PlayStation Plus NA Update - 2 Titles Per Month For PS4, PS3, PS Vita

Next month, PlayStation Plus will reach its 4th year milestone. PS Plus has evolved a lot as a membership since then. We’ve provided our PS Plus members with numerous exclusive discounts, access to betas, demos and even select games early, and of course,free games to play through our Instant Game Collection. As our members have grown with us from our introduction on PS3, PS Vita and now PS4, together we have built a strong community of gamers around the world.

[xHeavYx]

Nice update, I've been wanting to play an NBA game.
It's great that every game is available at the beginning of the month and they keep the titles for the whole month

[GribbleGrunger]

I figured this is what Sony would do and I'm all for it. Taking one title from the PS3 and adding it to the PS4 balances the books nicely, and I don't think anyone would think Sony could endlessly add titles without any financial compromises. Two titles on each platform is just the ticket and getting them for exactly one month (start to finish) also makes sense. I just hope that Europe get the same two games for the PS4!

edit: I could be wrong. I'm reading on other forums that it's one extra game per month ... I could have sworn you used to get three games per month on the PS3. Can anyone verify this?

[darthv72]

Sly Cooper: TiT....I'm good with that. Been meaning to pick it up and now I wont have to. It will dl when available.

[GribbleGrunger]

I bought it a while back. It's a very good game.

[Prime157]

Gribble, I thought they were doing 3 as well for ps3.

For May they gave pro evo, skull girls, and puppeteer.

[GribbleGrunger]

I've been asking around and evidently they 'occasionally' had three for the PS3. I'm really not bothered to be honest ... it just bugged me LOL.

[AceBlazer13]

I can't believe people are disappointed with this, Sly, NBA and Trine. 3 games I wanted. Nice month.

And yes you got 3 titles on PS3 I believe. 2 AAA and an indie most of the time.

[brightlight]

PS+ mainly offer 6 games, so it used to be 1 PS4,3 PS3 and 2 PSVITA.
So you subtract 1 game from PS3 count and add it up to the PS4.

I got both consoles so it's more rewarding.

[mikeslemonade]

This is one of the better months. I waited for Trine 2 and now it's free.

[Limegreen]

@ferthepoet

Why you mad Bro. Get a PS4 and problem solved !

[guitarded77]

More PS4 is more gooder!!! PS+ is the best value in gaming. I've been going since day 1, and it has greatly improved. Bought 2 years on Black Friday for $35 each, and at that price it's a no brainer.

[FamilyGuy]

I'm kind of glad that they are phasing out that year long game thing. Having 2 new choices for each platform EVERY MONTH is awesome!
That's 72 unique titles a year for those that own all 3.

I'm surprised to see NBA 2K14 on the list because it's only about 8 months old, that's a good sign of getting getting more current retail releases if I ever saw one. The 20 hour trial of BF4 was pretty cool too.

I hope they keep it up. $50 for 72 unique titles is well worth the money.

[GarrusVakarian]

If you have a PS3, a PS4, and a Vita...you will now be getting 6 games a month, 72 games a year, for $50. SEVENTY TWO. PS Plus is ridiculous.

Also, Trine 2 for PS4, awesome. I was waiting for this to go on sale, guess i don't have to now. Great game (from what i played on the 360) with great visuals.

[Prime157]

Yeah, I like what I've played of trine. They gave us trine on ps3 long ago, but I never got a chance to play with anyone.

[jmac53]

I know, I feel like I am doing something wrong it's such a ridiculous deal. I almost bought Trine 2 a couple weeks ago, glad I didn't.

[fr0sty]

Even if you only own one of those consoles, the dollar value of those 24 games per year is ridiculous compared against the $50 they ask to join the program.

Sony really did hit a homerun to the moon with PS+. I was upset at them for doing pay-to-play online at first, but they really have done a fantastic job of upgrading their network and giving me plenty of added value via free games to make the fee worthwhile.

[Visiblemarc]

Yeah, the value is so insane that when I meet people who don't appreciate it, I actually question their intelligence/values. LOL

This line up is so good. Two titles I'd been waiting for sales on. Mutant Mudds and Trine 2. Pixel Junk looks good too. Platinumed Sly when it launched but I regret nothing, was awesome.

