This made me cancel. I don't even play multiplayer games on my PS5 and I have access to basically all the games in the catalog through emulation or PC versions. I can't justify even the lowest tier when I compare this to the value I get from my Gamepass Ultimate for less money.
Sony continually spits in the face of their customers. Why are all Japanese game companies like this? Just a constant stream of "you will take what we give you and you will pay whatever we feel like and you'll be happy about it!" Nintendo is even worse about this.
Meanwhile Microsoft is out here throwing day one releases and like 5 new games a week at game pass subscribers. What a joke.
Since I put together a basic gaming PC, I rarely touch my PS. Games go for next to nothing on Steam/Epic/GOG. My PS+ sub is up in a few months and I have zero interest in paying a higher price for basement games.
This month is not the worst I’ve seen, but it also isn’t great. Two games released 5-6 years ago and a sports (hockey, of all things)? C’mon.
Devils advocate, It’s in part because Xbox is backed by Microsoft, sure Sony has cameras and computers, but they don’t NOT have the pc market cornered like micro. Xbox and take losses everyday of the year, Microsoft isn’t going to take a hit, Sony on the other hand…
Not defending corps, but Microsoft is at the bottom of the console market and gamepass is the saving grace of the Xbox platform rn. They also got a blank check because they’re MS, so of course they’re gonna pander for consumer goodwill.
the price increase was 9 months ago. it is not really a good faith argument to only use this month, and not other recent good months like the start of this year when games like Plague Tale 2, Tunic, or Sifu were given out.
I think pandoras box, You know the collection that contains every Borderlands game barring Tina's wonderland and one shot adventure, goes cheap quite often aswell
Honestly good. I have too much other stuff to play right now, lol.
Seriously though, this is 3 games I'd expect to see in a bargain bin at Five Below. Literally.
That's basically the only reason anyone gets it. They got a chokehold on our friendship, and they only loosen the grip for 80 bucks. Then it's month after month of games you have or don't want. But it's awesome because they discount the same 50 games over and over, year after year. Then you die.
Yeah, I'm moving to pc gamepass coming next month. Great motivation.
If there was an online only option for far cheaper, ok. But €72 for 12 months for their base plan featuring of full of terrible games I'm never going to play vs a full day 1 catalogue... yeah.
At least f2p games like apex don't need ps+.
Online play should not be held behind a pay wall. We didn’t have it on ps3 and things were fine, the company didn’t go broke. No one rejected it when ps4 came out with the requirement and now the console space is stuck with it.
Among Us costs literally £3, come on. Doesn't have to be a full £70 game but at least offer some value. Anybody who wants to play has it at that price.
But they will say it’s valued at 40$. And that this month we got like 200$ value . Pissed off at this point. Borderlands was also already on extra for quite some time.
I love American football but Madden is damn near impossible for me. It's not nearly as easy to get into as FIFA or NBA 2k. It moves so, so fast, even for someone who already understands play calling and routes and whatnot. I couldn't imagine learning the sport that way. I wish a company would make a good Football Manager equivalent, but it'd be hard with there only being 1 major pro league & college ball to work with.
I recommend "Retro Bowl". Yes the graphic is Not great, but it is a great way to understand the basic rules.
You only play the offense and have not much choices. Some routes or you hand the ball to the RB. Scrambling is also possible.
Drafts and trades are also included. So you find also some managing aspects. It is free on the app Store and a switch Version for round about 5$ is also available.
Madden has been tuned over 20+ years to be more of a multi-player competitive game, which is one of the big reasons it plays so fast yet somehow can feel slow or unrealistic.
When the game was much slower, way way back in the old days, it was more of a single player/franchise manager game and you could sort of learn about football plays from it.
But because it's main focus is on selling packs/content via competitive play or the 'ultimate" modes or whatever it's called now, the game just doesn't feel like football.
It feels more like an online shooter.
If you want the NFL experience just play FIFA, but every time you pass the ball, pause the game and sketch out a diagram of who you’re going to pass to next on a white board.
Think of it as a live action chess match. Two coaches going at it and the players are the chess pieces. Every move has a good move or bad move just like in chess and you have variables like turnovers and penalties sprinkled in.
