Bethesda has issued a clarification amid confusion surrounding the much-anticipated free next-gen update for Fallout 4, confirming who does and who does not qualify for the upgrade.
a license from the PlayStation Plus Collection is not eligible (which requires an active PlayStation Plus Essential (or better) subscription)
a license from the PlayStation Plus Catalog is eligible (which requires an active PlayStation Plus Extra (or better) subscription).
If we put aside the predictable confusion caused by the subtle name schemes I have to wonder if they really think holding back the upgrade from PS+ Essential subscribers is really going to incentivize sales.
From Sony’s perspective these are long term customers who have held a PS+ sub for a while and have chosen not to bump up their subscription, this is unlikely to change their mind.
From Bethesda’s perspective offering the PS5 version at all is PR move, offering it for free to paid purchases is a PR move, offering it to PS+ Catalog subscribers is a PR move. Why stop there, alienating PS+ Collection owners feels like a strange place to draw the line.
I doubt it is Bethesda holding it back. This sounds like a Sony enforcing their rules thing. They wrote the wording on how the levels of rentalship work on their platform, I doubt they will let a company from a competing platform try to break those rules to give more players free stuff.
No, lots of PlayStation games have allowed for a free update to the ps5 version.
Sony’s licensing has been odd, though but I have no doubt that its easily doable and moneynisnthe issue.
I am a long term PS+ subscriber. This constant deprecation and nickel and diming is going to make my next purchase a steam deck. I only subscribe for online play, the games are a bonus. They are usually not my tyoe. Or often are just bad.
As console gaming and PC gaming converge, crappy console walled garden stuff just moves players awaybfrom consoles. They marker ps4 or ps5 games as separate products, but in reality, they are the same product with different graphics libraries (among other differences). With a PC, with fragmentation, I get to choose those assets as my hardware changes. On a console, they lock in with less choice and then try and charge again when I upgrade my hardware? Why would I choose the poorer, more expensive product?
So if I have this right:
If we put aside the predictable confusion caused by the subtle name schemes I have to wonder if they really think holding back the upgrade from PS+ Essential subscribers is really going to incentivize sales.
From Sony’s perspective these are long term customers who have held a PS+ sub for a while and have chosen not to bump up their subscription, this is unlikely to change their mind.
From Bethesda’s perspective offering the PS5 version at all is PR move, offering it for free to paid purchases is a PR move, offering it to PS+ Catalog subscribers is a PR move. Why stop there, alienating PS+ Collection owners feels like a strange place to draw the line.
I doubt it is Bethesda holding it back. This sounds like a Sony enforcing their rules thing. They wrote the wording on how the levels of rentalship work on their platform, I doubt they will let a company from a competing platform try to break those rules to give more players free stuff.
No, lots of PlayStation games have allowed for a free update to the ps5 version.
Sony’s licensing has been odd, though but I have no doubt that its easily doable and moneynisnthe issue.
I am a long term PS+ subscriber. This constant deprecation and nickel and diming is going to make my next purchase a steam deck. I only subscribe for online play, the games are a bonus. They are usually not my tyoe. Or often are just bad.
As console gaming and PC gaming converge, crappy console walled garden stuff just moves players awaybfrom consoles. They marker ps4 or ps5 games as separate products, but in reality, they are the same product with different graphics libraries (among other differences). With a PC, with fragmentation, I get to choose those assets as my hardware changes. On a console, they lock in with less choice and then try and charge again when I upgrade my hardware? Why would I choose the poorer, more expensive product?
A handheld gaming PC would work for me. I’m going for the highest frame rate with the most detail. Plus, it’s portable!
The Sony rules turned me off of PlayStation.
Generally these decisions are made by the publishers. That just so happens to be Sony sometimes.