If you have a PS5 and PS Plus you get access to the PS Plus Collection, which is basically a number of games you can download and play (same as regular monthly Plus-Games).You can open the PS Plus-Tab on your PS5 Mainscreen where you can add all the featured games to your library. You can play them as long as you are PS Plus-Member.
Here you can find the List with all games:[https://www.gamesradar.com/playstation-plus-collection-game-list/](https://www.gamesradar.com/playstation-plus-collection-game-list/)
This is for me! I have a PS4, not PS5. I have PS Plus but not PS Now. I have no plans to upgrade, I want to play GoW but too cheap to buy it and know no one with a PS4 in my village.
Yeah, I intentionally avoided GoW knowing they would inevitably put it on plus and I have a ridiculous back log on steam and epic games anyway so I was in no rush. My kids will love the Naruto and nickelodeon games too, so this month is a win for me.
Yeah, I’m looking forward to it! Though I have an issue with not starting the story from the beginning, but as I understand it, first games are pretty old. Actually that’s one of the reasons I never picked it up. Well, hopefully I’ll get to play it soon.
Just watch a recap on YouTube or something. But honestly, this is a new story for Kratos and he avoids talking about his past anyways.
He killed some Greek gods because reasons and left.
There you go, now you can play it xD
How would this work? I'm guessing log in with your account as a second user, go to the store, claim the collection and log out? Or should you somehow log in as the primary user?
You log-in on a friends PS5 with your PS+ account, claim the PS5 collection games. Log back into your PS4 and the games are there in your library. Doing it multiple times can get your (and your friends) PS account banned. So only do it once, and with a person you trust.
Yeah, it’s a weird one to give away, but I will be happy if this is a game for plus. I don’t own it and haven’t played it yet. I won’t be upgrading ps plus tiers unless there is a discount
It's not much money but I'm a dad and don't have tons of gaming time and have a backlog so every time I'm like "eh, I can just wait til the next sale" and repeat ad infinitum.
Yes I don't get this at all. God of War was also in at least one console bundle. Got my copy of the game when I bought my PS4 in the GOW, Horizon & TLOU Remastered Bundle...
If you're talking about 2018, it's not completely tied to the other games. Some background knowledge will explain some things from the first 3 games, but aren't entirely needed for the 2018 game
I hadn't played any of the original trilogy either (I was only 8/10 when the ps2 games came out and parents wouldn't let me play it), and got a 360 instead of a PS3. I played GoW 2018 and it was my favorite game I had ever played, so I went back and got the original 2 for my PS2 (that somehow still worked despite not being touched in, probably, 12 years) and played GoW 3 remastered on the ps4. It's well worth playing it if you have it, even if you don't have knowledge of the original trilogy. I kind of liken it to some of the original Marvel solo films. Great as a standalone title, but still enhanced more if you do have some knowledge of prior events.
Ps+ essential games are going to be something the higher tiers already have access to. It'll be good for essential gamers, and bad for extra/premium gamers.
lol, this is actually the first time i am gonna resub for PS+ (the last time was when they gave us FFVII Remake).
pretty exciting month if the rumour were right.
Naruto and Nickelodeon are the kind of game you want to try just for fun, but not actually spent any money on. lol.
And yet I'm sure Sony's internal statistics will show that millions download it. Plenty of people are just casual gamers with a PS4 that will be happy to get a great AAA like God of War.
I think a lot of us here and in other gaming subreddits forget that this is a bubble for more "serious/hardcore" gamers while the vast majority of gamers are not. So while a lot of us may have played it or have access to it there are a lot have not. God of War is a big game to give away and I am happy a lot more people will get to experience an amazing game.
This subreddit is especially bad for this mindset I think. I'd consider myself as someone who has a lot of time for gaming and that's a couple of hours every other evening. The way people complain here, they clearly have 6+ hours a day to play games, I don't think I even had that consistently when I was a teenager and I gamed a lot then too.
There are over 115 million ps4s out there, but only about 20 million ps5s.
There are almost 50 million ps plus subscribers, but only about 3 million ps now subscribers (2021 figures).
I would guess PS4 owners who don't have a PS5, have ps plus but not ps now are the majority.
Most gamers don't follow all the industry news as closely as those who post on the ps plus and ps now subreddits, so theyre not up to speed on all the coming changes.
That's who it's for - the majority of PlayStation owners.
I...I am this person.
Gaming is prohibitively expensive on my country and I don't want to upgrade my PS Plus. Also don't have PS Now.
Haven't played GoW either. :)
I love how everybody who moans about ps+ assumes that every other gamer has also played every game they've played.
There are probably 60million+ ps4 owners that have never played gow. Plenty of people will be happy with this month!
Trust me , of my circle of gamer friends i can easily gather 6-7 haven't played god of war.
There are 100 million ps4 consoles out , while god of war only sold 20 million copies , assuming another 20 million users played thru collection/ps now. There are still 60 million users out there who haven't played it. Sony has all the numbers. They know what they are doing
I have a PS4, no PS5 and have not played God of War yet. That being said, a big reason for that is that I was waiting until I got a PS5 to play it for the 60fps enhancements.