[DualWielding]

its still a good value at the moment yes, that doesn't change the fact that now its going to be less of a good value than it was before and that Sony may downgrade even further in the future..... so its good for people to complain and let Sony know they have to maintain the standards they set themselves

[LonDonE]

Ye Trine 2 is one of fave games of last generation! i have it on wii u and pc and i swear it is AWESOME! the art and music is mind blowing!
In fact it had been a long time since i had been blown away by a game!

Anyone who has not played the game is missing out, and i urge EVERYONE to play it!! especially now its going to be free! hell i loved it so much after buying it on wii u i went and bought it on my pc and was tempted to buy it on PS4 too because its native 1080p at 60fps and looks SEXY!!

Man i just cant get over how much value PSN plus is, its basically the price of one game for a whole years worth of great games! any Playstation gamer who doesn't have psn plus is CRAZY! no wonder Microsoft has now copied Sony, actually they have pretty much copied everything from Sony this generation.

Am so hyped to play through Trine 2 again on the PS4, and its even more better when played multi player, and its one of those games where u can play it local co-op or online and its still just as fun! Even to this day i still find people playing it online on the wii u, so on PS4 it should be easier hopefully to play online. I love Sony seriously its like they are in WAR MODE this gen and are taking no prisoners!

Microsoft needs to seriously get there shit together to even compete with Sony, and this is coming from a gamer who owns and games on all platforms! I like my X1, its better then i thought, but man Microsoft just seem so lost and lack vision.
All the 180 back tracking has knocked the confidence of allot of my xbox only friends.

Either way i am so hyped, Nintendo has started to finally launch the big games on wii u, we got Mario kart which my copy arrives tomorrow, they are rumoured to have monoliths x this year, smash, and this year we will finally get to see the new zelda u!

I just wish it looks like the tech demo, and i hope they show real time game engine game play and not a c.g footage pre rendered.
Also i hope metroid prime 4 gets announced, PLEASE GOD!and how can i forget Bayonetta 2, jesus i loved the first game so much and the sequel looks MIND BLOWING! cant wait for the second game later this year!

I think it clearly shows the doubters that WiiU is more powerfull then people think! Its looks crazy sik and at a silky smooth 60fps!

Sony should be showing uncharted, i just hope again its real time game play and not c.g, but i am a little worried that they dont have enough first party exclusives for this year!
I just hope they announce stuff for release this year, and i hope everything hasn't been delayed or is coming 2015! I love my PS4 but man i need some games to play on the dam thing!

And lastly xbox should get some good games this year, and if the rumour is true that there is a Halo game coming which consists of Halo 1 to 4 all remastered in HD native 1080p 60fps then man i am so buying that!!! its a shame halo 5 is coming next year possibly.
But apart from sunset over drive and if the rumour is true the halo remastered box set, there is not much else for this year with regards to exclusives which interest me.
This E.3 should be AWESOME!!!

[callahan09]

This is AWESOME!!! PixelJunk Shooter is a *wonderful* game, by the way. PS4 owners who missed out on that from the PS3 days are in for a real treat.

[lelo]

Nothing for me here... already played the games I was interested. Another bad month for me in relation to PS4's PS+ offerings.

[Bennibop]

Damn it I bought Trine 2 last week as I wanted to try the 3d (which is brilliant as 120hz)

[Lionalliance]

Makes sense, I think its better this way.

[disKinected]

Awesome news.

[theshredded]

Glad I sticked with Europe,we get better games earlier than NA members

[Goro]

In your opinion that is, i happen to disagree but that's my opinion.

[Delsin_Rowe]

At least we got PlayStation Now, we get to try everything first so you can have free games first but at least we had the PS4, PlayStation Now first and don't forget E3 is in North America so we be able to try those new IP trial first so I am glad I sticker with North America, we get to try, play, buy, new stuff from PlayStation first .

[Joey_Leone]

Get the #$@k outta here with that PS Now crap, I'm all for PC and Sony but cloud gaming is something we should NOT be hyping up.

