Sony's service presents its evolution over the years and demonstrates its strength for the next generation of consoles.
PlayStation Plus reaches a new milestone. Sony's subscription service, which allows PS4 video games to play online and receive additional benefits, already has 38 million subscribers. The figure has been disclosed in the financial report corresponding to fiscal year 2019-2020, which ends on March 31. According to the data, 36.6% are subscribed PS Plus. This percentage is extracted taking into account the total number of consoles sold, which already exceeds 100 million units, which means that it has exceeded the historical sales of Wii and PlayStation.
Regarding the competition, Nintendo Switch has managed to ship 52.8 million units, while 15 million users have decided to trust Nintendo Switch Online. Translated into a percentage, it is determined that 28.4% have subscribed to the service. This percentage is approximately 8 points below PlayStation Plus.
Unlike the Sony service, Nintendo does not offer current video games for the enjoyment of the player, but has opted for a model of backward compatible titles of its classic consoles. At the moment, only NES and SNES, although it has also launched Tetris Effect, a new exclusive production for the service (then marketed in box). Below, we show you a graph with the evolution of PlayStation Plus throughout the different fiscal years:
As Sony previously confirmed, there are now 38.8 million PS + subscribers.
This means that approximately 37% of total PS4 owners have a subscription to PS +.
PS + value additions such as free games is a reason for people to stay with PS ecosystem next gen. pic.twitter.com/3pNNAiU7hc
– Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 4, 2020
Free PlayStation Plus games
February is coming and Sony has already announced the games that users can download from its online service. 2K Games works on a new title of the BioShock saga, so it can be a good time to dust off old titles from the previous generation. The saga created by Ken Levine and Irrational Games will be made available to PlayStation Plus subscribers in its remastered version. The three games in the trilogy, BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite will be available throughout the month.
In addition, taking advantage of the twentieth anniversary of The Sims, Electronic Arts and Sony have reached an agreement so that PsPlus members can access The Sims 4, an already veteran title that has numerous expansions in the market. On the other hand, Firewall Zero Hour will be the bet for virtual reality, while Aces of the Multiverse, a Spanish game, will offer us its extravagant intergalactic football matches.
PlayStation 4 faces its last year before its successor takes its place. After more than six years in the market, the Japanese company has managed to sell 102.8 million consoles. The new machine is planned for the end of the year, although it has not yet shown all its cards. The Japanese have decided not to go to E3 2020, so they will present their product at their own events.
