In June, Sony will be making massive changes to its popular PlayStation Plus subscription service, combining it with PlayStation Now to create three new subscription tiers. The most expensive tier is called PS Plus Premium, and its main selling point is that it gives players access to classic games pulled from the PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3 libraries. Sony has started revealing specific games that will be a part of the lineup, including some of the PS1 and PSP titles that fans have to look forward to when the new PlayStation Plus tiers launch next month.
The full list of classic PS1 and PSP games coming to PS Plus Premium has yet to be revealed at the time of this writing, but Sony has given fans a sneak peek of what to expect. When PS Plus Premium launches, subscribers can check out classic PlayStation games like Ape Escape, Hot Shots Golf, I.Q. Intelligent Cube, Jumping Flash, Mr. Driller, Syphon Filter, Tekken 2, Worms Armageddon, and Worms World Party. On the PSP side of things, the only game confirmed so far is Super Stardust Portable.
More classic PS1 and PSP games will be revealed for PS Plus Premium at a later date, and it will definitely be interesting to see what's on offer. In the meantime, Sony has confirmed other features that retro gaming fans can utilize when PS Plus Premium launches next month.
PS Plus Premium PS1 and PSP Games List
- Ape Escape
- Hot Shots Golf
- I.Q. Intelligent Cube
- Jumping Flash
- Mr. Driller
- Syphon Filter
- Tekken 2
- Worms Armageddon
- Worms World Party
According to Sony, some of the classic PS1 and PSP games will run better on PS Plus Premium than they did on the original PlayStation and PlayStation Portable consoles. What this means is that fans can look forward to better frame rates and higher resolution retro games. Not only that, some of the PS1 and PSP games will also have a brand-new UI that gives players extra tools to make the retro gaming experience a little easier.
Simply put, there are some mechanics in retro games that have not aged well, like obnoxiously-spaced checkpoints and cheap deaths. Select PS1 and PSP games will give PS Plus Premium subscribers the option to save their games whenever they want, and beyond that, they will also be able to rewind the games as well. It's unclear which games will offer these features and which won't, and it's also unclear why there's a discrepancy at all, but more information should come to light either closer to launch or when the service goes live in June.
PS Plus Premium and the other new PS Plus tiers will go live on June 13, so the wait is nearly over.
