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SvennoJ on 29 March 2022
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darthv72 said:

Im not sure why they opted for a 2nd tier. They would have been fine with just a basic and a deluxe. Basic would be akin to the existing PS Now with streaming of PS3 games as well as streaming / downloading of PS2 and PS4 games. Those that offered online multiplayer would work fine without the need for + (as they do now).

The deluxe would take all of that and add in online multiplayer for retail games not in the service. PSP, PS1 & PS5 streaming / downloading as well as new game trials and cloud saves. It would have been pretty easy to have only two choices. The inclusion of a middle point that strips out the PS2/PS3 streaming/downloads and just makes it PS4/5 downloads only is pointless.

i guess one cool aspect that is kind of like GP is the new game trials. Sony may release day 1 trials for new releases and then you can choose to keep playing by paying the full game price to unlock that trial into the full game or go buy it at retail after your trial ends.

I wonder why they stopped doing that. Game trials were part of ps+ at the beginning. One or two hours to try out games.

This is from 9 years ago on ps3

Full Games Trials allow you to download the full version of a game to play for a limited time period. Any progress you make and trophies you earn are saved so if you decide to buy the game once the trial ends, you can pick up where you left off.

The amount of time that you have to play a full game trial will vary from game to game and this will be specified at the time of download.

Once the trial period has expired the content will no longer be available for you to play. To continue playing, go to the full game in PlayStation Store and purchase it. When you start the game for the first time after purchase your progress and all your trophies will be unlocked.

Maybe the cost of hosting the downloads was more than the percentage of people that actually bought the game after trying it out. Or maybe it actually put more people off from buying games that had trials.