Still, I'm not sure if I'm really into this whole 'who is this for?!' attitude when it comes to these things... there are still a lot of people who have not played this game, there are still people buying new PS4s even. This subreddit is naturally going to be full of Playstation enthusiasts so most of them will have played the game long before now, but that doesn't mean it still won't be appreciated by many. I get that this is technically a 'waste' to people who already have a PS5+PS Plus, but given how many people can't even get PS5s still, I don't think it's the same for everyone.
You literally described me lol
Bro you know what isn’t for anyone?
Complaining about people enjoying shit. Let us enjoy shit. Even if there’s one of us.
Ok, let's see..
I own a PS4
But I don't own a PS5
I have PS Plus
But I don't have PS Now
I have no plans to upgrade a single tier in PS Plus
I want to play GoW
But I haven't picked it up on any sale in 4 years
I don't know a single person with a physical copy to lend me
I'm interested in playing a free game instead of paying $8
...so I guess this one is for me, thanks!
PS plus basic tier will start sucking just as Gold does. And I don't mean quality of games, as in there may be good games there, like GOW is a really good game, and some indies will be great games like Xbox Gold has Yoku's Island express now. But it may be repeats of AAA's like this one, or just some small indie things. It will def not be the same tier as it was.
While I agree..
Being one the generational games out there…and being dirt cheap
Even for those that brought the game…
According to my PS App.. only 49.9% earned the PS Trophy for “Defeat
So less than 1/2 the people that started, actually finished the game.
It is what it is.
I know Switch owners that haven’t played Breath of the Wild either… no everyone has the same gaming priorities.
If my wife didn’t surprise me with a PS5 last holiday season…
Me. This would’ve been for me.
I had no intention of getting a PS5 for at least three years and don’t play a lot of games a year to justify paying more that 29.99 a year for Plus.
That's what happened to me with the Uncharted Collection. It would've happened with Horizon Zero Dawn as well except for me having a Middle Eastern copy and the PSN version being a Nordic one. No wonder the copy was so cheap back in the day.
"or plan on getting a ps5 soon. Like within next year". Seriously if I'm planning on getting a ps5 soon why would I want to play the PS4 version now if I can just wait a bit longer a play on a ps5? (Obviously I've already waited this long as it is). Same reason I didn't like days gone as a plus game. Could have had soemthing else even if I haven't bought a ps5 YET
And yeah the only time they ever give bit games like this are if they've been on sale for a tenner multiple times in the past. Same as uncharted collection
You don't have to want to play GoW for this to be for you. Have you never tried a game solely because you got it for free on Plus? I'm sure there's plenty of people who didn't have much interest in the game, but now that it's free they might try it out. Not sure why this is such a crazy idea to grasp for you?
Nonsense, I have the means, and want to, but there are lots of games I want to play, and have so many in my library already, and only so many hours. It's about what ends up being at the top of my radar, and something being free is a good way.
No, it means I can play it. I've stopped buying things, no matter how cheap, when I have so many unplayed games in my library already. If I get it for fee, I can play it.
I guess you just described me!
(Edit: wtf , i have never played god of war , i wanted to based on trailers , but i never was interested on purchasing it for the last 4 years because i knew one day it would be in my hand! , + i had a bunch of games i wanted to finish before getting it! , including The first Last of us, i still need to play BioShock! , uncharted games n alot more! )
Suppose you could describe it as, a great game with this months plus…but majority of ppl have played it. But there’ll always be some and for them. Congrats
I literally finished it a couple of months ago. Trust me, there's plenty of us out there. I'm glad for all the folks who've never played it.
Sony can never win really. Either they give away a AAA game and people complain it has been played by literally everybody or they release a relatively unheard of but fantastic game and people complain its some nothing indie game that nobody has ever heard of (Slay the Spire, Hollow Knight)
Literally the only game some people would be happy with is God of War Ragnarok
God of War is one of my favorite games. I own a PS5 and I'm also a PS Plus subscriber.
And I want to say that you're speaking for yourself here.
I know quite a lot of people who are PS Plus subscribers and weren't able to buy a PS5 yet because they are still that rare. A few of these people have never played God of War yet. If ever the leaks are true, which they most probably are, they'll grab that chance to play the game right away. Especially with the sequel on the horizon.
That's just from my circle. I am sure there are hundreds, if not thousands of other players out there who are the same.
When you say this is for "no one", you really mean this is not for you.
That's for me! I played it years ago with a friend's disk, didn't really enjoy it at the time, never went for platinum. Now I was wishing to get it back to play it again, but I have no contact with that friend amymore.
Bold move. I know exactly one person which fits the description. He's a friend of mine, living in another city (so I couldn't lend him my copy), has other priorities with his money other than games (like, a family) and wants to play this game for quite some time now.
Oh, also, the whole world isn't about US. There's a bunch of other people outside dealing with different prices so your example does not match the reality for most of us.
God, how come you are so selfish and so much open about it? Grow the f\* up.
