As a subscription service, PS Plus is always changing. Once upon a time, it offered two games before changing it up and have a solid mixture for quality and quantity of games before recently settling down to three games/month. PS Plus leaks dominated the discussion around each release for months, until they mysteriously ended earlier this year. And, for just a couple of months, PS Plus’ free games were even somewhat predictable because, with new releases on the service, Sony telegraphed day, date, and pre-order details (or the lack thereof) ahead of time.
It's fun to watch, admittedly, as PS Plus moves from pattern to pattern and tactic to tactic. However, fans think PS Plus has one more trick of its sleeve for March 2022, and that expectation could be a good or bad thing.
Why PS Plus Free Games for March 2022 Already Have So Much Hype
The PS Plus free games for March 2022 have not officially been revealed, nor have they been reliably leaked. They haven’t really been unreliably leaked either. Fans can expect their proper reveal on February 23, but until then, fans have no idea what they’ll be. That hasn’t prevented hype for two major reasons.
PS Plus subscribers recently pointed out that March is typically one of PS Plus’ best months. Last year, fans got Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Remnant: From The Ashes, Farpoint, and more. The year before that, the service headlined Shadows of the Colossus alongside Sonic Forces. Back in 2019, fans got Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered as its big release (and was joined by The Witness). The year 2018 also had a majority-appealing game, but the years before that were not reliably remarkable.
Because of this, some feel like March 2022 has to be as big. At the same time, there’s a second factor: the PS Plus Free Games for February 2022 have not been very popular. There have been plenty of times in the past where Sony has done a big month to “make up for” a bad month, and when combining these two schools of thought, that leads to a conclusion: PS Plus Free Games for March 2022 will be a bombshell.
It's also worth mentioning that fans know GTA Online will be a PS Plus bonus game of sorts for March, and that's a point for a big month. But it's not a title releasing on the first Tuesday of March, and it's no promise one way or another as for the quality of the month. For all fans know, that's the biggest game of the month by far.
PS Plus Free Games for March 2022 + Managing Expectations
The thing is, working from that conclusion, there are two ways PS Plus could go next month. If it did make up for February and continued the March trend, then the games could also be huge and well-loved. It could be the biggest month of the past few months for PS Plus subscribers. Or, just as anything in the gaming industry can, PS Plus free games for March 2022 could be a flop. It could be another month just like February 2022, and if that’s the case, then it stands to reason PS Plus subscribers will be even angrier.
Yet, while there’s a clear pattern here, building hype around a pattern stretching four years isn’t the most reliable “PS Plus predictions” method. So, it remains possible that PS Plus free games for March 2022 can’t live up to expectations, no matter how good the games are. Next month could be the bombshell moment fans have been hoping for, but all of its hype could end up exploding in everyone’s face. Fans should always manage expectations, especially when PS Plus reveals and releases are like clockwork.
PS Plus subscribers get a handful of free games every month.