PS Plus: Free Games for July - Detroit: Become Human Deluxe Edition replaces Pro Evolution Soccer

Matthew Groizard writes: Update: We are making a swap to the PS Plus games lineup for July. This month, we are adding Detroit: Become Human Digital Deluxe Edition, which also includes Heavy Rain, to the July games lineup instead of Pro Evolution Soccer 2019. We apologize for any inconvenience.

[IRetrouk]

Nice

[UltraNova]

Nice indeed... Great game.

[Smitty2020]

I’ve been wanting this game for along time so my patience has paid off

[IRetrouk]

I've been meaning to get round to it, had a few games distract me recently and forgot about it, I'm not sure us in the uk are getting it or not, either way I will have it at some point, heavy rain and beyond were great.

[IRetrouk]

Europe is getting the change too

https://blog.eu.playstation...

[darthv72]

Why don't they just have both? I mean does it kill them to have three games for free this month?

[IRetrouk]

They are giving us the £52.99 deluxe edition which includes heavy rain, that's 3 games.

[rainslacker]

@darth

LOL. First people complain that one game is crap, then they give a fairly recent highly rated release, and it's them being stingy with only two games.

Oh...but heavy rain is included with the Detroit edition, so, no, it won't kill them to have three games.

A lot of us PS owners already have detroit. Many of us didn't have PES. The change here is pointless for me, but hope others enjoy it.

[bouzebbal]

God indeed. Especially that I have PES and not Detroit

[darthv72]

@rain, I dont know why you singled me out but anyway I wasnt complaining. I figured they could just add this to the mix as a bonus. You know... how sometimes they can feel generous and just add an extra game for the heck of it.

[rainslacker]

Sorry. You were the first negative comment I came to since your so high up on the comments. Dont take it personally, I would have laughed at anyone else in the way.

For some, it's always going to be a no win situation.

[mandingo]

Average game

[StormSnooper]

Sony was actually listening to the point that they immediately responded to people. It’s crazy.

[Zeegamereh]

Yea now if everyone could just do the same next time Xbox gives out trash games that’ll be great thanks

[darthv72]

@zee... well I dont know about you but I see MS giving games away that arent part of the monthly GwG. Recently they gave away too human and comic jumper. They werent part of GwG... they were free to anyone.

[thejigisup]

Maybe it's not crazy, maybe it's just Sony being Sony. I'm in the minority here but I don't mind getting pes

[StormSnooper]

I wasn’t taking a dig at anyone. I was just saying that it’s crazy that they actually heard and responded in such a quick time frame. Personally, I would have liked PES as well, but between these I would take Detroit.

[ps360s]

can be a bad thing because you give them more and then complain once that certain thing doesn't go their way, I really can't see why complaint about PES2019. Oh well, atleast Sony listens unlike the other...

I mean we are getting games every month even if it was not what you wanted for that certain month.

[Knushwood Butt]

Whoa, what?

July goes from worst ever to one of the best ever!

Now glad I added another 12 months to my PS Plus subscription in June.

[MajorLazer]

Very, very happy with this switch. Been wanting to play Detroit since launch and Heavy Rain is a fabulous game too

[Crazyglues]

Awesome, I love that they did this....

[Relientk77]

Wow that is much better! Sweet

[sander9702]

That is actually really nice of Sony, is this the first time they listened to complaints about PS+ games I can't remember?
Also prepare for news coming from Quantic Dream soon considering the PS+ lineup is basically used for marketing nowadays.

[Cmv38]

I think this was the first time it was unanimous across the region's that it was a bad month. Glad the listened. Even though I already own Detroit.

[CrimsonPheonix]

usually if a game is becoming available on another platform Sony also makes it free on PS+ i've seen that happen with quite a few titles that had come to switch. These games just went to PC.

[StormLegend]

Thank you playstation for listening to us. You guys are amazing! I didn't mind the soccer game but i will definitely take this over it. Detroit Become human is GOTY. Material.

[whitbyfox]

game of the year 78% Metacritic. OK then.

[StormLegend]

In it's genre that's the best game you can get right now and has the most storylines that actually matter to your choices. Craps over any life is strange or telltale game.

[Fluttershy77]

It is an awesome experience... But its so weird, so unique that's not for everyone... It has 78 because of that, not because of being broken or anything (also meta means nothing, Fifa has 84? and its probably the same game they've been releasing since 2012)... Become human will go multiplat eventually, maybe you'll give it a fair chance then?

