PlayStation Plus subscribers grow frustrated with lack of retro games

Sony still offers its PlayStation Plus subscribers bundles of free games every month, and for the most part those offers have been fairly well received in July and August. July games included Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and arcadegeddon, for example, while the August games are: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, and Little nightmares. While this is all well and good for PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers, those who have subscribed to the Premium tier of the service are wondering where all the retro and classic games are.

For those who didn’t pay much attention to the new tiers when they went live in June, the PlayStation Plus Premium tier aims to provide a library of these classic games from the PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 era. as well as some PlayStation Portable games. It does offer that, but when you consider how many of those games were previously available through PlayStation Now before that service merged with PlayStation Plus, subscribers expected continued classic and retro additions every month.

July’s PlayStation Plus Premium additions include: Echoshift, no heroes allowed!, and LocoRoco Midnight Carnival from the PlayStation Portable era, but the August list of games didn’t include titles exclusive to the Premium tier. After seeing just three classic games advertised as new additions since the new levels went live in June, PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers seem to be getting impatient.

You can see some reactions to the lack of retro and classic games in the comments below. If there’s a game you’d like to see added to PlayStation Plus Premium, don’t forget to mention its name in our comments as well.

Are we ready?

Hi @Sony @Play station #playstationplussure would be cool if you added Retro Games to the Retro Tier I’m paying for… It would be weird if you literally didn’t add Retro games this month… Oh wait, that’s what you did… So are we just done with retro games?

— the Mythos Mystery Society (@MysteryMythos) August 11, 2022

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Were the Day-One classics the big draw?

Retro games released on ps plus day 1 lol that was the biggest hype about ps premium. And that’s my point if it weren’t for the day 1 ps classics.

— angelface87 (@ang3lface87) August 12, 2022

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Where are the retro games?

Why am I paying for premium?… Where are good retro games, demos,… It’s a joke

— Froncils Sources (@o_titsu) August 10, 2022

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Ask for more games

we urgently need more ps1/2 and psp games

— Roberto Antonio Consuelo (@kimba23455) August 11, 2022

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Not seeing the point

are we really going to get more classic games or not? like i really struggle to see the point of keeping a premium sub when i could just drop to extra because the classic games and trials aren’t worth it like that

— myg_ho3 (@myg_ho3) August 11, 2022

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gotta step it up

The extra list is great, but you guys need to step up the premium section. The trials and classics section is terrible. People will drop that level quickly if that’s your least priority when it comes to adding games.

— Metalguy86 (@Metalguy36) August 11, 2022

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It had to be a big selling point

Sony pushed PS Plus’ Premium Tier SPECIFICALLY for playing classic games. PS1. PS2. PS3.
That had to be one of the huge selling points.
We are almost 2 months away from launching the service and the “classic” game selection is pathetic.

— Brian Kochert (@RetroGamerGuy76) August 10, 2022

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Might as well downgrade to PlayStation Plus Extra

Playstation I’ve been paying for ps plus premium since it started and you guys didn’t add any retro titles which was the biggest selling point of premium and no new game testing the other big selling point of premium I might as well get extra Sony please step it on

— Jeff Jackson (@JeffJac76471685) August 11, 2022

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Just disappointed

@Play station So who needs retro content?????…. Come on, do better, I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed

— Zenmanwithaplan (@steadysamurai) August 10, 2022

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