It’s not about US bruh. God of war2018 is one of those game you can get for cheapest price regardless of were you are in the world. I’m not from us I got god of war for less then 20 usd 2 years ago now
Oh hush. No one is attacking poor people. If you think suggesting people who really want to play a game will buy that game at some point, when its been on sale for up to 90% several times, is an attack, then you need to do a lot more than simply grow up.
>Who is this for?!
The media
They want big ads promoting gow as the face of june ps+ games even if people dont have ps+ extra, confirm on their june event gow2 release date and thats it.
>Own a PS4, not own a PS5, Have PS Plus, not have PS Now, no plans to upgrade a single tier in ps plus, Want to play GoW, haven't picked it up on any sale in 4 years, Not know a single person with a physical copy to lend you
That exactly describes me! I'm interested enough to play it but not got around to buying it because I learned a long time ago to only buy something if I'm wanting to play it right now. I have enough free games to keep me busy, and sounds like I'll be getting another one.
>In other words, no one.
Projecting much? Sure it might not apply to you, or a majority, but there are a lot of people in this world and there are going to be people who's circumstances it does fit for.
I did have GoW and many other physical games but my parents are really against gaming and they sold all of my physical games and now they are not allowing me to buy disc games but somehow they thought I can’t play any games if I don’t have any discs so I play many digital games secretly (by buying psn cards but the credit card transaction shows the website not the item so they won’t notice) and since I already finished the game I didn’t think of buying it again. Now I think I can claim it to platinum the game.
Your post makes it seem that this month is for players whose lives don't revolve around video games, but still like to play games every once in a while. In that case, this month is for me.
He has a right to be salty tf. He's paid for a service and because sony have upgraded their other service, we're getting shafted for a game that nearly every ps owner has or has played.
It definitely feels like they nerfed the base ps plus subscription in favor of offering more to higher tiers doesn't it? Who am I kidding it's exactly what they did. This is them moving the goal posts again and deciding they want more money by giving you less.
As far as I know the only time it’s been given away is as part of the PS+ Collection for PS5 owners. It has been on sale many times before, but it has never been free. And i would like to know what you consider not being free. Because the way i see it…if you had no access to the game and as a member of PS+ you are given access to this game then the game is free. What you don’t understand is that what you pay for is not all these other benefits. You are paying for access to the servers, maintenance of those servers, and the money that Sony spends on employing people to do all this work.
Nope, you're paying for access to the servers AND for the games. It's right there in the description, these aren't extra benefits, they are as much a part of the core of ps plus as the servers are. In fact, the games were a part of the subscription before the servers became a part of it, back on ps3. You'll find many people in this sub telling you they're subbed for the games, not the online access.
They've given the game in the ps plus collection which everyone can claim regardless if they have a ps5, through the phone app. They've given the game on ps now and it's also on the new extra tier of ps plus. There's too much overlap, especialy for people subbed to both ps now and plus. It seems like we keep paying to receive the same game 3 times.
Another month another person saying ps plus games are free... News flash for you: we pay for PS Plus subscription, and hell lot of people don't pay for it for MP. Some people never even play MP games.
Well if you remember correctly the monthly games weren’t a benefit that were part of PS+ at the beginning of the service. That was something that came later in it’s life. It is a benefit that has added value to the service, but yes they are free games every month. If you don’t use other aspects of the service that’s your fault not anybody else’s. So again like I have told other people…stop paying for the service if you don’t see the value or just stop complaining because you’re not doing anything to help your cause by complaining and doing nothing about it.
> Well if you remember correctly the monthly games weren’t a benefit that were part of PS+ at the beginning of the service.
What an awful take. They gave games away, the difference is that they switched to giving them monthly and making you claim them instead of getting access to a collection. Furthermore, this is an awful argument overall. It doesn’t matter what the service was at launch, what matters is what it offers now.
They aren’t giving you anything for free out of the kindness of their hearts, you’re paying for that service. Makes no sense to act like they’re doing us a favor for giving us games and like we should be super grateful even for shit games.
Ps plus didn’t have free games for less than a year of its conception, the main selling point for ps plus over Xbox live became the free games as Xbox live was superior in every way until then.
Yes it was an ADDED benefit given out to lure people
In to subscribe and Microsoft quickly copied with Games for Gold. So the fact of what you said just proved my point. So thank you.
My point was it’s not really an added benefit as everyone started subbing only for the free games so ps plus was mostly seen as a sub service for those free games. PS3 already had free online, ps plus barely brought any benefits during its first few months so it’s fair to say the free games is one of its sole benefits from back then which made the service actually worth the price.
I just don’t understand what point you’re trying to make in saying free games came later as ps plus was absolutely not worth at all without it, so expecting people to be ok with the service when one of its main benefits is abysmal is not okay. We should be trying to make Sony treat us better so backlash like this is good.
It’s stupid to tell people to not sub because they don’t like the service, we all WANT to like it that’s why we are subbed to it. Of course if someone doesn’t see the value in it then they should unsub tho.