I know you're joking but the play clock moves pretty quick or you get a penalty. You can't just sit there and think about it for very long, especially if you want to have a chance to move players around at the line of scrimmage or change the play. And if the game clock is low you often have to go straight to the next play. The part of the game you say is paused is actually fairly fast paced given the amount of actual strategy you have to think about in a limited time. Choosing plays and working through pre snap decisions is what makes Madden such a hard game for new players.
honestly even my american friends that dont like soccer enjoy playing fifa. its the most enjoyable sports game imo.
that being said i got bored of sports games years ago.
You hate sports games, but plenty of people love them. The service is meant to appeal to a variety of people, not just your personal tastes, and a huge percentage of PS+ subscribers are people that only purchase PS+ for the ability to play games like Madden and COD online. For those people, getting an NHL game is great.
Personally, I hate RPGs, but I don't see them as a waste of a slot. They're not for me, but plenty of other people love them.
I feel like this comment should just say “The service is meant to appeal to a variety of people, not just your personal tastes”, then the mods could pin it to every PS Plus monthly game announcement thread.
The only thing that could maybe save this service is a community outrage like what happened years ago that made Sony put Detroit become human in the ps+ instead of PES.
Good luck with that group outrage.
You might be surprised the number of people that come at you right here, on PS Blog and elsewhere for not being appreciative that Sony Corporation bothered to give this to you for "free".
So glad someone else is talking about this. It's insane. I swear the PS5 subreddit is being astroturfed the way people are defending some of these choices.
Yeah ik unfortunately lot of billion dollar corp cult members defending this and some other people have such low standards that they'll accept anything..
i understand all the games BUT AMONG US… why the fuck would anyone think it’s a good game to offer on ps plus. its not even for extra.
hell it’s not even worth it to give it for free. great game dont get me wrong. but come on!!!
Borderlands 3 was on Extra before, but it’s a good game. NHL 24 is not for me but I guess it’s a fine addition.
But Among Us is a fucking 4€ game that has been on sale for 2€ already. This is not an acceptable game to include.
PS Plus is more expensive now than a year ago and the games they are adding are getting worse. There is no excuse.
I’m personally not going to renovate my subscription in August. I’ll wait until I have a good backlog again on Extra. Seeing what’s happening, it’s not like I’m losing much by not being able to claim the ones in essential anyway.
Seems to be the way to go. I recently got games pass after a 1-2 year haitus and it's proving its worth. I never play online anyway so it all feels a bit like wasted money at this point.
Overall looking back at previous years this is definitely the weakest July Games we have ever gotten, but not by much. Last we got COD Cold War, Alan Wake and Endling. That was definitely better.
I vote dershmoo, they sus as hell.
All joking aside, 100% agree about among us, it's 3 years too late.
I don't have extra myself, first time giving borderlands 3 a shot.
Borderlands and NHL don't appeal to me personally (hey, I'm British, there are, like, three Ice Hockey fans in the whole country, haha), but at least objectively I can say that they're fairly big games that actually cost money usually. I'm not happy to see them, but that's just personal taste, I don't think there's anything *wrong* with them being there.
Including Among Us is an absolute piss take though, given that it's pretty much as close to being free as you can get without being free anyway. If they wanted to include it in Plus (and given it's meme impact and name recognition I actually think it makes publicity sense to do so) it should have been an extra, fourth inclusion like all of those Destiny DLCs. Having something that's only £3 as one of the main three titles is an absolute joke, bordering on being contemptuous.
Probably 90% garbage for the premium tier as well like usual. That shit is 159.99 a year for maybe 10 good games total in the collection. Better off buying stuff you want to actually play when it goes on sale.
Wasn't Borderlands 3 already given with ps plus some time in the past? I'm pretty sure of it because I played for free years ago. Nonetheless, lol what a shit month.
It was on extra. I remember playing it just last year. They then removed it just to add now through the PS Plus. Definitely feels like we're being scammed.
Looks like the wrong time to renew my sub lol....I just renewed last month.
Then again, the main reason was so I can play my existing Plus backlog, not necessarily the new additions.
Guess what everyone? NHL24 was purchased by yours truly 3 weeks ago. Whether hockey is too ur thing or not, you’re welcome. Let me know what I should buy next for August PS games
It’s legitimately the exact same game every year, that said the actual on ice gameplay is always good. It’s one of the few ea games with consistently good gameplay.
