PLAYSTATION reported disappointing numbers for PS Plus subscribers and blamed it on people “going outdoors”.
Sony has published its financial numbers for the first quarter following its revamp of its game subscription service PS Plus.
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PS Plus comes in three tiers: Essential, which offers the same games as the old PS Plus; Extra, which has PS4 and PS5 titles; and Premium, which has games from PlayStation’s older consoles.
Sony anticipated that subscribers would increase as more games were made available to players.
As reported by VGCThere was a slight drop in subscribers, from 45.4million to 47.3million last quarter.
In the earnings call, Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki blamed a number of reasons for the decline in subscribers.
He said: “There hasn’t been a great momentum as a whole. Also, we didn’t make aggressive promotions during the second quarter.
“More people are now going outdoors, and PS4 and third-party software sales have also been rather sluggish.
“However, PS5 engagement is quite high, so in quarter 3 we expect some recovery.”
PS4 owners seem to be less likely than others to pay for the subscription, but people still struggle to get their hands onto PS5 consoles.
The redesign has also led to subscription services being in trouble because people find the three-tier system confusing.
Each tier has different rewards and can be bought at different prices.
PlayStation also revealed that it would not be launching the majority major releases at launch.
Stray, a smaller title, was released on release day.
This means that big-name first-party games such as God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West are not available via the service.
Although Xbox offers fewer exclusive games than its competitors, some of the most popular titles, like Forza Horizon 5, were still available at launch.
Georgina Young wrote this for the company GLHF.
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