GameOnDaily's Asa W offers his thoughts on what should happen with PS Plus and Live.
"I want to pay more. Or lose the games. Split out the “Service” and the “free stuff” into 2 subscriptions. Whatever it takes to get the service side of the offering back up to a satisfactory standard. "
Digital Foundry : Whether it's via FPS Boost or bespoke software upgrades, backwards compatibility on the current-gen consoles delivered an unexpected delight - the ability to liberate older console games from their 30fps limits, running them at 60 frames per second or even higher. FPS Boost did the business for Xbox Series consoles on an impressive range of titles, but there was always the sense that PS5 could do more. It's a hunch that checks out as a range of frame-rate unlocks are available for PS5, covering many must-have games - the major caveat being that only exploitable consoles running on older firmwares are invited to the party.
you love to see new life being breathed into older titles but damn the process to get there. It should be automatic that these work for everyone... not just those who exploit their systems. Really wish Sony and MS would keep this program going officially.
Damn this sucks. I want this shit so bad, but I’m not jailbreaking my console. And frankly I shouldn’t have to. I’m not a tech person, but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate? Or would that have to be a large patch?
Yep, this sucks having to require a jailbreak for something that should be standard in our industry by now. I learned my lesson when PS4 was jailbroken and I didn't keep a console on low firmware for years, but now I'm holding onto two low firmware PS5s specifically because there are features I'll be able to do that you can't do on official firmware, so this will pay off for me soon enough.
Driveclub was a headline game at the start of the PS4’s life. A fabulous game – eventually - but what now, with the servers turned off? Is it worth your time? JDR starts its engines in today’s Brutal Backlog.
Bikes expansion might be one of the most underrated games of last gen. Incredible driver and bike animations + DC weather is craze.
Cultured Vultures: We won't stop until everyone appreciates how brilliant Driveclub is/was.
i went to the article and theres only a couple racing games, cant find the button to move page on through all the adverts.
Dirt rally doesn't even make the list? Errm OK then.
Driveclub is over rated as well, with middle of the road handling and the 30fps killed it upon arrival for me.
Feels like they've both backed themselves into a corner a bit now. Spreading the subscription money too thinly, but there isn't really an easy way out without facing some severe backlash.
Sony probably could/should have released a bit of a belter this month even if only to draw attention away from DriveClub's on-going server problems.
I know a lot of my non stuck up Xbox friends are pretty jealous of all the games I have for plus across my PS3 & PS4
I feel like there is a bit of confusion around what you are actually paying for with PS+. It was sold originally as a discounted game service, soon after we started getting free games with the subscription. When they make it mandatory for online gaming you only assume that they would be using that subscription to improve their online services but if they aren't raising the actual price of PS+ then something has got to give, either the quality or quantity of the free/discounted games or the actual quality of the online infrastructure, am I wrong?
Earlier this year I happily subscribed to both services. Now to non. I did not renew my subscriptions and have not looked back. They were such good services too-specially PSN. Oh well. If they get better again I will reconsider.
My guess is that during the next couple of years (in order to prevent spreading the subscription money so thin) XBOX and Sony will pare down the number of games they're offering to 360, vita and PS3 until they stop servicing last gen consoles all together.