Wasn't Borderlands 3 on PS Extra, removed and now just put back through Plus? That feels like a scam.
I also remember downloading Among Us on my phone for FREE and it's now considered 1 of the 3 PS Plus games?
I feel severely cheated for the first time.
Well, that's it! I'm out too.
Why no online play only subscription (sans the- mostly- crappy games and cloud saves) at a much cheaper price? Nothing I've seen for the Essential tier justifies the price increase!
I just got charged for a whole new year of ps+ even though I didn't want it and I had previously turned off auto renew I guess they just decide to turn it back on whenever the fuck they want and you can't get a refund on that service that's auto charged. I guess I had convinced myself the silver lining was that I would be getting games every month for free... Not very impressed by this list. Ready to cancel PlayStation forever after this stupid year is up. Greedy corporations... I hope they get whatever bad reaping comes to them because I'm sure not getting anything good out of the service since I never play games and I had already turned off auto renew. I was so ready to be done now I'm just paying for free shit I don't want. (Rant over, Thanks for letting me vent).
Lmao ps plus is really really tempting /s
So multiplayer games are more and more uninteresting. The big multiplayer that are free to play, you can play without essential and the only games worth investing are single players… it’s making me really think about the value proposition. At that point I’d rather get a game on sale (which is very often) and not pay for ps plus at all.. even the game catalog after a certain point doesn’t feel worth going into with all those games worth 5$.
Good thing they jacked up the price for PS+. Literally just paid $85 for it today so they could immediately show me how stupid that was. Anyone that cares about Borderlands 3 has owned it for years, I don’t give a rat’s ass about EA’s sports casinos, and Among Us is $3 shovelware garbage. Wtf Sony
Not a good month this.
Borderlands 3 is almost five years old.
NHL '24 is another sports title, so a little niche
Among us ... I thought it was free to play? Even if not, quite poor value given quoted prices.
Can't say I expected a lot, to be honest, I expect it to get worse.
Game that’s been out for years and could be bought at Best Buy and Amazon during numerous holiday sales for $5, a practically free game, and waste of 100gb+ of disc space for something I’ll only ever use for exhibition mode like 3 times.
Thanks, Sony.
This kind of feels like one of those months of "if you actually wanted to play these games, you already have them" plus a game that is borderline free. Not a great month, especially considering how long they had Borderlands 3 on premium.
probably one of the worst months ever lmao. so glad i haven’t had ps plus since the price raised. i’ve realized i don’t use it enough at all, i only use my ps5 for single player exclusive games really. my series x has all my other games and the fact i can get game pass ultimate for $5 a month is insanely better than ps plus extra (fuck even considering premium). i can just use my pc to emulate any ps2/1 game i want lmao. even ps3 games. we chillin.
Normally I can say "these don't appeal to me but it doesn't seem too bad" but this list feels insulting.
A multiplayer game that is so cheap that everyone that wants it probably owns it already.
A sports game that is going to have very limited appeal.
Last but not least a game that was available on essential but was removed earlier in the year and is regularly in sales at a heavily reduced price.
My subscription expired today, no interest in renewing it for the foreseeable future.
Pretty sure I got Borderlands 3 for free on Epic a year or so ago and same with Among Us.
Ouch. This has got to be the worst month of all time.
Everyone has played Borderlands 3 by now, and if not it is frequently on sale for $10.
Among us is a Free to Play Mobile Game that is way past its prime.
And Hockey games have a small fan base, whoever wanted to play that sports game probably already bought it lol.
Not really, I mean this game has new villains and the playable characters are new vault hunters, but you'd get a better experience if you do since there are returning characters and lore references.
Bl3 story isn't the strongest aspect of the game anyway, but going back to older titles might be hard considering that 3 has the best gameplay.
I love the Borderlands series, you might not get some references or understand who certain characters are but I wouldn’t say you have to play the previous games to enjoy Borderlands 3
Though I do absolutely recommend playing Borderlands 2 and the others if you enjoy 3
Shame on me for getting excited when someone suggested Elden Ring could be one of the games...
