Sony is trying to adapt a new approach ahead of the launch of its highly talked-about, revamped PlayStation Plus. As per the new reports, developers working for PS titles will now have to offer limited timed trials of their games to the users who have Premier tier subscriptions.
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The PlayStation company has started communicating with its various developers for adapting to this system. Simply put, this plan will result in PS Plus Premium-only members receiving a full game trial with a time restriction of around two hours.
Although this rule won’t apply to all the dev teams at PlayStation. Only those games that have a wholesale cost of $34 or above will be required to offer a timed trial.
Fans not impressed with PlayStation Plus getting a timed-trial system
According to Gamedeveloper, games that cost lower than the aforementioned cost won’t be required to have a trial. This is going by the new policy of Sony. Interestingly, it comes soon after the recent announcement for the upcoming subscription service’s various tiers.
However, any VR games that are currently in development are not required to follow this plan; they will remain unaffected.
On the other hand, all developing studios preparing to launch their next title on PlayStation Store will now have to invest more resources and time to create additional timed trials. It implies that they will need to spend more hours working on it even if they finish it completely before the main release.
The only good news coming out of this new policy is that the developers will get three months to roll out their timed trials after their titles witness a launch on PS Store.
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Meanwhile, fans didn’t seem too impressed with this latest approach mainly centered around the PlayStation Plus service. While some users think that it will be a painful process for the developers, others are saying that trials should always be free. And that this approach of paid, limited trials doesn’t make sense. Because to avail them, they will need to purchase the Premium subscription tier.
W for the consumer but man that a bit much from a Dev standpoint lol
I don't think it's fair. Devs have to show trailers, consumer has to decide, buy or not. I agree media and game sites aren't good source to understand, but we have to respect the work done by Devs, and this isn't respect.
Its not really a W for the consumer ween you have to pay for them...
Yeah, demos and trials should be free for everyone. Can't imagine paying for demo - that's not happening. Never ever.
Not a W. You're paying for demos lmao
Paid demos a win? WTF?
Mixed feelings on this There's a lot of potential to expose bad games, but it's also a terrible idea to be strong-arming devs like this. Not to mention the potential slippery slope if they realize they can bully devs like this
Kinda cool but why is it worded like a punishment
What are your views on this story? Do you also think that such a strategy won’t be a positive step from Sony?
Or do you believe that the timed-trials will be turn out to be great for the players so they can make up their minds on a new title?Let us know in the comments.
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