Sony is taking game preservation seriously. In a latest report, the company would create an official team to handle it.
Garrett Fredley, the senior build engineer, shared on Twitter that he had been hired at PlayStation for the newly created Preservation Team.
Also, the Global QA manager for PlayStation Studios, Mike Bishop, shared on LinkedIn that the team was hiring.
Sony to Create Game Preservation Team
Bishop wrote on LinkedIn that they have a unique technical opportunity within the team. The day-to-day focus is on IP Preservation for the business, ensuring the current titles are captured, cataloged, and secured for the games industry in the future.
Game preservation and emulation have become a hot topic in the past few years, as more and more games are no longer legally accessible on the latest gaming hardware, according to Android Central.
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, stated in 2021 that he wants to see better game preservation across the gaming industry.
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Microsoft started a robust backward compatibility program for Xbox consoles back in 2015, adding hundreds of Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to its system. It allowed players with an Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S to play the older games.
In November 2021, 70 more games were added to the system, though Microsoft noted that this would certainly be the final batch because of the complicated legal avenues for licensing.
The PS5 owners can play games features on PS4 consoles. Sony has since confirmed that the chosen PS1, PS2, and PSP games will be included with the upcoming revamp for PlayStation Plus, though the company did not say how the system will work or what games will be included.
The PlayStation Plus revamp is slated to take place in June 2022, specifically June 13 for anyone in North America, according to IGN.
Adding Retro Games
According to The Verge, Sony has announced its new PlayStation Plus subscription tiers, which will launch in late-2022.
The new tiers will have Extra and Premium levels, and you will get access to back catalogs from a lot of PlayStation games.
But if you want to play classic PS3, PS2, PS1, and PSP games, you will have to pay for Premium, which is the most expensive option. This means that Sony is joining Nintendo is putting its older games behind its latest subscription.
Using a subscription to access the classic games is not new for Sony. For years, the company has offered access to PS4, PS3, and PS2 games as part of PlayStation Now, a separate subscription service from PlayStation Plus.
But instead of using the Plus to bring more games to the standard subscription, Sony has decided to use classic games as a way to entice players to get the Premium, which will cost $17.99 per month, $49,99 for three months, or $119.99 per year.
The annual subscription fee will give you access to PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now for a year, though you will be migrated to the new Plus Premium if you are a Now subscriber.
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Written by Sophie Webster