[Elda]

LOL!!! You seem bitter!! You have the most unpopular opinion seeing most folks here commenting are ecstatic about getting Detroit:BH to play instead of a Soccer game.

[Potnoodle999]

Whitbyfox hasn’t played it.

[jukins]

Either you sont enjoy these types of games or you just havent played it. This was definitely a goty type of game. It touched on subjects that many mainstream games avoid. And add to that the many many paths and outcomes. A true single player game that can be played over and over again and be different everytime what else does this

[trooper_]

Need a hug?

[whitbyfox]

Life is Strange 85% Metacritic. Why lie.

[Knushwood Butt]

I already got Life is Strange with Plus.

[Kribwalker]

telltale games, Until dawn is higher rated as well, mind you by 1 point.

definitely better than PES, but not GOTY material

[Parasidious]

@kribwalker Until Dawn was also already a PS+ game.

[The_Sage]

@ Krib... Until Dawn is by Supermassive, not Telltale.

[Christopher]

***Until Dawn is by Supermassive, not Telltale***

Certain he meant "games by Telltale Games AND Until Dawn are higher rated as well"

[BLow]

Didn't we just get an article about this the other day saying how Plus needs to change? So I wonder if the feelings are the same right now lol. For $5 a month you just got these games. $5...Is Detroit alone not worth $5?

I would love all same people to come over and give us your thoughts. This will get added to my massive backlog. Oh and it has Heavy Rain too. I'm sure some will still complain lol....

This better reach those high heat levels lol....

[Nitrowolf2]

Those articles will keep happening cause all those guys do is wait for negativity to write. I mean last month had a good offering but the writer waited?

Next we will be seeing “Sony needs to stop giving us games we bought” articles

[TK-66]

Well the thing is that the GWG and PS+ style of giving the player games just feels lackluster by comparison to the model PS Now and XGP use. Why pay $5 for two games when you can pay $10 for hundreds?

[milohighclub]

Between Borderlands, Sonic mania, Detroit and heavy rain it's more than worth a years subscription. I only renewed for the month but means I've now had 4 great games for 6.99.

I've been vocal about the lackluster offering from ps+ this gen but if they keep this up then I'll stfu fo sho.

[Silly gameAr]

Those articles bring traffic to their sites, so don't expect them to go anywhere anytime soon.

[william_cade]

To deny the "rentals" on top of already paying for your online component of a game that you bought for 60 + usd were shit, is hole new level of ignorance or stupidity.

They knew they put out shit that's why they changed it.

[rainslacker]

It's never going to be enough. Either that, or they'll use this as a reason to say why it's so important to stress one's consumer voice, even though this may be an occurrence that happens one in a blue moon. Think of how many times things actually change. Last one I remember was MS DRM policies. This one was probably more because of the discontent on their own forums.

Personally, I already have Heavy Rain and Detroit. PES I didn't have, so it was a better value for me, as I may have been able to find some fun in it because I don't play sports games as much.

[quent]

You lose it when you stop paying for you're online trial

[BLow]

That's the same with any service. Nice try though....

[slayernz]

I commented elsewhere that while I wouldn't play PES I thought not the best game for Sony to offer. Most football lovers would have a footy game already.... but would be a good time to play a couple of backlogged games.... that's out the window now I've been wanting to play Detroit for ages. quite happy with the change!

[Petebloodyonion]

It still needs to change because of the competition.
Epic Store is giving a free game per week. That's 4 games for 0$ and you keep the game.
Humble Bundle is giving you around 8 games for 10$ again game that you keep when you cancel the subscription (here's the recent list: Call of Duty BO4, Assassin's Creed Origin, Hellblade, etc.).
Plus they are giving you access to a 60 games vault.

So yes, they need to change to keep the good faith of the ppl.

[bluefox755]

Nice.

[Neonridr]

lol, clearly they heard the uproar.

[SethBrundlefly]

Well goddamn.

Edit: As in a positive way.

[DillyDilly]

I already have Detroit & Heavy Rain & meh Soccer still bad for me

[milohighclub]

That's more like it.

[akurtz]

Awesome!

[Donnie81]

I’ve always said Detroit is one of the best games on the system. Plus subs are in for a treat

[lnfiniteLoop]

fine by me... I dont like football (soccer) ...

[Movefasta1993]

I haven't played Detroit, well done sony.

[2pacalypsenow]

Well that sucks.

Was really looking forward to PES

[zackeroniii]

It really does i dont want to play boring ass detroit smfh i'm pissed

[Masta Kaos]

Same here....I don't want this

[rainslacker]

I'm indifferent. I already have Detroit and heavy rain, but know it'll be good for a lot of people. PES I was thinking of playing because it's been a while since I played a sports game of any kind. But, if I dont get it, I'm not that upset about it.

