Saints Row pulls off the second-biggest PS Plus game debut of 2023

The rebooted Saints Row on PS Plus has seen a huge influx of PS5 and PS4 players — enough to make it the second-biggest PS Plus Essential game debut of 2023.

[ChasterMies]

They are tracking 3.2M PS5 players. They say the Saints Row's PS Plus debut player count fell 23.64% short of the Battlefield 2042 PS Plus debut.

[shinoff2183]

I downloaded it to try but I was never much of a Saint row fan to begin with. If they re released the older ones I'd probably try them to.

[jeromeface]

its sad we live in an time where people seek out retro software vs playing whats fresh and new

[shinoff2183]

Jeromeface that's funny as shit. I've complained tremendously about ff16 and you know what I get told

If you want turn based go play the older ones.

Anyway I play new shit all the time. Had a blast with star ocean 6, tails of arise, ys newest games. But I can do both. Play retro and new stuff. Sad thing is alot of new stuff I find whack atleast alot of the aaa games , I'm not a huge fan of shooters,online games, online shooters and gatcha games and that's alot of the shit shoveled out.

There's still plenty of dope stuff coming out though

Baldurs gate looks good
Yakuza
Ys
Got a dragon quest some year
As much as I bitch about cyberpunk I'm looking forward to that dlc(hope it ain't broke)

It's refreshing to have a mix.

[CrimsonWing69]

@jeromeface

Um, that’s because the stuff from the SNES to PS3 era were way better than what we have now.

Publishers/Devs were willing to take risks and it wasn’t all about GaaS or monetization. Games felt like they were made with passion and not afraid to try things. Yea we started the whole DLC trend in 7th gen, but the most a season pass cost back then was $15.

The industry has really shifted and the whole trying to translate the mobile game model to consoles and all this talk about games being too expensive to make like a Baldur’s Gate 3 is depressing.

[shinoff2183]

Crimson looks like it's just me and you on that one. Alot of these most be people under 25 or something

[TallDarknWavy]

I really liked 3, although part 4 tried to be a superhero game and it was just dumb as shit.
This game is also dumb as shit as the writing is peak poor, there are no jokes that I'm aware of as I never laughed once, and it's glitchy and disorganized AF. The story makes no sense, as it's typical campy "Oh hey we're doing crazy things like killing people etc." but everyone is somehow super chill about the mass murder as if it's nothing. This is common theme amongst today's trash woke writers.

[Vengeance1138]

Everyone downloading to see for themselves just how garbage the game actually is, then they'll play a few hours and delete forever lol

[dumahim]

I add everything to the library, but I'll never get to it. My Plus sub ends in Dec.

[ravens52]

Me too lol. Black Friday is the only chance of me renewing. But I have all the games from when ps5 came out. Soooooo many ps4 games and a bunch of ps3 ps+ games. All soon to be gone cause fuck that $80. I'll just buy what games I want.

[InUrFoxHole]

That's one of the best features. Adding to library without having to download it

[cammers1995]

It was so bad it killed the developer.

[Class_Viceroy]

This is what most people do to even good games, including gamepass. Kind of funny when you think about it.

[cammers1995]

They're tracking just the ones who downloaded it not kept playing. These are people seeing if it's good.
How about report numbers of people who kept playing.

Saints row reboot was an embarrassment to the franchise and it killed the developer.

[Elda]

I played the entire game of SR & for me the gameplay experience wasn't bad especially for a PS+ game.

[VincentVanBro]

Macabre curiosity lol

[ROCKY28]

KARMA AT IT'S BEST !

[YungDragon]

I'm having fun with it. I'm still early into it, but I'm enjoying it

[Tetsujin]

I downloaded the game, and so far it's not terrible. Could be better, yes. Absolute garbage? Up for debate. This version of Saints Row is more fun with someone to play with rather than solo.

[NealGamby]

It sucks. Without cheats, it's a shell of its former self.. I traded it in 2 days after I purchased it.

[Profchaos]

Guilty I had to try it and see if it was as bad as everyone made it out to be.

It was even more cringe than I could imagine

[boing1]

With cheats on, it's fun for 5 minutes. Maybe 10.

[hombreacabado]

i put it in my library but zero plans to play that turd. life is too short to play games you have zero desire for.

[shinoff2183]

So played a couple hours last night after work , it didn't seem that bad it wasn't anything special but I felt the same as I did with the older ones. Nothing special.

[1nsomniac]

I downloaded it. I played it for maybe an hour before deciding that it was raw hot garbage. I am undeniably not the only one who did exactly this!

The games worse than I ever could have imagined. I presumed it was all just made up hate for it being advertised as being so woke. It’s just an utterly terrible game. It almost feels like a fan-made game.

[Passerotto]

I don't believe it, it will be the number of people who downloaded it, tried it 5 minutes and then deleted it forever....

[DVAcme]

This doesn't mean anything. People are downloading it cause it's included in the subscription and more than likely to see for themselves what a shitshow the game is. Give it a month and tell me how many concurrent players there are, then we'll talk.

[Psychonaut85]

You’d have to pay me to play this crap. And no, I haven’t tried it for myself, when 99 out of 100 people try a chocolate and report back that it’s actually a turd, I don’t find it necessary to taste it myself.