{"id":548192,"date":"2026-03-10T05:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2196302"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:26:26","slug":"sony-insists-quality-of-first-party-games-would-suffer-if-they-launched-day-one-in-new-ps-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sony-insists-quality-of-first-party-games-would-suffer-if-they-launched-day-one-in-new-ps-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony insists quality of first-party games would suffer if they launched day one in new PS Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sony-insists-quality-of-first-party-games-would-suffer-if-they-launched-day-one-in-new-ps-plus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sony insists the quality of its first-party games would suffer if they launched day one in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-28-sony-makes-its-playstation-plus-overhaul-official-and-its-launching-xx\">PS Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/2022-03-28-playstations-jim-ryan-our-games-could-suffer-if-we-put-them-straight-into-ps-plus\">GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>, Sony exec Jim Ryan confirmed first party games won&#8217;t launch into the newly announced subscription, unlike Microsoft&#8217;s approach with Xbox Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-29-new-games-wont-be-added-to-sonys-ps-plus-service-says-jim-ryan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-29-new-games-wont-be-added-to-sonys-ps-plus-service-says-jim-ryan\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony insists the quality of its first-party games would suffer if they launched day one in the new PS Plus. 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