Just hope people.enjoy what they do want to play. Not every month is going to be perfect for everyone. Just the way it is.

[AnubisG]

Betteshould have replaced that gaebage car game instead.

[Shezgear]

Detroit is one of my favourite games from last year!

[CobraKai]

I was just about to buy this too! Sweet

[eferreira]

This sucks. I wanted pes

[sprinterboy]

Is this for Europe also, or just US

[AmUnRa]

A Dutch gaming website confermed that PES2019 has been switched voor Detroit so for the Netherlands its shure, i dont know for the rest of Europe.

But i heard that PES2010 is coming soon and Konami was the reason they switched PES for Detroit cous it would hurt the sales of PES2010. People would perhaps not buy PES2010 cous they can play PES2019 for "free" on PS4.

But this is a rumor so it could be not true....

[sprinterboy]

Thx makes sense tbh.

[IRetrouk]

https://blog.eu.playstation...

[DwightSchrute01]

Gutted, I was looking forward to another football game besides Fifa.

[drunkenspy007]

Wow, good job Sony for rectifying this mistake. I guess they thought people in NA gave any real Fs about soccer.

[Masta Kaos]

This is bullshit....i was looking forward to PES 2019 and these fools at Sony changed it to a game I already have....???😠😠& #128544;

[Matrix6]

I may already have Detroit: Become Human, but I sure am glad (4thePlayers) it's replace PESt 2019! 😍

[whitbyfox]

Then you really do need help

[PapaBop]

Wished they did this back when they offered the EU members that NBA game.

[generic-user-name]

Says a lot. Americans always the priority.

[sprinterboy]

Well that's laughable.

[Jls1]

Good soccer is boring, but I already got the plat for heavy and detroit

[PlayableGamez-]

Thank you sony.

[TheGamez100]

Well damn....already have the game. Always wanted to try out pro evolution....

[Elda]

I played Detroit already but it's great to have in my library in case I want to play again to try & go for the platinum. Great choice for PS Plus for folks that haven't played the game yet.

[The7Reaper]

I think David Cage is highly overrated but I would rather play his games over any PES games so this change is very welcome.

[Veneno]

This is great! I will now renew my PS Plus and download Detroit! Good on Sony. Hopefully they don't go back to giving out trash after a couple months of good games.

[antarius]

Detroit is an amazing game. Def scoop it up if you haven’t experienced it yet.

[PizzaSteve]

They probably had Detroit for August but you guys had to complain.

[Phoenix76]

Oh goddammt!! I'm just at the last part of Detroit right now lmao 😂 just my luck. Oh well 😀

[Dfooster]

I was actually looking forward to pes as I opted for a paid purchase of fifa this year but quickly realised I missed pes. To make matters worse I picked Detroit up not long back. So I wish people would have not cried about this months choice.

[Silly gameAr]

Just recently bought the deluxe version. Dang lol. Oh, well.

[BlackOni]

Excellent! Even though I already had it, I'm super thrilled they changed this.
A: F**k Konami.
B: Anyone who's truly into soccer would have already bought this game or Fifa. The market for new sports players imo is very low. Interest for this was just not there.
C: F**k Konami.

[theshredded]

I just bought for $8. Quantic Dreams are 100% ps + games it seems. I missed Beyond Two Souls though so that's something.

[RomanPSX]

Niceee!! i wanted to play Detroit!

[Father__Merrin]

Can't wait to play Detroit

[Psychonaut85]

Oh f$&k yeah

[Jrios355]

Woah. That is a MASSIVE improvement.

[gtxgamer2]

YESSS been wanting to play this game so bad. Now I just have to finish heavy rain

[blanka4545]

alright!

[blanka4545]

Heavy rain too hell yeah! :) I wish the other game too beyond two souls!

[Orionsangel]

Sony knew they f*cked up. The majority of Americans don't like soccer. Great job Sony! I wanted to play this game.

[DoubleYourDose]

I would have preferred the option to choose between PES and Detroit.

[Sokol]

Great deal and thank you for listening.

Look forward to Detroid. :)

[naji2004]

No!!! I already have Detroit. I want PES2019 :p

[PurpHerbison]

Swapping last minute is unprofessional.

[Hedstrom]

Awesome! Really good of Sony to listen to its fans!

[BoneMagnus]

Dang! Backlog just got bigger!