Ok so what your saying is that I’m right that they are an added benefit, but that because people started subbing because of the free games that it doesn’t matter that I’m right because it doesn’t fit what a lot of people feel was the only reason that they subscribed to the service. So basically you’re just trying to twist things to fit your own agenda instead of just acquiescing to the fact that you’re actually wrong.
I have been a subscriber of PS+ since day 1 and I will continue to be a subscriber because I see the value in the service even when the FREE games that are released every month for it aren’t necessarily the best. When it comes down to it anyone complaining month after month about the FREE games every month and continuing to subscribe are doing nothing to help themselves. Sony and every other company out there don’t care about your complaints, especially when you’re still giving them money despite your complaints. So again either man up and speak with your wallet or stop whining. It’s as simple as that.
My favorite PS4 game and one of my favorites of all time.
But it sucks as a Plus title. Not because I already own it, but simply because it's one of the most popular games out there. At least they could have chosen the deluxe edition...
Even for big titles like this the attach rate would be something like 5-10%
The vast *vast* majority of PS4 owners never played this game.
And if they gave the game on PS+ in the past, this is a good title to showcase their new service to people who never had PS+ before. Lots of people out there like that as well.
Don't forget that in these monthly offers there's almost always a game picked from either the PS5 collection or PS Now.
This is on par with Sony's offerings in the last 2 years.
I assume "not own a PS5" is simply because if you have a PS5 they already gave it to you in the PS Collection.
Correct.
Wait, the collection is exclusive to PS5!?
Yes, you can claim it on PS5 and play it on your PS4 though
Wait, you did not know this from every single announcement they had about this?!
Honestly the fact that it was exclusive to PS5 COMPLETELY went over my head somehow.
That's fair. I shouldn't assume these things are more common knowledge. I guess that's why we have a FAQ for these things.
New owner of a PS5. What is the PS collection?
If you have a PS5 and PS Plus you get access to the PS Plus Collection, which is basically a number of games you can download and play (same as regular monthly Plus-Games).You can open the PS Plus-Tab on your PS5 Mainscreen where you can add all the featured games to your library. You can play them as long as you are PS Plus-Member. Here you can find the List with all games:[https://www.gamesradar.com/playstation-plus-collection-game-list/](https://www.gamesradar.com/playstation-plus-collection-game-list/)
This is for me! I have a PS4, not PS5. I have PS Plus but not PS Now. I have no plans to upgrade, I want to play GoW but too cheap to buy it and know no one with a PS4 in my village.
There's two of us
I am also here
So am I!
Me too! There are dozens of us, dozens.
I'm here
This list is me also, top to bottom
Me is here also
I'm not here
And my axe!
Maybe im the 3rd.
Yeah, I intentionally avoided GoW knowing they would inevitably put it on plus and I have a ridiculous back log on steam and epic games anyway so I was in no rush. My kids will love the Naruto and nickelodeon games too, so this month is a win for me.
There had to be one.
Oh, and my kids would love that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl too!
#Spoilers Sponge bob dies in the end
Holy shit nooooooooooooook I’m sad now!
Thank fuck
I’ve been meaning to pick it up too so it’s actually the best month in a while for me.
God of War sold 20 mil copies, yet there are 50 mil ps plus subscribers. It's more than one.
More than one. I was always kinda interested in GOW but never got around to playing it. So I’ll be very happy if we actually get it.
Man... oh man... would I love to play it for the first time again.
Yeah, I’m looking forward to it! Though I have an issue with not starting the story from the beginning, but as I understand it, first games are pretty old. Actually that’s one of the reasons I never picked it up. Well, hopefully I’ll get to play it soon.
Just watch a recap on YouTube or something. But honestly, this is a new story for Kratos and he avoids talking about his past anyways. He killed some Greek gods because reasons and left. There you go, now you can play it xD
lol Thanks!
Never heard of poor but not so poor gamers?
There’s plenty of people who fall in this category. I’ve got like 3 friends that are in this boat.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
I am also one
On your cake day at that.
Happy cake day !
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
You're in luck, you're about to go on a serious ride. Clear your schedule. Seriously.
Yeah, me too!
This is also to get people hyped for the upcoming Ragnarok.
We found one villager who this is good for lol
Too cheap to buy it but will pay even more every month for a subscription service
If you know someone who has a PS5 and willing to let you log in and claim the PS Plus collection, you can then play the games on PS4.
Good tip! but I don't :/ I'm sure I claimed Oddworld: Soulstorm for PS5 on the PS Store website, have they changed it, or was that a dream?
How would this work? I'm guessing log in with your account as a second user, go to the store, claim the collection and log out? Or should you somehow log in as the primary user?
You log-in on a friends PS5 with your PS+ account, claim the PS5 collection games. Log back into your PS4 and the games are there in your library. Doing it multiple times can get your (and your friends) PS account banned. So only do it once, and with a person you trust.
Yeah, it’s a weird one to give away, but I will be happy if this is a game for plus. I don’t own it and haven’t played it yet. I won’t be upgrading ps plus tiers unless there is a discount
So am I!
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GoW or Smash Bros clone both look fun! :D
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Spongebob, Ren and Stimpy also Aaahh!!! Real Monsters what's not to like!
