PlayStation Is “Happy” about Not Releasing First-Party Games on PS Plus Day One

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PlayStation Plus subscribers won't be getting access to Marvel's Spider-Man 2 or other new first-party titles on day one any time soon. In a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Nick Maguire, vice president and global head of subscriptions at Sony Interactive Entertainment, mentioned that PlayStation was currently "happy" with its strategy of not bringing first-party games to its subscription service until later in their life cycle, reasoning that PlayStation is able to reach more customers this way. "For us, that's working," Maguire said. Microsoft, on the other hand, has had no qualms with releasing its first-party games, including Starfield, on day one via Xbox and PC Game Pass.

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[Grimlakin]

MS has the cash reserves to run thin on release and count on people getting into the games when they drop them 2 months later they buy them.

 

[Brian_B]

MS has the cash reserves to run thin on release and count on people getting into the games when they drop them 2 months later they buy them.

Yup. The purchase or just staying subscribed - MS makes more money with the latter is and happy to do it that way. MS is buying subscribers that way and it’s a valid strategy when you are playing catch up