[Kivespussi]

Hah. US gets way better deals which I would take over the games we get any day. Also this months PS+ for EU? Underwhelming... An yearly sports game? Really? EU's PS+ haven't been that great for the past few months either

[wsoutlaw87]

2 games a month on all platforms and a conistant time frame are great improvements. This makes plus a better service.

[WickedLester]

Sweet! I had planned on buying Trine 2 on PS4. Now I don't have to!

[PunisherRevenge]

Yup I played the demo and it's actually a great game. Will download for sure.

[ipach]

great 3D implementation. was totally surprised by that

[admiralvic]

I'm a little surprised and at the same time totally not surprised that Sony decided to match Games for Gold with 2 a month. Regardless, I am glad they actually replaced Resogun unlike EU way back when.

With that being said, not thrilled about Trine 2 The Complete Story being offered. Before anyone jumps to any conclusions, thats just because I got Trine 2 from Plus close to 2 years ago and really dislike when they double up on games. Also a little sad that Dragon's Crown and Muramasa (my copy got stolen =[) are still in limbo for NA. Would much rather have one of those titles than MMD or Sly.

[Omegasyde]

You have to remember not everyone had ps+ 2 years ago. To be honest i thought we would of saw more repeat offerings.

For ps4, you probally wont see full retail games for atleast another 6 months. The only advatage a publisher has to release on ps+ is the possibility of selling dlc.

[admiralvic]

Why do you automatically jump to full retail games? I don't care if Sony offers indie games, in fact I was hoping 1001 Spikes (releases on June 3, 2014) would be offered so I wouldn't have to buy it. I really just dislike when Sony offers the same game (relatively speaking) twice. I just rather see more diverse offerings than games possibly doubling up. Thats it...

[vongruetz]

I disagree. I got Trine 2 for the PS3 from PS+ as well, and I really enjoyed it. So much so that I have seriously been wanting to get it on the PS4 as well. It's a great game and I'm looking forward to having a go at it again, this time in 3D.

And I'm sure that Dragon's Crown and Muramasa will eventually be coming to NA. It seems like when EU gets some awesome games, they eventually come to NA and vice versa.

[Delsin_Rowe]

Hey not every one had Plus two years ago, plus PlayStation Plus games is to offer every type of PlayStation fans.

[admiralvic]

"Hey not every one had Plus two years ago, plus PlayStation Plus games is to offer every type of PlayStation fans."

And some people did. I don't think it's unreasonable to be a little disappointed that it was offered. However, I think you, Vongruetz and Omegasyde are reading way too much into the comment. It's not like I threatened to stop subscribing, go Xbox, smash my PS4, burn down Sony or do some silly protest. I simply stated, in an extremely minor 1 sentence way (followed by an explanation of said sentence) that I wasn't thrilled. Are you REALLY saying that I myself am not allowed to show even passing disappointment in a game I got through Plus being offered again (albeit in a more improved / slightly larger form)?

I mean, heck, I own Pixeljunk Shooter 1 and 2, but you don't see me complaining about that. I accept that I bought them and I got unlucky, I just don't like seeing repeats. Thats it.

"PlayStation Plus games is to offer every type of PlayStation fans."

Yup, though I don't see what that has to do with PlayStation Plus offering a duplicate.

[farhad2k8]

@admiralvic
"I'm a little surprised and at the same time totally not surprised that Sony decided to match Games for Gold with 2 a month."

Dude, PS+ has been giving TWO PS3 games for the last 2-3 years! They're NOW giving TWO PS4 games too, making that..

TWO PS4 GAMES
TWO PS3 GAMES
TWO PS VITA GAMES

That's 24 a month, 72 games a YEAR.
Games with gold need to step their game up, not Sony.

Not just that, but the games MS are giving have ALREADY been given by Sony, Saints Row The Third? Try LAST YEAR JUNE for PS+ subscribers. Let's be honest, MS are too greedy to give the same service as SONY.
Games like Far Cry 3, BF3, Hitman Absolution, Uncharted 1, 2 and 3, Infamous 1 & 2, Bioshock Infinite, Resogun, Outlast, Metro Last Light.. I mean come on, MS will NEVER match that list, and that's just like 15% of the best games to hit PS+. Please.