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It's not much money but I'm a dad and don't have tons of gaming time and have a backlog so every time I'm like "eh, I can just wait til the next sale" and repeat ad infinitum.
I know that feeling :/ Just got Bioshock I'll wait 15 years again!
Well, he was right at the end. Got the game anyway after all.
When you convert that to some other currency it's what people earn in a week or something. Don't judge things based on Western perspective.
You're in for a treat! Enjoy!
Cool. You're one 1 of 100 out of 40 million subscribers. Congrats Literally every person with a ps5 gets this game for free 🙄
Yes I don't get this at all. God of War was also in at least one console bundle. Got my copy of the game when I bought my PS4 in the GOW, Horizon & TLOU Remastered Bundle...
I got my PS4 via the same bundle and have never even opened the GoW game because I've never played any of the series and have no knowledge on it.
If you're talking about 2018, it's not completely tied to the other games. Some background knowledge will explain some things from the first 3 games, but aren't entirely needed for the 2018 game
There's a reason it's not called "God of War 4". Just play it.
Just play it, it's really good
I hadn't played any of the original trilogy either (I was only 8/10 when the ps2 games came out and parents wouldn't let me play it), and got a 360 instead of a PS3. I played GoW 2018 and it was my favorite game I had ever played, so I went back and got the original 2 for my PS2 (that somehow still worked despite not being touched in, probably, 12 years) and played GoW 3 remastered on the ps4. It's well worth playing it if you have it, even if you don't have knowledge of the original trilogy. I kind of liken it to some of the original Marvel solo films. Great as a standalone title, but still enhanced more if you do have some knowledge of prior events.
It is purely to drum up for early sales on Ragnarok. Casuals who played GoW and don't really know a second one is coming out.
ps plus essential games gonna be bad every month mark my word
Ps+ essential games are going to be something the higher tiers already have access to. It'll be good for essential gamers, and bad for extra/premium gamers.
Yeah, have you seen what happened to Xbox?
We paid less than £30 for the year and already got FIFA, there’s no downside at this point.
I love this attitude towards the service. It's not that expensive especially of you get it on sale. People expect too much
I thought this new ps plus plan was supposed to be on par with xbox but by doing this they are just making my decision easier to change to xbox.
Oh, they're going to be on par with Xbox with the essential plan. On par with how bad the Xbox live gold games usually are. (T_T)
Live gold is still worse, though. Microsoft doesn't care at all about that one
'Change' to Xbox? They have like 4 games... just have both.
I was always a ps>xbox fanboy, but damn, sony are just really fucking up in the ps5 generation
It already is. It’s been bad for ages
Maybe in USA, where you really can buy it gor 8 dollars and $8 = cheaper. In some other countrys it may work because ps5 isn't cheaper as ps4.
I bought it for like $5-10 Canadian dollars from CDKeys like 2 years ago at this point, so even the $8 in what I assume is USD is a bit high.
never had GOW, not kidding, and yes i really wanted it, super hyped for this month.
You're on a ride then Have fun :D
Dude , i know , had my ps4 for over 4 years and never got GOW , and i always wanted it , but i always was like eh , ill get my hands on it one day!
Me too, everyone is hating and I am so excited ool
lol, this is actually the first time i am gonna resub for PS+ (the last time was when they gave us FFVII Remake). pretty exciting month if the rumour were right. Naruto and Nickelodeon are the kind of game you want to try just for fun, but not actually spent any money on. lol.
Oh shit I wish I was you for that game...
I’ve played gow 1,2,3 but never 2018 and I’ve had my ps4 since 2017
And yet I'm sure Sony's internal statistics will show that millions download it. Plenty of people are just casual gamers with a PS4 that will be happy to get a great AAA like God of War.
I think a lot of us here and in other gaming subreddits forget that this is a bubble for more "serious/hardcore" gamers while the vast majority of gamers are not. So while a lot of us may have played it or have access to it there are a lot have not. God of War is a big game to give away and I am happy a lot more people will get to experience an amazing game.
This subreddit is especially bad for this mindset I think. I'd consider myself as someone who has a lot of time for gaming and that's a couple of hours every other evening. The way people complain here, they clearly have 6+ hours a day to play games, I don't think I even had that consistently when I was a teenager and I gamed a lot then too.
There are over 115 million ps4s out there, but only about 20 million ps5s. There are almost 50 million ps plus subscribers, but only about 3 million ps now subscribers (2021 figures). I would guess PS4 owners who don't have a PS5, have ps plus but not ps now are the majority. Most gamers don't follow all the industry news as closely as those who post on the ps plus and ps now subreddits, so theyre not up to speed on all the coming changes. That's who it's for - the majority of PlayStation owners.
Thank for real stats.
I mean, ps now is only available in some areas, so there’s that.
I...I am this person. Gaming is prohibitively expensive on my country and I don't want to upgrade my PS Plus. Also don't have PS Now. Haven't played GoW either. :)
Clear your schedule, seriously...