[gangsta_red]

The only way i'll ever own a David Cage game is if it's offered for free. Didn't Sony give away QD's other games for free through plus?

[rainslacker]

Considering you say you rent all your games through game fly, or now get them on game pass, I'm not sure it's relevant what kind of games you may actually buy.

They gave away beyond right around when Detroit released.

[gangsta_red]

What is relevant is that I would never buy a David Cage game and this would be the only way I would own one.

They also gave away Heavy Rain with Absolver I thought a while back also. Looks like the trifecta has been completed.

[bangoskank]

I just bought the game for $7.99 off the psn store. Oh well. Good for everyone who hasn't.

[bayonetta]

Ohh thats great

[Nacho_Z]

With it being so last minute I think they should have offered a choice or even better both. I know Americans don't like PES but lots of other countries are football mad and might have wanted it. I get a footy game every two years, the next one will be 2020 otherwise I'd have snapped it up and got two years out of it.

[rainslacker]

Seems odd to take one down, since they likely already paid to have it on there. Makes me wonder if Sony has a clause they can back out of these deals they make with the publishers if the offerings havent gone live.

I also wonder if something else is going on, because Sony has had plenty of months where people complained and didn't change anything. It's only been a couple days since they announced the other titles, and the criticism usually does down within a few days, then people forget when they have a good month again.

[QuePasa87]

Now that's what I'm talking about!

[jznrpg]

This is a great game but I already have it. I actually wanted the soccer game damn it lol. Oh well . Heavy Rain is one of my favorite PS3 games but I have that too.

[Shane Kim]

The problem with sports games is that the next iteration is just around the corner.

[ocelot07]

Fair play to Sony on this one. Though I am a Pes fan it was silly offering I as Pes is one of those games that fans of the series would have bought it by now. But they have changed it and are now giving 2 really good games in its place when tbh they didn't have to do it.

[VTKC]

Its good of them to remove EA trash from the line up.

[RedDevils]

PES is konami...

[VTKC]

haha!! no way I totally got that mixed up with Fifa. Shows how much I pay attention to football games. Idiot award goes to Me. "I would Like to thank RedDevils. If it werent for RedDevils I would not of gotten this award"

[Machina]

That's more like it!

[Profchaos]

Dammit I just brought this two weeks ago on sale it's an awesome game though

[trooper_]

I'm happy. I've been meaning to get Detroit but it slipped off my radar. Definitely getting it now.

Thanks Sony!

[Miacosa]

Nice, almost bought this when it was on sale the last time around but got side tracked with other games. Lucked out for once.

[gamer7804]

Big step up, Detroit is one of my fav games this gen

[andron]

Yay...

[bloodymeatballz]

I’m mad about this actually

[spirited]

Have not played Detroit and heavy rain.Not only sony swaped games they r giving Detroit which is only a year old. cant believe this.

[Hardiman]

Way to call an audible Sony! That's how you do it!

[Wulfer]

It's called "we screwed up and here's a different game." Thanks Sony, now MS can do this without saying they made a mistake.

[Yi-Long]

Well, this sucks. I already have PES2019, but my FIFA playing friend was finally gonna give PES a fair try, already looking into Option Files and such.

Detroit is a great game, so many will be happy with it, and rightly so, but personally a bit bummed about them dropping one of the best sports games this gen from their PS+ because too many crying ungrateful Americans are unable too appreciate a great football game ...

[Mr_Luke]

Yes, great! :D

[frostypants]

On one hand I really wanted PES. On the other I also really want Detroit, so...cool.

[BadElf]

Wooooow. Lucky folks.

Amazing game

[BadElf]

Weird they did this..

[Petebloodyonion]

lol. Just bought the game recently for 10$ Cad in the days of play sale.
Still nice

[Imortus_san]

Good news indeed.

[ScreamKween]

Thank God

[Juusterey]

unfortunately bought detroit 3 weeks ago
but still happy this is a better offering

[raWfodog]

I did exactly the same thing a few weeks back. Physical copy $18 from Amazon. Oh well, I'll add this to my digital library as well.

[GameStallion]

Wow, too bad I already bought it, but really amazing! Plus, I don’t have deluxe edition, so probably some more playable content?

[Pyroxfaglover]

As much as I love PES,.. one or two footbal games per generation is enough for me,.. I am actually quite pleased with this.

[ps360s]

:( were I the only one interested in PES 2019... since I own all the Playstation 4 exclusives already

[PressPlayBros]

I'd rather have PES wtf

[CH33S3]

That shut me up.
Well played Sony. Well played.