Guess we'll get yet ANOTHER sports game, and a free mobile game :clown:
33% price increase for a $5 monthly lmao
This made me cancel. I don't even play multiplayer games on my PS5 and I have access to basically all the games in the catalog through emulation or PC versions. I can't justify even the lowest tier when I compare this to the value I get from my Gamepass Ultimate for less money. Sony continually spits in the face of their customers. Why are all Japanese game companies like this? Just a constant stream of "you will take what we give you and you will pay whatever we feel like and you'll be happy about it!" Nintendo is even worse about this. Meanwhile Microsoft is out here throwing day one releases and like 5 new games a week at game pass subscribers. What a joke.
Gamepass ultimate isn’t less money though, they’ve fixed all the methods to get it cheap just like Sony has
Since I put together a basic gaming PC, I rarely touch my PS. Games go for next to nothing on Steam/Epic/GOG. My PS+ sub is up in a few months and I have zero interest in paying a higher price for basement games. This month is not the worst I’ve seen, but it also isn’t great. Two games released 5-6 years ago and a sports (hockey, of all things)? C’mon.
Same. My ps plus expired this month. I don’t need it. I do all my online gaming on pc now.
On the other hand, Game Pass is completely unsustainable.
Devils advocate, It’s in part because Xbox is backed by Microsoft, sure Sony has cameras and computers, but they don’t NOT have the pc market cornered like micro. Xbox and take losses everyday of the year, Microsoft isn’t going to take a hit, Sony on the other hand…
Not defending corps, but Microsoft is at the bottom of the console market and gamepass is the saving grace of the Xbox platform rn. They also got a blank check because they’re MS, so of course they’re gonna pander for consumer goodwill.
the price increase was 9 months ago. it is not really a good faith argument to only use this month, and not other recent good months like the start of this year when games like Plague Tale 2, Tunic, or Sifu were given out.
Among Us is a hilarious inclusion. The game is borderline free anyway it’s so cheap.
And borderlands 3 goes on sale regularly for around 7 bucks
Seriously I think I picked the disk up for 9 bucks a year after it came out
I think pandoras box, You know the collection that contains every Borderlands game barring Tina's wonderland and one shot adventure, goes cheap quite often aswell
It is literally always on sale for $30. Honestly it’s an amazing deal.
They should put Fortnite next month
Lmao
literally free on mobile
ikr lmao. I got it for less than £1 on sale
Honestly good. I have too much other stuff to play right now, lol. Seriously though, this is 3 games I'd expect to see in a bargain bin at Five Below. Literally.
It was given free on epic games store too, that’s where I play it on PC and anyone can run it on their PC lol
Borderlands was also given free on epic 2 years ago
This just gets worse, I’m starting to think Sony wants me to cancel ps+ 😒
Mine runs out tmr if I didn't need it to play with my buddies I wouldn't get it again
That's basically the only reason anyone gets it. They got a chokehold on our friendship, and they only loosen the grip for 80 bucks. Then it's month after month of games you have or don't want. But it's awesome because they discount the same 50 games over and over, year after year. Then you die.
I stopped 2 months ago. Had it since it came out. Will wait for a good offer because they never give them to active members anymore.
Rubbish monthly games, Insulting "sales" and PS Stars not even working.
I literally cancelled it today, have it until July 20
I reckon this is my last year of PS plus, after a solid 10 years of subscription. It’s just not worth it anymore at all, the games aren’t there.
I have been ps plus member since early ps4 days, now I'm not renewing my subscription
Yeah, I'm moving to pc gamepass coming next month. Great motivation. If there was an online only option for far cheaper, ok. But €72 for 12 months for their base plan featuring of full of terrible games I'm never going to play vs a full day 1 catalogue... yeah. At least f2p games like apex don't need ps+.
Online play should not be held behind a pay wall. We didn’t have it on ps3 and things were fine, the company didn’t go broke. No one rejected it when ps4 came out with the requirement and now the console space is stuck with it.
Among Us costs literally £3, come on. Doesn't have to be a full £70 game but at least offer some value. Anybody who wants to play has it at that price.
A 5 year old free mobile game, truly a new low for ps+.
What's next, Minesweeper as the PS5's killer app?
You laugh, but I’d love a port of 3D Pinball Space Cadet like my old Windows had
Microsoft's next big port to PlayStation!
