Sony is requiring its subscribers to login weekly to access PS Plus Extra as well as PS Premium games to play them.
Today is the first day of the newly revised PlayStation Plus subscription service after it launched in Hong Kong. Following its launch, Sony has released additional details regarding the service courtesy of the PlayStation Blog.
Among those details was the requirement of PS Plus subscribers having to login weekly in order to play the library of PS Extra and Premium games on offer. So, in other words, if you remain offline for at least seven days, you will not be able to play the PS Plus games until you go online to log back in.
This may be an issue for some
For the most part, this shouldn’t be a problem for subscribers. After all, if you’re subscribing to PS Plus, the chances are that you will have an online connection. However, not everything goes to plan, and people can and will go without the internet for more than seven days. So those people could potentially be an issue.
That being said, the requirement to login to PS Plus to access the games does make sense, at least from a Sony perspective. The reason being is that it will prevent players from downloading games, going offline, and playing the games permanently. Presumably, without an active PS Plus subscription.
PS Now had a similar requirement
It’s also worth keeping in mind that you can access the games offline, so long as it’s within the first seven days of your last login. PS Now had a similar requirement, however, that service required you to login every fourteen days and not seven days.
The PS Blog post clarified: “When playing a downloaded game from the game catalogue in PS Plus Extra and Premium plans, you’ll need to connect to PSN every seven days to validate your PS Plus membership and maintain your access to the game.”
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“Please note, this step is only required for game catalogue titles in the PS Plus Extra and Premium,” continued the post. “It does not apply to the monthly downloadable games available through PS Plus Essential.”
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