PlayStation will expand the options of the Premium model, its most expensive subscription, with demos on its most expensive games.
PlayStation is preparing for a tough summer, as the launch of its new PS Plus will give the company’s employees a lot of work. The service will debut in Europe on June 22nd, so there are still several weeks to discover everything they have prepared from Sony. However, this does not mean that the company continues to think of more ideas that attract the attention of users, although its latest proposal has generated doubts between developers.
Games over 22 euros will be required to present a 2-hour demoAs we read in Game Developerwho have had access to statements from various video game developers, it seems that PlayStation will extend the subscription Premium (the most expensive) with demos on all games that exceed 33 euros. These tests will last for 2 hoursas a minimum, and will be mandatory for all titles that exceed the indicated price threshold.
According to the sources of the aforementioned medium, the developers have not received any official communication and have learned of the news from the update on the PlayStation portal dedicated to video game creators. This data has been accompanied by other indications: the authors will have a maximum of 3 months from the launch of the game on the PS Store to publish a demo, and will be available on the platform for at least 12 months.
As they remember from Game Developer, this strip of 33 euros includes games from powerful developers and titles from smaller studios. In the first case, studies of the size of Ubisoft either ActivisionBlizzard they won’t have much trouble dedicating time and resources to creating this demo, but the picture changes when we talk about more limited companies in these aspects.
We will see how this situation develops, which is not a tasteful dish for all video game creators. At the moment, Sony is engaged in defend the model of your new PS Plus and claims to have 200 partners that will bring diversity to the video game catalogue, although it also continues to study the possibility of improve access to old games with a new Preservation team.
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