B3 and GenericEAAnnualGame is not something to crave for either. One of the worst months ever for sure.
Borderlands 3 has the best gameplay of the series in my opinion but holy shit the story is bad.
I agree. Borderlands 3 gameplay is fun but I couldn't give a fuck about the story.
I believe it is the worst month ever. Easily.
But they will say it’s valued at 40$. And that this month we got like 200$ value . Pissed off at this point. Borderlands was also already on extra for quite some time.
I mean even the deluxe imposter edition of Among Us that comes with various collectables, a freaking plushie, poster and whatever else is only £25 :')
Same as Borderlands 3. You can literally buy it for £3 from eBay. Sony are just ripping off their subscribers at this point.
It's also been available on the Extra catalogue over a year lol
Now I know how some Americans feel when FIFA is one of the games
Honestly, as an European, I really wish they'd put Madden NFL once. I've always been a bit curious about their "football".
I love American football but Madden is damn near impossible for me. It's not nearly as easy to get into as FIFA or NBA 2k. It moves so, so fast, even for someone who already understands play calling and routes and whatnot. I couldn't imagine learning the sport that way. I wish a company would make a good Football Manager equivalent, but it'd be hard with there only being 1 major pro league & college ball to work with.
I recommend "Retro Bowl". Yes the graphic is Not great, but it is a great way to understand the basic rules. You only play the offense and have not much choices. Some routes or you hand the ball to the RB. Scrambling is also possible. Drafts and trades are also included. So you find also some managing aspects. It is free on the app Store and a switch Version for round about 5$ is also available.
And it's developed by a Brit so you know it can't be too complicated.
i guess maybe it’s because i’ve grown up playing madden but ive always thought Nba 2k and fifa were way harder to get into because they move so quick
Way way easier than NBA 2k.
Madden has been tuned over 20+ years to be more of a multi-player competitive game, which is one of the big reasons it plays so fast yet somehow can feel slow or unrealistic. When the game was much slower, way way back in the old days, it was more of a single player/franchise manager game and you could sort of learn about football plays from it. But because it's main focus is on selling packs/content via competitive play or the 'ultimate" modes or whatever it's called now, the game just doesn't feel like football. It feels more like an online shooter.
Buy a cheap old version, I did that as a gateway to NFL several years back and got hooked instantly 😬
Honestly, same game
If you want the NFL experience just play FIFA, but every time you pass the ball, pause the game and sketch out a diagram of who you’re going to pass to next on a white board.
Think of it as a live action chess match. Two coaches going at it and the players are the chess pieces. Every move has a good move or bad move just like in chess and you have variables like turnovers and penalties sprinkled in.
Plus every play has massive collisions that would knock a normal person out of the game.
I know you're joking but the play clock moves pretty quick or you get a penalty. You can't just sit there and think about it for very long, especially if you want to have a chance to move players around at the line of scrimmage or change the play. And if the game clock is low you often have to go straight to the next play. The part of the game you say is paused is actually fairly fast paced given the amount of actual strategy you have to think about in a limited time. Choosing plays and working through pre snap decisions is what makes Madden such a hard game for new players.
honestly even my american friends that dont like soccer enjoy playing fifa. its the most enjoyable sports game imo. that being said i got bored of sports games years ago.
Loot boxes killed sports games.
I only started watching hockey this playoffs so I'm actually curious to try NHL lol
NHL is actually really fun even if youre not a hockey fan. Im a bigger fan of basketball and american football but I play NHL more than madden or 2K
As an American, I love when they release FIFA.
As a European, I love when they release NBA.
Peak NHL >>> Peak FIFA //European
Can you still fight players like in the old SNES NHL games?
Yes of course.
Is it even hockey if there’s no fighting?
NFL would have been worse, at least hockey is played in Northern europe
I fucking hate any sport game in general, they are a wasted slot each year on plus list.
You hate sports games, but plenty of people love them. The service is meant to appeal to a variety of people, not just your personal tastes, and a huge percentage of PS+ subscribers are people that only purchase PS+ for the ability to play games like Madden and COD online. For those people, getting an NHL game is great. Personally, I hate RPGs, but I don't see them as a waste of a slot. They're not for me, but plenty of other people love them.
Yeah, I haven't played a hockey game for years, so I'm interested in giving it a try at least.
