As a service, PlayStation Plus has evolved significantly since its inception during the PS3 era. Back then, it simply was a service that offered a handful of games every month at a fairly decent rate, but at the turn of the generation, Sony took a play out of Microsoft’s book, and linked the PS4’s online capabilities to PS Plus, like Xbox did with Xbox Live in the 360 era. Now in the current generation with the PS5, PS Plus still resembles itself from the PS4 era, though there are some more perks, like thePS Plus Collection of games.
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Reddit user joseph2411 recently created five data tables breaking down PS Plus' first year on PS5, and shared it on the PlayStation Plus subreddit. In his post titled “PlayStation Plus on PS5 - One Year Later,” joseph2411 provides five different perspectives on PS Plus' first year, starting with an examination of the monthly lineup of strictly PS5 games. FromBugsnaxlast November when the PS5 launched, tothis month’sFirst Class Trouble, there have been a total of 11 games, a value of $449.85 in total, and an average $29.99 per game. In their second breakdown, joseph2411 finds the same data points from before but with the PS Plus Collection of games, the total value being $504.80, and at 20 games available, that’s an average of $25.24 per game.
After gathering data on all the PS4 games released on PS Plus this year, joseph2411 determined the grand total value of PS Plus to be $1,919.39, with average price of $31.46 at 61 games. Throughout the tables, joseph2411 also includes Metacritic averages where applicable, with PS Plus in general having an average of 77. While a favorable review score, many fans have vocalized theirfrustration with PS Plus this year, after the service started out strong, but gradually lessened in quality. To view joseph2411’s full series of PS Plus breakdowns, clickhere.
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