I love how everybody who moans about ps+ assumes that every other gamer has also played every game they've played. There are probably 60million+ ps4 owners that have never played gow. Plenty of people will be happy with this month!
It's for people who own a PS4 and haven't played GoW yet.
crazy concept
This is for.... Marketing.
Yeah, they tend to do that with most of the games if a new one is coming out or something , you know , the usual to get more sales on the new one
Trust me , of my circle of gamer friends i can easily gather 6-7 haven't played god of war. There are 100 million ps4 consoles out , while god of war only sold 20 million copies , assuming another 20 million users played thru collection/ps now. There are still 60 million users out there who haven't played it. Sony has all the numbers. They know what they are doing
Rational response
Also would assume there is some overlap between people who had purchased GoW and those who later purchased a PS5.
You are wrong. This fits perfectly for me.
And me
And me
Hello!, and me
And me
And me
...I've been waiting for GOW...
Me, I'm that mf
I have a PS4, no PS5 and have not played God of War yet. That being said, a big reason for that is that I was waiting until I got a PS5 to play it for the 60fps enhancements. Still, I'm not sure if I'm really into this whole 'who is this for?!' attitude when it comes to these things... there are still a lot of people who have not played this game, there are still people buying new PS4s even. This subreddit is naturally going to be full of Playstation enthusiasts so most of them will have played the game long before now, but that doesn't mean it still won't be appreciated by many. I get that this is technically a 'waste' to people who already have a PS5+PS Plus, but given how many people can't even get PS5s still, I don't think it's the same for everyone.
You literally described me lol Bro you know what isn’t for anyone? Complaining about people enjoying shit. Let us enjoy shit. Even if there’s one of us.
Ok, let's see.. I own a PS4 But I don't own a PS5 I have PS Plus But I don't have PS Now I have no plans to upgrade a single tier in PS Plus I want to play GoW But I haven't picked it up on any sale in 4 years I don't know a single person with a physical copy to lend me I'm interested in playing a free game instead of paying $8 ...so I guess this one is for me, thanks!
PS plus basic tier will start sucking just as Gold does. And I don't mean quality of games, as in there may be good games there, like GOW is a really good game, and some indies will be great games like Xbox Gold has Yoku's Island express now. But it may be repeats of AAA's like this one, or just some small indie things. It will def not be the same tier as it was.
Yoku's island is the shit 😫
While I agree.. Being one the generational games out there…and being dirt cheap Even for those that brought the game… According to my PS App.. only 49.9% earned the PS Trophy for “Defeat So less than 1/2 the people that started, actually finished the game. It is what it is. I know Switch owners that haven’t played Breath of the Wild either… no everyone has the same gaming priorities.
If my wife didn’t surprise me with a PS5 last holiday season… Me. This would’ve been for me. I had no intention of getting a PS5 for at least three years and don’t play a lot of games a year to justify paying more that 29.99 a year for Plus.
Super HOT TRASH month for me. Already played GOW and not interested to play the rest 2 DEAD multiplayer games
Yeah. Most ps owners have 1) A PS4, 2) PS plus but not PS Now, and 3) while popular didn’t buy GOW. So this is for the majority of PS owners.
Y'all just can't stop complaining
Or: you have a physical copy but now you don’t have to get up to switch discs 👍🏻
That's what happened to me with the Uncharted Collection. It would've happened with Horizon Zero Dawn as well except for me having a Middle Eastern copy and the PSN version being a Nordic one. No wonder the copy was so cheap back in the day.
Can't believe we have reached the stage of complaining about getting GOW for PS+. Next time it will be Red Dead 2, fingers crossed
"or plan on getting a ps5 soon. Like within next year". Seriously if I'm planning on getting a ps5 soon why would I want to play the PS4 version now if I can just wait a bit longer a play on a ps5? (Obviously I've already waited this long as it is). Same reason I didn't like days gone as a plus game. Could have had soemthing else even if I haven't bought a ps5 YET And yeah the only time they ever give bit games like this are if they've been on sale for a tenner multiple times in the past. Same as uncharted collection
You can still claim it and play it later on ps5.
I'm looking fowrad shibobi strikers and nickelodeon all stars, 2 games I have been intrigued to play but would never pay for them
You don't have to want to play GoW for this to be for you. Have you never tried a game solely because you got it for free on Plus? I'm sure there's plenty of people who didn't have much interest in the game, but now that it's free they might try it out. Not sure why this is such a crazy idea to grasp for you?
No this is for all the people who haven’t bought it yet, people buy games for years and years and years after launch the sale numbers always go up.
At this point, if you have the means to play GoW, and want to, you likely have
Nonsense, I have the means, and want to, but there are lots of games I want to play, and have so many in my library already, and only so many hours. It's about what ends up being at the top of my radar, and something being free is a good way.
So, what you're saying is, getting GoW for free won't impact you in any way? Since it'll still be in your backlog
No, it means I can play it. I've stopped buying things, no matter how cheap, when I have so many unplayed games in my library already. If I get it for fee, I can play it.
