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Sony brings new free games every month for players as part of its PlayStation Plus subscription service for both PS4 and PS5. The new year is right upon us, and PlayStation has already revealed the PS Plus lineup for January 2024 with the best games.
Is Sony Trying to Gain New subscribers with January’s PS Plus Lineup?
In March last year, Sony revamped the PlayStation Plus service when it introduced the three membership tiers, PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Premium, each with something new to offer for players. The company promised to keep regularly refreshing the service with new titles dropping every month. It also revealed that several users upgraded to the new tiers but soon the games offered were nothing unique but bland.
The company has now announced the games for January 2024 and the inaugural lineup for 2024 will allow players to get three titles namelyA Plague Tale: Requiem,Evil West, andNobody Saves the World.Requiemis a critically acclaimed title and was also nominated for several awards at the prestigious Game Awards including Game of the Year. The game boasts an amazing story, captivating visuals, brilliant dialogues, and gameplay to keep you hooked to your seats.
Evil WestandNobody Saves the Worldhave also been favorites of many for different reasons. InNobody Saves the World, players can shift themselves in almost 15 forms including slug, dragon, and more.
Evil Westis a third-person shooter title where you go against zombies and monsters. This month’s lineup for Extra and Premium tiers is headlined by Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto 5along with 13 other titles includingStranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin,MotoGP 23,Prodeus,Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut,Shadowrun: Hong Kong – Extended Edition, and more.
Sony also increased the prices of all the tiers of its 12-month subscription service in September 2023 across the world by 30%. While it faced severe criticism since many thought it was already quite costly, the company defended the price increase by saying that it needed to adjust according to market conditions and this would help in bringing more high-quality titles to the service.
The upcoming games are truly intriguing and will be available on January 2 but last year’s inaugural lineup also had similar exciting titles for players coming to the service. The games were added to the service includingFallout 76,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and more. These games are arguably just as good as the game’s coming next year. However, after these titles, the quality of the games on the service kept going down and the price increase got players more frustrated.
Can PS5 Sales Revive the PS Plus Subscription Service?
The sales of the PS5 console were marred ever since the launch of the console due to the pandemic, which resulted in the shortage of silicon chips and hence the production of the console was affected. The console was finally restocked almost everywhere earlier this year and was available to purchase around the world.
The sales saw a huge boost due to price drops and several bundles with titles likeEA Sports FC 24,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and highly anticipatedMarvel’s Spider-Man 2which is a PlayStation exclusive. The company also announced that PS5 is getting a makeover with a slimmer version that saw a cut in volume by 30% and weight by 18% and 24% for both digital and standard versions.
The company even made it accessible for players to shift to a disk version of the console with a detachable disk that can be purchased separately. These models were also made available in November starting with the US as the company wanted to achieve great sales during the holidays. Sony achieved this during the holiday season as PS5 crossed the 50 million sales mark in lifetime sales and the majority of the sales have come during the holidays and this fiscal year.
Sony has been doing a lot of things to keep the PS Plus relevant despite facing several hurdles. It recently allowed players to get five free exclusive avatars from the store. This is as part of the Season of Play and players can still get them till July 26, 2025. The avatars include Lord Jin Sakai’s artwork fromGhost of Tsushimaand Basim Ibn Ishaq fromAssassin’s Creed Mirage.
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Rohit Tiwari
Gaming Editor
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Rohit Tiwari is a Gaming Journalist and Editor at FandomWire. With a Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Rohit combines academic insight with a passion for the games and the stories they tell. When he’s not busy playing games, you’ll find him reading or catching a football game.
