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[EBE]

never heard of this rumor

 

[KojiKnight]

I definitely haven't heard of this before... but cool for the clarification/

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

... people believe that Sony will only add games to PlayStation Plus if they score above 70 on metacritic. This is in spite of all evidence to the contrary, such as various games being added to PlayStation Plus which scored below 70 on metacritic.

Lol ... well that settles it then.

 

[Alo0oy]

Knack coming to PS+?

 

[Off-Kilter]

I'm seriously shocked that so many of you are not aware of this "mandate". It's become a hot topic in lots of PS+ threads :lol

 

[Purest 78]

I've heard this rumor lots of times.

 

[Inuhanyou]

how many games score below 70 anyways? It has to be niche or very horrible to even obtain such a score.

Nier was 67....

 

[Megatron]

Laziest OP ever?


Op makes a statement and in no way backs it up with any facts.

Maybe it is a rule and maybe it isn't, but the op has made a thread based completely on his opinion with no factual basis.

All you had to was make a list of all the sub-70 games and let us talk about it. You had one job, OP!

 

[BigTnaples]

Had no idea anyone ever thought this.


But okay...

 

[ugh_the_boot]

This rumour sounds made up (Lol....even for a rumour! ahha)

I reckon nip it in the butt, no need to discuss this any further.

 

[Megatron]

Why is this appearing now!? What did Thief score on metacritic?

edit: 67! I'm calling it now, Thief is on PS+ next month.

THe ps4 version got a 67, not the ps3 version, which is rumored to be the version we are getting. The xb360 version got a 70.

 

[Daggoth]

It's not made up. The first I heard of it was setting up my PS4 ... it was in the fine print of one of the SIGN UP FOR PS+ splash pages. Sep 2014, hadn't updated the firmware yet.

Thought it was absurd then, still do.

I'll see if I can replicate it tonight.

 

[toythatkills]

Laziest OP ever?


Op makes a statement and in no way backs it up with any facts.

Maybe it is a rule and maybe it isn't, but the op has made a thread based completely on his opinion with no factual basis.

All you had to was make a list of all the sub-70 games and let us talk about it. You had one job, OP!

My failure to put of a list of games in the OP hardly causes said list of games to cease to exist. As evidenced by the rest of the thread, it's not exactly a hard fact to verify.

Mainly, it's not about "the games," it's about the misconception. The games in and of themselves aren't relevant.

 

[Megatron]

My failure to put of a list of games in the OP hardly causes said list of games to cease to exist. As evidenced by the rest of the thread, it's not exactly a hard fact to verify.

Mainly, it's not about "the games," it's about the misconception. The games in and of themselves aren't relevant.

You just stated an opinion though. You have no facts at all to support you. I'm interested in seeing what a full list would look like. We've seen what, less than ten games get mentioned? Out of how many games given away on the service? 400? 500? Sounds like there have been some exceptions to the rule ( almost entirely vita games when there wasn't much of a pool to draw from) but given how few sub 70 score games have been released, it sure seems like Sony is keeping that in mind when they release games.

 

[ClayKavalier]

Should have been obvious it wasn't a strict requirement since games have debuted on PS+.

 

[serversurfer]

It started with PR like this: http://uk.playstation.com/psn/news/articles/detail/item545235/Get-a-taste-of-PlayStation-Plus/

That simply says that more than one of the games available has a meta-score of 70 or higher. It doesn't say or imply that all of them do.

Personally, I'm glad there's no hard limit, because I'd hate for an overlooked gem to be locked out because reviews. Sometimes shitty games are actually kinda good. lol

 

[GuessMyUserName]

I remember this being a thing people shout during the whole PS4 / Knack launch time yeah

 

[Daggoth]

That simply says that more than one of the games available has a meta-score of 70 or higher. It doesn't say or imply that all of them do.

Personally, I'm glad there's no hard limit, because I'd hate for an overlooked gem to be locked out because reviews. Sometimes shitty games are actually kinda good. lol

I'm pretty sure that's what the PS4 signup page said as well.

Implying, you'll get a bunch of games per month, and at least one is "top rated" 70 or above. The rest can be below or above that number.

 

[pslayer666]

This is my first time hearing the rumor.

yeap, this.