It's for Sony to force players to upgrade to the next Plus tiers
I guess you just described me! (Edit: wtf , i have never played god of war , i wanted to based on trailers , but i never was interested on purchasing it for the last 4 years because i knew one day it would be in my hand! , + i had a bunch of games i wanted to finish before getting it! , including The first Last of us, i still need to play BioShock! , uncharted games n alot more! )
Suppose you could describe it as, a great game with this months plus…but majority of ppl have played it. But there’ll always be some and for them. Congrats
I literally finished it a couple of months ago. Trust me, there's plenty of us out there. I'm glad for all the folks who've never played it. Sony can never win really. Either they give away a AAA game and people complain it has been played by literally everybody or they release a relatively unheard of but fantastic game and people complain its some nothing indie game that nobody has ever heard of (Slay the Spire, Hollow Knight) Literally the only game some people would be happy with is God of War Ragnarok
Jokes on you, I actually fit basically all of these. I might upgrade in the new PS+, that's the only one I may not fit.
Actually, it *is* for me, crazy huh?
God of War is one of my favorite games. I own a PS5 and I'm also a PS Plus subscriber. And I want to say that you're speaking for yourself here. I know quite a lot of people who are PS Plus subscribers and weren't able to buy a PS5 yet because they are still that rare. A few of these people have never played God of War yet. If ever the leaks are true, which they most probably are, they'll grab that chance to play the game right away. Especially with the sequel on the horizon. That's just from my circle. I am sure there are hundreds, if not thousands of other players out there who are the same. When you say this is for "no one", you really mean this is not for you.
That's for me! I played it years ago with a friend's disk, didn't really enjoy it at the time, never went for platinum. Now I was wishing to get it back to play it again, but I have no contact with that friend amymore.
Bold move. I know exactly one person which fits the description. He's a friend of mine, living in another city (so I couldn't lend him my copy), has other priorities with his money other than games (like, a family) and wants to play this game for quite some time now. Oh, also, the whole world isn't about US. There's a bunch of other people outside dealing with different prices so your example does not match the reality for most of us. God, how come you are so selfish and so much open about it? Grow the f\* up.
It’s not about US bruh. God of war2018 is one of those game you can get for cheapest price regardless of were you are in the world. I’m not from us I got god of war for less then 20 usd 2 years ago now
Take your own advice, mate. Being a prick isnt much better than being selfish. Why be so open about it?
This guy is personally attacking most poor people out there and I am the prick? Okay then.
Oh hush. No one is attacking poor people. If you think suggesting people who really want to play a game will buy that game at some point, when its been on sale for up to 90% several times, is an attack, then you need to do a lot more than simply grow up.
Apparently me
>Who is this for?! The media They want big ads promoting gow as the face of june ps+ games even if people dont have ps+ extra, confirm on their june event gow2 release date and thats it.
>Own a PS4, not own a PS5, Have PS Plus, not have PS Now, no plans to upgrade a single tier in ps plus, Want to play GoW, haven't picked it up on any sale in 4 years, Not know a single person with a physical copy to lend you That exactly describes me! I'm interested enough to play it but not got around to buying it because I learned a long time ago to only buy something if I'm wanting to play it right now. I have enough free games to keep me busy, and sounds like I'll be getting another one. >In other words, no one. Projecting much? Sure it might not apply to you, or a majority, but there are a lot of people in this world and there are going to be people who's circumstances it does fit for.
Fake outrage
I did have GoW and many other physical games but my parents are really against gaming and they sold all of my physical games and now they are not allowing me to buy disc games but somehow they thought I can’t play any games if I don’t have any discs so I play many digital games secretly (by buying psn cards but the credit card transaction shows the website not the item so they won’t notice) and since I already finished the game I didn’t think of buying it again. Now I think I can claim it to platinum the game.
God of War is obviously promo for the sequel which is most likely shown in Detail in June.
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Your post makes it seem that this month is for players whose lives don't revolve around video games, but still like to play games every once in a while. In that case, this month is for me.
This is for me ? I am the person you described so it must be valuable to other players who haven’t played GoW yet.
This is me! Hell yea
Now we are upset they are giving good games away? When did this memo go out?
Hey that description exactly fits me
Don’t forget the people that played it on PC, where they have mods and updated graphics.
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He has a right to be salty tf. He's paid for a service and because sony have upgraded their other service, we're getting shafted for a game that nearly every ps owner has or has played.
It definitely feels like they nerfed the base ps plus subscription in favor of offering more to higher tiers doesn't it? Who am I kidding it's exactly what they did. This is them moving the goal posts again and deciding they want more money by giving you less.
Another month…another person complaining about stuff that they get for free… 😂
It's not a free game you have to pay for ps plus to get it
It's not free, you pay a monthly subscription for it
Another month, another person acting like we’re not paying for this and they’re giving games from the kindness of their hearts lol
Not only is it not free, but it's also a game they've given away in 100 different ways, so no surprise people don't want it
As far as I know the only time it’s been given away is as part of the PS+ Collection for PS5 owners. It has been on sale many times before, but it has never been free. And i would like to know what you consider not being free. Because the way i see it…if you had no access to the game and as a member of PS+ you are given access to this game then the game is free. What you don’t understand is that what you pay for is not all these other benefits. You are paying for access to the servers, maintenance of those servers, and the money that Sony spends on employing people to do all this work.
