The very idea of a classic game catalog consisting of PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3 titles sold fans on the idea of PS Plus Premium well before it was fully announced, but as the reality settles in, it's clearly a little different. PS Plus Extra and Premium are excellent additions to Sony's service, but it doesn't (and perhaps cannot) treat all platforms equally. The PS3, for example, is notoriously hard to work with on the dev side, although it's not the one getting the short end of the stick here with PS Plus. It's the PSP.

Sony recently announced five new PS Plus Premium games coming this month, those being Ratchet and Clank PS3 titles in honor of its anniversary. In addition to Ratchet and Clank 2016 being on PS Plus Collection and the five games already on the service, only a handful are not accessible via PS Plus in some way once these are added. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart makes sense because it's still effectively new, and the mobile games obviously won't appear on a PlayStation console. The two games currently not on PS Plus Premium, oddly, are the Ratchet and Clank PSP titles: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.

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Why PS Plus Premium Doesn't Add as Many PSP Games as Other Platforms

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Both of these games are essential parts of the Ratchet and Clank series and have solid review scores. It's not like they're the black sheep of the franchise because they're bad games; they're black sheep because they are PSP games. It's been clear since day one that Sony has not been as invested in bringing PSP games to the service, adding far fewer of these titles than others. One could argue that it's because the PSP has a smaller library than the other systems and therefore additions of them would naturally come at a slower rate. This may be, but the inverse is that if it's just as simple as other platforms, they would actually come quicker.

What's likely happening here is necessarily Sony's "fault." The PS3 may be the most difficult console to work with dev side, but it's still a traditional console. The PSP is a handheld, and translating its games and controls is more of a full-on port than making a game backward compatible. The amount of work likely going into bringing PSP games to the PS Plus service should be applauded, if somehow this also means Sony prioritizes other platforms. It's the "tackle the main boss before adds" method.

There are likely other factors here, but it stands to reason that, as long as PS Plus Premium is around, the PSP will be the black sheep. The fact that it's included at all, at least, shows Sony's dedication to the PS Plus subscription service.

PS Plus subscribers get a handful of games every month.

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