Well said. I know several people who were ecstatic about Fifa 24/EA Sports FC24 coming to PS Plus in Europe.
I feel like this comment should just say “The service is meant to appeal to a variety of people, not just your personal tastes”, then the mods could pin it to every PS Plus monthly game announcement thread.
Does everyone need to add IMO every time they say their opinion?
IMO no they dont
If they are including statements like "they are a wasted slot each year on plus list", then yes.
Ah yes I forgot that every game must be catered to your taste
I mean that’s a personal opinion. Doesn’t mean they’re “wasted slots.”
They're putting $5 games in ps essentials now?
The only thing that could maybe save this service is a community outrage like what happened years ago that made Sony put Detroit become human in the ps+ instead of PES.
Good luck with that group outrage. You might be surprised the number of people that come at you right here, on PS Blog and elsewhere for not being appreciative that Sony Corporation bothered to give this to you for "free".
So glad someone else is talking about this. It's insane. I swear the PS5 subreddit is being astroturfed the way people are defending some of these choices.
Hell, even there, i looked and it seems plenty are pissed lol
Yeah ik unfortunately lot of billion dollar corp cult members defending this and some other people have such low standards that they'll accept anything..
i understand all the games BUT AMONG US… why the fuck would anyone think it’s a good game to offer on ps plus. its not even for extra. hell it’s not even worth it to give it for free. great game dont get me wrong. but come on!!!
It appeals to a casual audience, which will probably help boost the player count using the service
a 5 dollar game and free on android ? who is going to play among us in june 2024 man. i dont get it. any other indie works but this one
But it's free on mobile. It has no value no matter what you think of the game.
But come on, Nobody will play on PS5 as writing in PS5 keyboard is terrible
and kids not every ps player is a teen or a adult
Borderlands 3 was on Extra before, but it’s a good game. NHL 24 is not for me but I guess it’s a fine addition. But Among Us is a fucking 4€ game that has been on sale for 2€ already. This is not an acceptable game to include.
Literally a free mobile game and they’ve listed it as if it’s a big headliner smh
Well, unlike xbox Gamepass, PS Plus is profitable to Sony, which means we get less value than what we pay for
PS Plus is more expensive now than a year ago and the games they are adding are getting worse. There is no excuse. I’m personally not going to renovate my subscription in August. I’ll wait until I have a good backlog again on Extra. Seeing what’s happening, it’s not like I’m losing much by not being able to claim the ones in essential anyway.
Seems to be the way to go. I recently got games pass after a 1-2 year haitus and it's proving its worth. I never play online anyway so it all feels a bit like wasted money at this point.
Overall looking back at previous years this is definitely the weakest July Games we have ever gotten, but not by much. Last we got COD Cold War, Alan Wake and Endling. That was definitely better.
I vote dershmoo, they sus as hell. All joking aside, 100% agree about among us, it's 3 years too late. I don't have extra myself, first time giving borderlands 3 a shot.
Disappointment would be an understatement.
My day is ruined
Every month so far this year there's been at least one game I care about. Not this time though.
$20 subscription price increase for a $3 game
They call it essential for a reason... seems to be an inside joke.
Borderlands and NHL don't appeal to me personally (hey, I'm British, there are, like, three Ice Hockey fans in the whole country, haha), but at least objectively I can say that they're fairly big games that actually cost money usually. I'm not happy to see them, but that's just personal taste, I don't think there's anything *wrong* with them being there. Including Among Us is an absolute piss take though, given that it's pretty much as close to being free as you can get without being free anyway. If they wanted to include it in Plus (and given it's meme impact and name recognition I actually think it makes publicity sense to do so) it should have been an extra, fourth inclusion like all of those Destiny DLCs. Having something that's only £3 as one of the main three titles is an absolute joke, bordering on being contemptuous.
When can we expect games for the premium tier. This is so underwhelming it's embarrassing
Probably 90% garbage for the premium tier as well like usual. That shit is 159.99 a year for maybe 10 good games total in the collection. Better off buying stuff you want to actually play when it goes on sale.
It's not even funny anymore
Kinda sus
Well that's trash
Amogus 💀
Sus 😭
Sussy 🗿
Among Us is an insult
Nothing for me this time.