[admiralvic]

1) My statement was directed at the fact Resogun was removed from Europe a few months ago and was never replaced.
2) Just because I mention that doesn't mean I don't understand what a good value PS + is. I shouldn't have to slap on a bunch of praise so you fanboys won't hassle me about not knowing how great the service is.
3) inFAMOUS, Uncharted and Uncharted 2 were never offered with PlayStation Plus and Far Cry 3 was limited to Europe. Furthermore, you need to try more of the games if you think Resogun and Outlast were among the best games given with PlayStation Plus. Especially when they had things like Arkham City, Vanquish, Tomb Raider, Rising (EU) and a number of other titles were offered in the past.

[uth11]

Great news. The Trine 2 demo looks awesome, been debating purchasing it. Now I don't need to!

[GryestOfBluSkies]

me too... if you have a 3dtv, be sure to give it a shot. the 3d effects in trine blew me away. i almost bought it on he spot just for that.

[uth11]

I don't have a 3d tv unfortunately. But even without it, the game is gorgeous

[HeavenlySnipes]

Didn't know that

I'll be sure to check it out in the coming weeks

[LoveOfTheGame]

Great update, have wanted to try Terraria, now I just need to yell at them until they renew my PS+ membership.

Question: How can you prove you have used a 12 month member ship card to extend your PS+ membership if you used it a month before your initial membership time expired?

[majiebeast]

Shouldn't you have something of a receipt? If i pay with Paypal i always get a receipt from both Sony and Paypal.

[LoveOfTheGame]

I bought the card in a store, used it, and it went through.

No longer have the prepaid card or the receipt from the store, and when my time was up for my previous 12 month membership I get an email saying my subscription has ended due to payment failure. I had assumed this was because I don't have automatic renewal set to on and it was referring to the "previous" membership.

Now that I have found I can't play my PS+ games, I'm thinking there was a problem when going from my original set time to the time I had more recently bought.

You don't need a credit card on file for PS+ do you?

[majiebeast]

No you dont. Thats a really weird problem have you tried contacting Sony about this? Could have been a faulty card or something.

[PotatoAsylum]

I really hope they give Europeans 2 games a month for PS4 as well. It would be kind of disappointing if they didn't

[admiralvic]

They did.

[PotatoAsylum]

Yeah, I just saw that. Awesome. I'm goanna have much more to play on the PS4 from now on I suppose. :)

[HugoDrax]

Sweet! I'm all over Trine 2. Watched gameplay a few days ago on youtube, and thought the game looked interesting. Glad I'll get to try it out now.

[Brazz]

To me, for the first time ever, "Games whit Gold" are making something better (little better, very small diference) than PS+ in June.

Gold: Dark Souls, SSFIVV:AE and Charlie Murder. Ps+ gain in numbers, but gold make a little better june because of the quality of the games.

[Omegasyde]

How so? Ps3 is releasing two full retails games that are approx. 1- 1/2 years old. Quality is subjective btw.

I will say games with gold is getting better however.

[Brazz]

"quality is subjective"

this is why i said "to me", this is my subjective opinion.

and yeah, gold is getting better, i agree.

[The Meerkat]

Well I've got both and all these games are games that I don't have.

As a 360/PS4 owner I no longer take sides.

[Brazz]

well...

I was a wii owner, but i sell the wii, i was a 360 owner, but i gave my Xbox away and i'm a Ps3 owner whit a good Pc, soon i will be a WiiU owner and in 2 years i will probably be a Ps4 owner. (i don't think i will get a X1 this gen...)

i get your point! you have open mind, very good.

[MegaSackman]

You might be right with Dark Souls but PS+ already offered Street Fighter IV AE loooong ago, and Demon's Souls too.

[MetaReapre]

I can definitely agree with gold being better for games this month as comparing the 2 I like what gold is giving more lol. But still the games with gold are so old. Lol

[farhad2k8]

Street Fighter 4 was already on PS+, Dark Souls ONE? Dude, that games like 4 years old, watch how in a few months Sony give out Dark Souls 2 for free. Charlie Murder?

