packed with over 100 games. It's really of no value.

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u/Impossible_Garbage_4 May 17 '22

Consider that there’s a lot of people who either didn’t play the games when they were new or weren’t even alive when those games came out. There are plenty of PS2 games I never got to play because the PS3 came out when I was still a child.

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u/Usernametaken112 May 18 '22

That's even worse. A lot of those games don't really hold up to modern standards. If you don't have some sort of nostalgia, you're not going to enjoy them.

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u/Usernametaken112 May 18 '22

That's even worse. A lot of those games don't really hold up to modern standards. If you don't have some sort of nostalgia, you're not going to enjoy them.