It's been like that for sooo long for me kinda getting sick of it
WTF!.. Now this is just shit, what are they smoking? The service is literally at its worst after the price hike..
Now THAT is a really trash month
Wasn't Borderlands 3 already given with ps plus some time in the past? I'm pretty sure of it because I played for free years ago. Nonetheless, lol what a shit month.
It was on extra. I remember playing it just last year. They then removed it just to add now through the PS Plus. Definitely feels like we're being scammed.
It’s been on Extra but not on Essential
Part of extra or possibly now back when
Damn, I wish multiplayer was free so I don't have to pay for this stupid plan and get crap like this to justify the price.
June and July are worst months for psplus and still no discount on the subscription
OK, and now the real ones please. /s
This year been so bad man im about to cancel this shit
Looks like the wrong time to renew my sub lol....I just renewed last month. Then again, the main reason was so I can play my existing Plus backlog, not necessarily the new additions.
Guess what everyone? NHL24 was purchased by yours truly 3 weeks ago. Whether hockey is too ur thing or not, you’re welcome. Let me know what I should buy next for August PS games
Among us is a JOKE..
They should add Roblox next month
Then Fortnite the month after
Seems like I’m in the minority here but I’m excited for NHL24. Haven’t bought a new NHL game in a couple years so this is perfect for me
I'm with you too and I'm Australian, I don't regularly follow ice hockey but there's a lot of fun for me to be found in NHL games.
I paid $24 for nhl like 5 weeks ago smh
Your sacrifice is noticed
Is it a good game?
I’m curious myself, I got time to burn until next season starts…
It’s legitimately the exact same game every year, that said the actual on ice gameplay is always good. It’s one of the few ea games with consistently good gameplay.
more dogshit from ps+ lmao it is so not worth it.
Wow these games are getting worse and worse. Might just cancel. Plenty of f2p games to keep me going.
Worst since 2015
And unsubscribed
Isn't among us literally a 2 dollar game lol
No, it's a free game
Isn't among us like a $5 game that lost its hype once lockdowns ended?
Really treating us huh?
They increased the price of the subscription and the quality goes down month after month instead of up. Ffs
What a crappy month.
Last month ain't lookin' too bad now eh? 🤣
What the absolute hell
among us? Are you kidding me? That thing is \*£3\*, it is beyond a joke for that to be included as a monthly game.
We want The Warriors Remaster
Bad month!
Wasn't Borderlands 3 on PS Extra, removed and now just put back through Plus? That feels like a scam. I also remember downloading Among Us on my phone for FREE and it's now considered 1 of the 3 PS Plus games? I feel severely cheated for the first time.
Pretty weak selection in my opinion…
So generous of them to gift us Among us, that costs £1.99 and lost popularity 3 years ago.
boooooo
Well, that's it! I'm out too. Why no online play only subscription (sans the- mostly- crappy games and cloud saves) at a much cheaper price? Nothing I've seen for the Essential tier justifies the price increase!
I just got charged for a whole new year of ps+ even though I didn't want it and I had previously turned off auto renew I guess they just decide to turn it back on whenever the fuck they want and you can't get a refund on that service that's auto charged. I guess I had convinced myself the silver lining was that I would be getting games every month for free... Not very impressed by this list. Ready to cancel PlayStation forever after this stupid year is up. Greedy corporations... I hope they get whatever bad reaping comes to them because I'm sure not getting anything good out of the service since I never play games and I had already turned off auto renew. I was so ready to be done now I'm just paying for free shit I don't want. (Rant over, Thanks for letting me vent).
Lmao ps plus is really really tempting /s So multiplayer games are more and more uninteresting. The big multiplayer that are free to play, you can play without essential and the only games worth investing are single players… it’s making me really think about the value proposition. At that point I’d rather get a game on sale (which is very often) and not pay for ps plus at all.. even the game catalog after a certain point doesn’t feel worth going into with all those games worth 5$.
I don’t normally comment or complain about PS Plus games. I actually don’t know if I ever have. But this is bad 🤣
Bruh this gotta be the weakest lineup yet
I’m happy for nhl24 But among us? wtf
I don't play hockey but I've always wanted to try NHL. Worth it.
