Users will still require the actual games to play online of course, as the PlayStation Plus monthly free games won't be available despite the weekend offer. The free period will last from 12:01 AM on February 12 to 11:59 PM on February 14, seemingly in local time as PlayStation didn't specify any time zones. Play together this Valentine’s Day weekend 💙 Online multiplayer modes for PS4 and PS5 games are available without a PlayStation Plus subscription during Online Multiplayer Weekend from Feb 12 – Feb 14 11:59PM local time: /f5hinA6BSn- PlayStation Europe February 10, 2022 In its official announcement PlayStation said: 'Who will you team up with this weekend? Share the multiplayer love this Valentine's Day.' Sad to say this all changed when PS Plus was reintroduced on the PS4 as it became a required subscription in order to play online on PlayStation.A PlayStation Plus paid subscription is usually required to play multiplayer games online but from February 12 to 14 users can enjoy the service free of charge, Sony announced on its website. In fact, PS Plus already existed during that era, however, it was only to benefit subscribers with free games monthly and discounts in the PS Store.

Unlike their rival Microsoft who required Xbox Live membership to play online on the Xbox 360, the PS3 didn’t need any membership whatsoever. Back when the PS3 was still the current gen of consoles, online multiplayer had always been free.

While this may come as good news to some, it’s not really the best thing to ever happen on PlayStation. Maybe that’s the reason why Sony decided to make only the online multiplayer free instead and let everyone enjoy online multiplayer with the games they already own for once. However, it didn’t make much sense considering you can’t access games you downloaded from the subscription. Sony has done something similar in the past wherein PS Plus subscriptions were free for a weekend as well.

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