Sony doubles down on the claim.
Sony has again insisted that PlayStation first-party titles would “deteriorate” if they launched onto PlayStation Plus on day one.
PlayStation’s Hiroki Totoki reasserted the company’s believe during a recent financials call.
“I will refrain from making comments on the competitor’s strategy,” Totoki said (via Eurogamer).
“Our current thinking is to have development costs [and] appropriate R&D investment for quality products, and that will improve the platform and also improve the business in the long run,” he continued. “AAA type titles on PS5, if we distribute that on the subscription services, we may need to shrink investment needed for that and that will deteriorate the first-party title quality and that is our concern…so we want to make sure we spend the appropriate development costs to have solid products – titles – be introduced in the right manner.”
Sony’s Jim Ryan said PlayStation first-party titles would not be considered for a day one release back when announcing the new, tiered PlayStation Plus system, saying, “investment delivers success” and allows the company to produce big-budget, popular titles.
“[In terms of] putting our own games onto this service, or any of our services, upon their release… as you well know, this is not a road that we’ve gone down in the past,” Ryan said. “And it’s not a road that we’re going to go down with this new service.”
The new PlayStation Plus kicks off on 22 June here in Australia, though Aussies aren’t able to access the service’s highest tier.
This article may contain affiliate links, meaning we could earn a small commission if you click-through and make a purchase. Stevivor is an independent outlet and our journalism is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.
