They really need to get rid of paid online in general and leave the other aspects of the service to a paid subscription. Obviously, they aren't going to do that. Considering they have been charging $60 a year for as long as can be and are now hiking it by 33%, there's no way they'll give us universal free online. That's too much of a massive loss of revenue and profit.
Here's how they should divide the tiers with the new prices and some more perks to add
Essential:
-Crunchyroll Included
-All PS5 upgrades from PS4 for all software is included
Extra:
-All Classics now offered in this tier, as well as cloud streaming.This essentially combines the Extra and Premium tiers
Premium:
-Select first and third party $60-$70 games included Day 1 (most, but not all first-party new games and some third-party games). I don't see Sony offering all first-party games Day 1, especially since Microsoft charges more a year for this feature than the Premium tier costs.
-All games that have separate purchases for PS4 and PS5 versions (and don't offer cross-gen or paid upgrades) now give you both versions. If you buy Persona 5 Royal on PS4, you automatically get the PS5 version, and so on.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 48 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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