Charlie Murder Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Trine 2 Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Games with gold will never reach the quality of PS+ IGC, first of all, they have to offer 6 games a month to even match the quantity.

[vacoby5]

For the most part this is nice! My only problem with it is to give a extra ps4 game they are taking a ps3 game away. If they don't replace the IGC yearly games, that'll be 2 problems. Cool beans for now though

[Omegasyde]

The positve is that games will rotate more often. Especially for the ps4.

On the ps3, i think the instant game collection might still be there during special events like E3 and or christmas time (but only for a month).

I dont believe that there will only be two games offered for ps3/ps4 for the month of June.

[DualWielding]

No the IGC collection has is confirmed gone in the Article. Now PS+ is the same as Xbox Gold except more games because of Vita.... its still a good value but its a huge downgrade from what it was before

[Ol_Boy]

I will be downloading pixel junk shooter and trine 2. This is great news for ps+ members. Can't wait for secret ponchos too.

[matrixman92]

man...thats like 3 or 4 months in a row where i dont care about any of the games, or i already own the ones i care about. This month, i just dont care about any of them. Wish we were getting dragons crown

[HeavenlySnipes]

Been wanting to buy Sly Cooper

Now I don't have too! Trine also looks pretty good

[DualWielding]

Im surprised no one else is sad the idea of big evergreen titles has been abandoned

[Relientk77]

Sly Cooper and Trine 2, awesome

[Darrius Cole]

I normally don't play to many of the small arcade games. But I'm going to play Trine 2 next month.

[mo241]

Yeah trine 2 is actually really fun, but they can keep pixeljunk exchange it with octodad or something.

[nope111]

Wow, what a shit update. More sports? seriously? anyway to suspend my subscription? I don't want to waste it on june.

[marlinfan10]

lol suspending it for june? are you joking?

[we420]

Yes!!! Nba 2k14 is sooo fun too play.. I only wish it was for the PS4 because MyCareer is better on there.

[Predaking77]

Playstation is the best place to be for any gamer. I'm glad Sony is reinforcing the PSN and with PS Now is going to be even better.

There is a reason why PS4 is the leading leader of this generation.

[RiPPn]

72 games a year if you own all 3 platforms. That works out to about .87 a game, and that's if you paid full price for a year of PS+, insane value!!

Edit: I also like that all games drop the same day each month, no more worries about missing a game. I like these changes a lot.

[rivencleft]

Sweet! Own Trine 2 on PS3 but it'll be nice to have the DLC with the PS4 version, can't wait to see what they announce at E3 regarding PS+, it's going to be an awesome year for gamers.

[BX81]

Gonna give trine a shot. Glad I didn't buy it the other day, but for me ps+ on ps4 has been a let down so far. I really can't wait for the ps rental service. Does anyone know if you can play MP with people on a ps3 if you are playing the game on a ps4? Thanks.

[Ozmoses]

great update. I love PS+ and to be honest I still play my PS3 a lot despite having a PS4.. In fact up until tuesday when I got Watch_Dogs on PS4 I had been playing BulletStorm to get the MP trophies and I platinumed The Godfather II.

[Father__Merrin]

trine 2 on ps4....Really, oh its only in NA :(

[admiralvic]

EU also gets Trine 2.

[S2Killinit]

Nice! we get two instead of one from here on out (:
Alas, I already have Trine2 ): but I'm excited for Pixel Junk Shooter (: and also for every month coming up. How does sony do this exactly?

[ShiranaiJittai]

This is incredibly clever double-speak that they are saying here. You will get 6 games a month right when that month starts. When the next month starts those 6 games will be replaced with 6 more. In otherwords the 10 PS3 games 6 Vita Games and 1 PS4 games is being reduced an excessive amount. 10 PS3 games becomes 2 6 Vita games becomes 2 the only benefit 1 PS4 game becomes 2. 1 PS4 game added is not a fair trade for 8 PS3 games and 4 Vita games.

In otherwords you are pleased to announce that going forward you will be taking a massive dump on the free content offered.

