Sony doesn’t want Call of Duty, or any Activision franchise for that matter, on Game Pass because Sony claims they cannot compete with the service. The big issue here is Sony’s proclivity to include their now-first-party studio’s titles in their service when they’ve leveled complaints against Xbox’s pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard for much the same, or at least similar, reasons. This creates the opportunity for Destiny 2 players that have missed out on grabbing Beyond Light the chance to get it free, and maybe convince a whole slew of new players to jump into it before the newest expansion. The latter is most similar to Game Pass, though it does lack some of Game Pass’ benefits, like first-party releases available on day one.īeyond Light is coming to the former, the limited, miss-it-and-it’s-gone, PS Plus free titles more akin to Xbox’s Games with Gold. PS Plus’ catalog is broken down into monthly free games (and occasionally, DLC), as well as the included catalog of titles that are available for users at the discretion of Sony and the tier the subscriber is paying for. I think EldenDarkwraith raises some solid points, but I think it’s important to note here that Beyond Light is coming to the free games with PS Plus for the month of February, not that it’s going to their PS Plus multi-tiered catalog of games in the same way that it was available on Game Pass. With the leak that Destiny 2 Beyond Light is coming to PlayStation Plus subscribers as part of the free game and DLC lineup, one user on our own forums, EldenDarkwraith, raised their concerns about what it means for Sony’s deal, in which Bungie said they maintain autonomy with Destiny as an IP, including it’s platform availability and publishing.

The primary focus for fans of Bungie and their juggernaut Destiny was whether it would become console exclusive on PlayStation, though Bungie was quick to squash those concerns sharing this graphic in their Destiny blogpost following the news of the acquisition: Though the reason for it became clear in the following weeks,I found this fascinating at the time as it seemed far too short lived. While Destiny 2 and it’s then-available expansions had come to both console and PC Game Pass, as well as Xbox Cloud Gaming in October of 2021, they were quick to leave the service in December of the same year.

This should come as no surprise for Bungie fans following last year’s announcement of Sony’s acquisition of the former Halo developer. *Other titles may replace Mafia DE or be added in some regions /y8F9tgYxon- billbil-kun January 29, 2023 February 2023 PS Plus Monthly Games (+DLC)

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