If you weren’t one of the 1,100 fans who pre-purchased tickets to the sold-out event during San Diego Comic-Con, or you missed the live stream big news for PS4 players was announced: our next major Sonic game is coming to PS4, and now we can finally show it to you guys here on PlayStation.Blog. But what would have happened if Sonic had continued his 2D glory after Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles? The world is about to find out. Since the 90’s, Sonic has advanced from the 2D world into 3D, and has crossed multiple platforms along the way. Trust me, there are smarter people than you and I that work for Sony that have figured out why we are only getting 2 PS4 games a month, why they took 2 dying systems worth of games away, and why we’re not getting anything new with this subscription.You’re not dreaming.
Simply put, Sony is not in a position to make money, or very little money compared to the effort, to offer you a PSVR title for free every month. Now take in the fact that Sony probably has has to pay a publisher to offer their game for free so the publisher gets something out of it, and these overall numbers become even smaller. $180 million may seem like a lot to us, but Sony reported earnings of 4.1 billion dollars last year, which means that $180 million equates to roughly 4% of potential earning for the company. Multiply that by the cost of the PSVR, and you get roughly 180 million dollars (assuming each one of the 720,000 people paid $250 for the PSVR).
2% of 36 million PS Plus subscribers is only 720,000. It, at best might increase sales by maybe 2% of the PSVR units.
Sure, it could help promote the sale of PSVR units, but I highly doubt 12 PSVR free games (I’m estimating that as 1 per month for a year long subscription) would entice someone to buy a PSVR. what would be the benefit in offering something 99% of your customer base could not use? Compare that to 36 million PS Plus subscribers and you get a little over 1% of PS Plus subscribers that statistically own a PSVR. I hate to say, but PSVR only has a 3% attach rate (3 million PSVR units compared to 91 million PS4 units sold).
While you’re waiting for those to drop, you’ve still got a few days left to download May’s line-up before they go away on June 3: check out the award-winning narrative adventure What Remains of Edith Finch and the madcap couch co-op hit Overcooked! Expect lightning-fast platforming thrills, countless collectibles, hidden areas, and both competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes for two players. Eggman, across a mix of re-imagined classic stages and brand new zones. You know the drill: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles face off against their old nemesis, Dr. The blue blur returned in style in 2017 with this lovingly-crafted throwback to the Sega icon’s 2D side-scrolling roots, tailor-made to put an ear-to-ear grin on the faces of the Sonic faithful.
Not only does The Handsome Collection include all DLC for both titles, enhanced local multiplayer and remastered visuals, but if you played either title on PS3 you can carry over your save data and can pick up where you left off in the PS4 version. Getting excited for the freshly announced Borderlands 3, launching later this year? Now is the time to revisit the franchise with Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, which includes both Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and get reacquainted with Gearbox’s hilarious loot-focused FPS series.