Don’t be fooled everyone. You will get ALL THE GAMES the very first Tuesday of the month true. But this sure as hell doesn’t mean 10 PS3 Games 6 Vita Games and 1 PS4 game.
This is a MASSIVE reduction in the benefits of plus and I for one am FURIOUS.

You are destroying what Xbox offers why in the hell would you backpedal when you know they are going to improve their service?

This is unacceptable I strongly hope this is a temporary measure until there are more PS4 games released. I repeat again this is unacceptable in every possible regard.
Every time you have added new benefits to plus I have worried you are going to increase the price but the service keeps getting better at no added charge. What has NOT improved yet is the online gameplay.

I suspect that is going to happen more around when PS3 is phased out and PS4 becomes primary platform. This is not ok. I will be very vocal about this everywhere I possibly can and I know I am not the only one. There is no excuse for this.
You are disguising “convenience” for a downgrade. Let’s see how long this lasts shall we?

[BitbyDeath]

What are you talking about?

Previously it was -

3 PS3 games
1 PS4 game
2 Vita games

Now it's an even 2 for each platform.
PS3 never received 10 free games a month, nor did Vita ever get 6 games a month that would be crazy.

[Stingray]

Remember the yearly games? :D

If you add the monthly games + the yearly games then that it was the guy above was talking.

In short, with the new update we will lose yearly available games and won't be replaced.

So yes, we lose games. I won't be renewing my subscription.

[BitbyDeath]

Those yearly games aren't added extras though, they were introduced at one point same as a monthly one except they stayed around longer so all it really affects are newcomers to plus.

Existing members should have already grabbed them long ago.

[BitbyDeath]

Dbl Post

[ShiranaiJittai]

If you think that we are going to get 72 "unique games" every year you are sorely mistaken.

The service has a habit of either a. offering games as cross buy (which is awesome) or b. offering non cross buy games 3 separate times for the 3 separate platforms throughout the year.

The cross-buy seemed to be leaning more towards what they are going to do going forward, but there will still be the odd one out that is offered once for each platform and counts for "3 games" Just as they may offer something like Borderlands the first year and the GOTY version of that game the next year or more likely 2 years later.

I agree that the discounts are the best part of the membership. I am one of the few fine with getting a ton of free indies at launch, as I have a tendency to buy the games I want right when they come out not because I can afford it but because I am addicted to it >< So since it is indie games being offered at launch those are actually titles I don't have.

When it is all said and done this will offer more sometimes and less sometimes but many of the games will be available for a shorter amount of time.

If they only do this for this next year than it is fine, but if this is the way it permanently is going forward and they will still be offering PS3 games 3 years from now then we have a problem.

Essentially we are being traded longevity for consistency

[ShiranaiJittai]

Your confusion is on me I should have clarified better. I wasn't saying we get all that in a week I was saying that is usually what is available for the given platforms at any given time. There was usually a minimum of 10 games offered for PS3 6 for Vita and 1 for PS4 now it becomes 2+2+2

[fattyuk]

shirani,

where did you get those numbers from? also I'm sure Sony could Probalay do those numbers if they wanted but they would have to landfill them with all the rubbish that's available!

[DefenderOfDoom2]

getting more pumped up for a PS PLUS purchase! I think NBA 2014 will drive me to get PS PLUS for my PS3!

[ninjahunter]

Seems like a downgrade. Buuuut a little consistancy would be nice, ive had months where its been nothing, nothing and a mini game to top it off.

[Neonridr]

Well I am glad they are adding an extra title to the PS4's lineup each month. I've played Trine 2 on the Wii U, so not super happy that this is the game of the month - but that's only my personal opinion because I have played it. Still a fantastic game, and I will give it a second playthrough to get some trophies.

Pixeljunk looks ok as a coop game. I'll see if I can get another player to give it a run through.

Not super excited, but I guess it could be worse..

[Clown_Syndr0me]

I only own a PS4 and these games are certainly not for me. However I don't mind the free games being indie as by the time AAA titles are on Plus, chances are Ive already got them.

[RaptorBlade]

I wish they would just let us pick one game that is out and get it for free instead. Not liking all of these indie games.