Sony will require some developers to offer limited game trials to PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers, it has been claimed.
According to Game Developer sources, new games that cost more than $34 (€33 in Europe, ￥4000 in Japan) will be required to have a time-limited trial that must last at least two hours.
The site says the new policy won’t be retroactive and will not apply to PlayStation VR titles.
Developers will be allowed three months following the release of their game to release the timed trial. These trials must be available to players for at least 12 months.
It’s also claimed that Sony will consider releasing traditional game demos for titles as opposed to the two-hour trial, but that this will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Sony has offered time-limited trials and free weekends for its games in the past, but these are typically used as a marketing tool to regain…