Never heard of this before, i'm glad to hear it's debunked though!!!

 

[OccamsLightsaber]

I've heard of this before, in fact, I heard about it on this very site. Isn't the vast majority of games released already over a 70 metacritic.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

Wow I never heard of this really cool requirement before OP. I'll be sure to tell everyone that ps+ has a minimum 70% metacritic rating requirement!

 

[Icyflamez96]

Maybe I read too many PS+ threads :lol

Yeah I guess I don't look through those threads much. I've never heard of it and it seems like a stupid thing to assume.


How could a rumor like this persist!? Everyone must have forgot about Ratchet and Clank All 4 One being free for PS+ users for an extended amount of time.


Edit: I am a buffoon. Could have sworn that game had less than a 70.

 

[playXray]

I gotta say, I can't believe how many people haven't heard about this "requirement" previously. I've seen it mentioned on here, the PS forums and the PS blog many, many times over the years. Plus, the way it's worded by Sony implies that there is at least the aim of providing games with a metacritic of 70+. That said, I doubt many people thought this was an absolute rule that would prevent games from being on PS+ if the metacritic was below 70.

 

[Roto13]

You just stated an opinion though. You have no facts at all to support you. I'm interested in seeing what a full list would look like. We've seen what, less than ten games get mentioned? Out of how many games given away on the service? 400? 500? Sounds like there have been some exceptions to the rule ( almost entirely vita games when there wasn't much of a pool to draw from) but given how few sub 70 score games have been released, it sure seems like Sony is keeping that in mind when they release games.

Jesus fucking Christ, if it was a rule those "what less than ten games" wouldn't be on the service, ok?

I know you really want this rule to be real, to the point where you're a dick to people who live in the real world, but it's not.

 

[toastyToast]

Pretty sure they were going steady and just gave up after a while. Can't remember what the first game was.

 

[Artorias]

Is there a paragraph missing in the OP? I never thought it was a requirement to begin with, but your post basically says "People say this, its not true, so can you stop saying it?"

 

[roytheone]

When I bought a PlayStation plus card a year ago this was actually mentioned on the card (best rated games with an * explaining that it meant a metacritic of 70 +). I already knew that was bullshit back then.

 

[yatesl]

Amy was released on the UK PS+, so...

 

[Ombala]

PS+ here I come

 

[JP]

Never heard of this to be honest. It sounds a bit like one of those things that people say on here and it becomes true for some people. I suppose it's good to know that something that I've never heard doesn't exist, maybe.

 

[Messofanego]

First time hearing this lol

 

[The_Hitcher89]

This was definitely a common belief when people started talking about Knack coming to PS+

Always seemed a bit silly, especially with the PS4 having a small library of suitable games if it was real.

 

[redcrayon]

Seeing as several games have launched as PS+ titles, I don't think it's ever been an official policy.

I imagine they do understand that if they only put mediocre games up, people who mainly subscribe for the PS+ titles rather than online multiplayer (like me and lots of other Vita-only gamers) will soon not bother.

 

[alice_kiss_lara]

there might be such requirement for PlayStation Plus,
but what we have now is the IndieStation Plus service so....

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

there might be such requirement for PlayStation Plus,
but what we have now is the IndieStation Plus service so....

Not this shit again.

 

[Footos22]

To be fair, apart from certain games released the same day as they came to plus (Contrast, Secret Ponchos) There isnt any in recent memory that have been below 70

 

[immortal-joe]

Thanks toythatkills.

I can't say I noticed people claiming this rule, but I do see tons of claims that Sony somehow "stopped trying" when it comes to PsPlus games since the launch of the PS4, which simply baffles me.

Edit: aaaaand then there's this sort of thing:

there might be such requirement for PlayStation Plus,
but what we have now is the IndieStation Plus service so....

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

I assumed this is why we not had knack lol

 

[Ricky_R]

News to me.

That there were people who believed this, that is.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

I've heard this before, but Natural Doctrine on the jpn ps+ confirmed this to be not the case (anymore).

 

[ReBurn]

Is this how rumors begin?

 

[JP]

So did anybody here think the games had to be rated 70+? Maybe new threads should have to be rated 70+ from now on?