With a little nod to the current form of the PlayStation Plusthe Ubisoft+ subscription service is split into two new plans.
Since its deployment in 2019, the Ubisoft service only had one plan, before being available in a version exclusively for PC at €14.99 per month, and aptly named Multi-Access at €17.99. With the arrival of the very good Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown this month, the French giant decided to change it, with two formulas with significantly more distinct pricing.
More classic formulation for Ubisoft+
The Ubisoft+ Multi-Access formula survives the version exclusively dedicated to PC. However, this changes its name to Ubisoft+ Premium, but keeps its monthly price of €17.99.
This formula will work exactly as before, offering access from the first day of their release to Ubisoft’s latest productions, and generally all the games available in the catalog in their premium version. In this case, we are targeting one of the biggest games of the month: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, available on Ubisoft+ since yesterday, with an official release scheduled for January 18. This Premium version will be available on PC, Xbox and Amazon Luna.
The real evolution comes from the formula called Ubisoft+ Classics, until now available on PlayStation Plus in the latter’s Extra and Premium formulas. It thus becomes its own formula, for the moment only on PC, and priced at €7.99 per month. It provides access to a given selection of the most popular titles from the French giant’s catalog. The Ubisoft post dedicated to the news, cited in the source below, mentions at the top of the list Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Siege or Watch Dogs: Legion.
A change in the spirit of the times?
Philippe Tremblay, director of subscriptions at Ubisoft, answered some questions regarding the motivations behind this change. According to him, and he must not be the only one to think this, players are still very attached to the idea of physically owning their games.
However, subscription services like Game Pass or here Ubisoft+ continue to attract more and more new subscribers. Offering packages at different prices is one way to push this trend further. Philippe Tremblay also focused on access to Activision Blizzard King games via the cloud, something which was transferred to Ubisoft as part of the acquisition by Microsoft.
“ We know the players are excited about this idea, and so am I. We’re currently working on this to make sure we provide the best possible experience for subscribers, and we’ll tell you more soon “, did he declare. We can bet that the Ubisoft+ offer (probably Premium) will gain significant interest by integrating access to Activision Blizzard games via the cloud. But this will require a little patience.
Source : Ubisoft
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