Driveclub’s Playstation Plus Version Is Still M.I.A.

<p>It was two years ago that a Playstation Plus version of <em>Driveclub<&sol;em> was promised to fans with the game&&num;8217&semi;s intended November 2013 release alongside the Playstation 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fast forward a year and that same version was still nowhere to be seen amidst <em>Driveclub<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s glitch-ridden October release last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week&comma; Sony&&num;8217&semi;s doubling back on its guarantee of a PS Plus <em>Driveclub<&sol;em> anytime soon in light of the core game&&num;8217&semi;s post-launch struggles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking with Metro UK&comma; Playstation Europe President Jim Ryan couldn&&num;8217&semi;t make any more promises on more word of the game&comma; reportedly saying that the matter was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;still being looked at&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Until then&comma; <em>Driveclub<&sol;em> owners already behind the wheel can enjoy the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;get-5-free-japanese-tracks-driveclub&sol;">variety of DLC<&sol;a> released in recent months following its release&comma; including the game&&num;8217&semi;s five Japanese race tracks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"Fall&percnt;202014 had a surprising number of games release with significant problems&period; The problem touched third-parties&comma; as well as Sony and Microsoft directly&period; One such title was Sony’s Driveclub&period; The title was originally slated for release alongside the PlayStation 4 in November 2013&period; It was delayed for nearly a year&comma; and finally arrived to market on October 7&period; Despite the delay&comma; Sony still assured that the promised PlayStation Plus version was en route&period; That plan was pushed out once massive problems with Driveclub’s performance were revealed&period; Now&comma; PlayStation Europe president Jim Ryan is pulling back even further&period; In an interview with Metro&comma; Ryan declines to commit that the free version is still coming&period; When asked if the PlayStation Plus version is coming&comma; Ryan says that it’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;still being looked at&period;” When pressed for a restatement of the guaranteed release&comma; Ryan hedges&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can’t say anything at this stage&comma;” he says&period; We’ve reached out to Sony Computer Entertainment America in hopes of getting a more comprehensive statement&period; President of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida commented directly on Driveclub’s problems and may have more to offer on the situation&period;">Metro<&sol;a> UK<&sol;p>&NewLine;