As it happened last year, the magazine Polygon close the year reviewing how has PlayStation Plus performed this year, just in case you have to tell the Magi to bring coal for Sony. The publication has recalled what games have been given month to month, how much did they cost when they became part of the service and what is your average grade on pages like MetaCritic. A study that yields interesting data and marks the month of November in red, in which the service has added his first PlayStation 5 game, Bugsnax, and the famous PS Plus Collection, only for users of the new console. Two contributions that make a difference compared to previous years. But before going into comparisons, let’s see first all the games that PS Plus has given in 2020:
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Notes and average price
A total of 28 sets worldwide and 29 for the Spanish market, where we have Cloud 2 exclusively, being a national production made under the PlayStation Talents program. Have an average age of 2 years and 4 months, thus exceeding the 2 years and 10 months that averaged those of 2019. In turn, the average grade has been 74.8 (somewhere between 77.6 in 2019 and 69.5 in 2018), and investment by game is $ 28.20 (for the 27.96 last year). Very similar figures that show a certain regularity and therefore suggest what we can expect from PS Plus for the future. Although it is ugly to look at the teeth on the horse, the total price of Sony “gifts” amounts to $ 789.72, compared to $ 894.68 in 2019. This has two explanations. The first, that the Polygon study does not include PS Plus Collection games for being these exclusive to PlayStation 5. And the second, that in 2019 we still had several months with games for PS3 and PS Vita, the number of games being greater … and the investment in them. Without both variables, the result is similar to last year.
How many went through Xbox Game Pass?
Entering the curiosities section, the company that has contributed the most games to the catalog (apart from Sony) has been Electronic Arts (with The Sims 4, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Need for Speed Payback, and Rocket Arena). For the fine print they were part of EA Play when they joined PS Plus. On the other hand, and unlike last year, there were four, this 2020 Sony has only given one game that came out before in Games with Gold. This is Goat Simulator, which appeared in 2016 on Microsoft consoles. And speaking of Xbox, 10 of the 28 titles given away have been on Xbox Game Pass, for the 7 that have been seen on PlayStation Now. A sign that both services (Plus and Now; Gold and Game Pass) are beginning to overlap. Apart from this detail, to follow in 2021, the final results are similar to last year and its value depends largely on each consumer. What did you think of the 2020 PlayStation Plus?
