Sony is launching its new PlayStation Plus in India next week. The update brings the service into four tiers, namely Essential, Extra, Deluxe and Premium. While Essential is the base version, Deluxe and Premium are the top tiers – depending on which market you’re in. The new PlayStation Plus aims to help Sony increase its revenue. It’s also meant to compete better against Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass – a similar multi-tiered service designed specifically for gamers on Xbox.
In this week’s episode of the Gadgets 360 podcast of classhost Akhil Arora talks with industry insiders Rishi Alwani and video game enthusiasts Pranay Parabi — both former Gadgets 360 teammates — to talk about the new playstation plus and the growing market for sports subscription services that already exist xbox game pass as a prominent name.
We begin the conversation by discussing the benefits gamers can get with the new PlayStation Plus service. Sony Introducing it in India on June 22.
However, instead of treating India as part of the Asian rollout, the Japanese company has taken the country to Europe to schedule the release of the new service.
“From the point of view of consumer behaviour, or shopping habits and play habits, India is in line with the Western market,” says Rishi. “It’s also because the Sony branch that really took an inkling in India and the Middle East was Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe, originally also known as Ski London.”
He also said that the second reason Sony considered India to be part of Europe is that the country is a “PAL region” – meaning it is based on the PAL color encoding system.
The new PlayStation Plus has three different levels to choose from in a particular market. The Deluxe tier is available in markets where cloud streaming is not available, while the premium version is for markets with cloud streaming.
India is getting the deluxe tier as cloud streaming by Sony is not yet available.
“I think he made a mistake on these many levels,” says Prannoy.
He also sees that the annual plan Goes up to Rs 5,749 for playstation plus deluxe Quite an expensive purchase.
Unlike Sony, Microsoft offers Xbox Game Pass as a trial offer to attract gamers. The Redmond Company also runs promotional offers and discounts on a regular basis to celebrate xbox Users to choose a subscription-based service. apart from this, xbox game pass ultimate — top level of service — is available with access EA PlayWhich brings access to a list of titles from electronic Arts ,EA,
However, Xbox Game Pass also has its limitations.
“The biggest issue with Game Pass is Microsoft India Own and Xbox supply in India only, which is a joke at the moment,” says Rishi.
In addition to Sony and Microsoft, the game subscription services market has garnered publishers including EA and Ubisoft with their respective offerings. This is similar to how over-the-top (OTT) players are involved. Netflix And amazon prime video are fighting among themselves.
We talk about where the market will go in the future, given that we have subscription services with major AAA releases. The discussion also revolves around whether it’s worth getting the new PlayStation Plus.
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