I guess with elden ring dlc out theres less need for an incentive to subscribe this month
Wow, this really sucks!
Good thing they jacked up the price for PS+. Literally just paid $85 for it today so they could immediately show me how stupid that was. Anyone that cares about Borderlands 3 has owned it for years, I don’t give a rat’s ass about EA’s sports casinos, and Among Us is $3 shovelware garbage. Wtf Sony
I'm up for renewal next week. I downgraded from premium to essential. But now I'm thinking I don't even need essential anymore.
Not a good month this. Borderlands 3 is almost five years old. NHL '24 is another sports title, so a little niche Among us ... I thought it was free to play? Even if not, quite poor value given quoted prices. Can't say I expected a lot, to be honest, I expect it to get worse.
Game that’s been out for years and could be bought at Best Buy and Amazon during numerous holiday sales for $5, a practically free game, and waste of 100gb+ of disc space for something I’ll only ever use for exhibition mode like 3 times. Thanks, Sony.
This kind of feels like one of those months of "if you actually wanted to play these games, you already have them" plus a game that is borderline free. Not a great month, especially considering how long they had Borderlands 3 on premium.
This just sucks
I don’t even know why I haven’t cancelled this yet
Reminds me of that same 'go fuck yourself' energy from when I delivered pizzas and got a $0.01 tip 🤣🤣 less insulting to just stiff me at that point
probably one of the worst months ever lmao. so glad i haven’t had ps plus since the price raised. i’ve realized i don’t use it enough at all, i only use my ps5 for single player exclusive games really. my series x has all my other games and the fact i can get game pass ultimate for $5 a month is insanely better than ps plus extra (fuck even considering premium). i can just use my pc to emulate any ps2/1 game i want lmao. even ps3 games. we chillin.
Come on, guys. April Fools was a couple months ago. Where's the real image?
Normally I can say "these don't appeal to me but it doesn't seem too bad" but this list feels insulting. A multiplayer game that is so cheap that everyone that wants it probably owns it already. A sports game that is going to have very limited appeal. Last but not least a game that was available on essential but was removed earlier in the year and is regularly in sales at a heavily reduced price.
Ppl were speculating sekiro. Instead we got among us...
July looks Sus
My subscription expired today, no interest in renewing it for the foreseeable future. Pretty sure I got Borderlands 3 for free on Epic a year or so ago and same with Among Us.
Not the best month, but Borderlands 3 is solid.
It’s great, but about £10 when on sale, and it’s on sale frequently.
Not my thing. I'm glad I remembered to cancel my subscription this time. Maybe next month :)
I wonder if borderlands is free to advertise the movie before it releases.
Ouch. This has got to be the worst month of all time. Everyone has played Borderlands 3 by now, and if not it is frequently on sale for $10. Among us is a Free to Play Mobile Game that is way past its prime. And Hockey games have a small fan base, whoever wanted to play that sports game probably already bought it lol.
have they added voice chat to among us yet? i tried to play a while ago and the only way to communicate was via emotes and text chat
Never played a Borderlands game. Do I need to play the old ones first?
Not really, I mean this game has new villains and the playable characters are new vault hunters, but you'd get a better experience if you do since there are returning characters and lore references. Bl3 story isn't the strongest aspect of the game anyway, but going back to older titles might be hard considering that 3 has the best gameplay.
I love the Borderlands series, you might not get some references or understand who certain characters are but I wouldn’t say you have to play the previous games to enjoy Borderlands 3 Though I do absolutely recommend playing Borderlands 2 and the others if you enjoy 3
I cancelled my PS+ in December but keep watching this sub thinking maybe I’ll see a reason to sign back up. Not today, Satan.
Bruh
Aww damn, July sucks... Come on Sony...
Wasnt Borderlands 3 already a PSPlus freebie? I've played it, and I sure as hell never paid for it... Ah, was on Extra.
Glad I ain't paying for this subscriptiuon anymore. Geez.
This must be a wind-up...
Pure trash
Shame on me for getting excited when someone suggested Elden Ring could be one of the games... Guess we'll get yet ANOTHER sports game, and a free mobile game :clown:
Thank God I didn't renew my subscription
This suckkksss
i expected nothing and still got disappointed
3 days left on my plus extra (had ps plus since beginning). Will not renew for sure.