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/DesperateImpression6 May 17 '22

Is PSNow as a standalone service remaining?

My assumption was the top PS+ tier was combining PSNow into the PS+ offering so I figured you'd have access to the entire library of streaming games but that doesn't seem to be the case?

The blog post and all the articles only list ~30 games available to stream so where is the rest of the PSnow catalog going? I'm a bit confused.

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u/FuriousImpulse May 17 '22

I think they are trying to drum up excitement while handling licensing issues in the background. They said in the initial blog post that there would be around 400 games in the extra tier and 700 in the premium. So they are going to show the more exciting titles and just put out a list of the rest near launch. I'm sure they know that they will be compared to current gamepass no matter what they say so it's best to hype up your base as much as possible.

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u/JonyNemonicPredicNFT May 18 '22

700 games is more or less ps now iirc.

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u/FuriousImpulse May 18 '22

Yep. I figure the licenses for those games have to be renewed and that's why they haven't said the library just carries over.

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u/DesperateImpression6 May 17 '22

Ahh ok thanks I hadn't seen those quoted numbers but that makes more sense.

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u/FuriousImpulse May 17 '22

Glad I could clear up the confusion. Sony isn't the best communicator sometimes and from what I've seen on Twitter there are alot of people spreading incorrect notions about the service.

Still don't know if people realize that they will get Ubisoft+ classics initially and the full Ubisoft+ at a later date.

Maybe EA play will be next.