This was a big year for PS Plus, as it was also the first full year that the service was available on the PS5. With better hardware comes the expectation of better games, and PlayStation did its best in giving players just that. There were some big games that came to service like Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Control: Ultimate Edition, and A Plague Tale: Innocence, along with some more underwhelming ones like Destruction Allstars, Tennis World Tour 2, and Hunter’s Arena: Legends. Exclusive to PS5 PS Plus subscribers was the PS Plus Collection, a private library of over 20 games from the last generation of consoles included in the service.
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Redditor joseph2411 has returned with more PS Plus infographics, this time emphasizing the differences in titles offered each month, as well as making comparisons to 2020. In joseph2411’s first set of infographics, they provide solid and more general filters for looking at PS Plus in 2021, with one data table, for instance, focusing on just the PS5 PS Plus games. This time around, joseph2411 provides comparisons with every piece of information, like with the “Monthly Games” section, where they put the games released in any given month and see how they stack up to the same month in 2020. Joseph2411’s full infographic can be viewed here.
After comparing 2020 and 2021 on a per-month basis, joseph2411 looks at the two years more holistically, and generally speaking, 2021 was a better year for PS Plus than 2020. In terms of the number of actual games offered, 2021 had 41 (with 11 of them being new titles), while 2020 had only 28 (and just 3 new games).
For those looking for dollar amounts, the total value of PS Plus in 2021 (based on PSN Prices) was $1,329.63, for an average of $35.94 per game, both of which were higher than in 2020, those being $799.72 and $28.56 respectively. It is worth keeping in mind that these figures are all just estimates, meant to reflect rough values and not definitive statistics.
That said, those who are skeptical may want to hold out a bit longer with reports of an upcoming PlayStation Xbox Game Pass-like competitor service that will merge PS Plus and PS Now subscriptions. Whatever the future holds, here’s to another strong year of PlayStation Plus.
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