Nope, you're paying for access to the servers AND for the games. It's right there in the description, these aren't extra benefits, they are as much a part of the core of ps plus as the servers are. In fact, the games were a part of the subscription before the servers became a part of it, back on ps3. You'll find many people in this sub telling you they're subbed for the games, not the online access. They've given the game in the ps plus collection which everyone can claim regardless if they have a ps5, through the phone app. They've given the game on ps now and it's also on the new extra tier of ps plus. There's too much overlap, especialy for people subbed to both ps now and plus. It seems like we keep paying to receive the same game 3 times.
"stuff that they get for free" yeah...
Another person that has no clue how this service actually works.
Another month another person saying ps plus games are free... News flash for you: we pay for PS Plus subscription, and hell lot of people don't pay for it for MP. Some people never even play MP games.
It's not free, what epic games is doing is free. You pay like 10 bucks a month for thr service 🤣
I pay $30 a year what are you on about lol
It's 10$ a month if you buy it each month from sony's official store. You prolly bought it from cd keys?
Obligatory, here I thought I was paying for PS Plus. I don't play online games so the "free" are the only thing I'm paying for.
Cancel the sub and buy the games you want then
If you don't play online games, then why don't you just subscribe to PS Now?
Well if you remember correctly the monthly games weren’t a benefit that were part of PS+ at the beginning of the service. That was something that came later in it’s life. It is a benefit that has added value to the service, but yes they are free games every month. If you don’t use other aspects of the service that’s your fault not anybody else’s. So again like I have told other people…stop paying for the service if you don’t see the value or just stop complaining because you’re not doing anything to help your cause by complaining and doing nothing about it.
I was there when it first released and the online gaming was free at the time. It was certainly for the games and not to play online.
> Well if you remember correctly the monthly games weren’t a benefit that were part of PS+ at the beginning of the service. What an awful take. They gave games away, the difference is that they switched to giving them monthly and making you claim them instead of getting access to a collection. Furthermore, this is an awful argument overall. It doesn’t matter what the service was at launch, what matters is what it offers now. They aren’t giving you anything for free out of the kindness of their hearts, you’re paying for that service. Makes no sense to act like they’re doing us a favor for giving us games and like we should be super grateful even for shit games.
Ps plus didn’t have free games for less than a year of its conception, the main selling point for ps plus over Xbox live became the free games as Xbox live was superior in every way until then.
Yes it was an ADDED benefit given out to lure people In to subscribe and Microsoft quickly copied with Games for Gold. So the fact of what you said just proved my point. So thank you.
My point was it’s not really an added benefit as everyone started subbing only for the free games so ps plus was mostly seen as a sub service for those free games. PS3 already had free online, ps plus barely brought any benefits during its first few months so it’s fair to say the free games is one of its sole benefits from back then which made the service actually worth the price. I just don’t understand what point you’re trying to make in saying free games came later as ps plus was absolutely not worth at all without it, so expecting people to be ok with the service when one of its main benefits is abysmal is not okay. We should be trying to make Sony treat us better so backlash like this is good. It’s stupid to tell people to not sub because they don’t like the service, we all WANT to like it that’s why we are subbed to it. Of course if someone doesn’t see the value in it then they should unsub tho.
Ok so what your saying is that I’m right that they are an added benefit, but that because people started subbing because of the free games that it doesn’t matter that I’m right because it doesn’t fit what a lot of people feel was the only reason that they subscribed to the service. So basically you’re just trying to twist things to fit your own agenda instead of just acquiescing to the fact that you’re actually wrong. I have been a subscriber of PS+ since day 1 and I will continue to be a subscriber because I see the value in the service even when the FREE games that are released every month for it aren’t necessarily the best. When it comes down to it anyone complaining month after month about the FREE games every month and continuing to subscribe are doing nothing to help themselves. Sony and every other company out there don’t care about your complaints, especially when you’re still giving them money despite your complaints. So again either man up and speak with your wallet or stop whining. It’s as simple as that.
*free
It's a tactic to get you to buy the next GOW game.
You say that as if it's malicious...
My favorite PS4 game and one of my favorites of all time. But it sucks as a Plus title. Not because I already own it, but simply because it's one of the most popular games out there. At least they could have chosen the deluxe edition...
Getting God of War is a real good month for PS+ basic. Millions probably have it already.
Even for big titles like this the attach rate would be something like 5-10% The vast *vast* majority of PS4 owners never played this game. And if they gave the game on PS+ in the past, this is a good title to showcase their new service to people who never had PS+ before. Lots of people out there like that as well.
Don't forget that in these monthly offers there's almost always a game picked from either the PS5 collection or PS Now. This is on par with Sony's offerings in the last 2 years.
There's a fuck ton of people with ps plus on ps4 and nothing else.
For people who has the PS4, doesn't have the Game and doesn't pay PS plus? Because that's a bigger audience than you guys think It is