{"id":15015,"date":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","slug":"take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"#Take a Trip to the Dark Ages in PS Plus Premium Trial of New DOOM on PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" 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id=\"Take_a_Trip_to_the_Dark_Ages_in_PS_Plus_Premium_Trial_of_New_DOOM_on_PS5\"><\/span>Take a Trip to the Dark Ages in PS Plus Premium Trial of New DOOM on PS5<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Take a Trip to the Dark Ages in PS Plus Premium Demo of New DOOM on PS5 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/fc3f9a2bb26e5\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-demo-of-new-doom-on-ps5-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/fc3f9a2bb26e5\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-demo-of-new-doom-on-ps5-1.450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/fc3f9a2bb26e5\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-demo-of-new-doom-on-ps5-1.900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/fc3f9a2bb26e5\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-demo-of-new-doom-on-ps5-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Take a Trip to the Dark Ages in PS Plus Premium Demo of New DOOM on PS5 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Push Square<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DOOM: The Dark Ages, despite being an enjoyable game, seemed to come and go when it released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t pick it up at launch and you\u2019re still curious about it, then perhaps a <strong>PS Plus Premium<\/strong> demo will be of interest to you.<\/p>\n<p>Available now for members of Sony\u2019s top-of-the-line subscription tier, the demo will let you play for one hour, which should be enough to help you get a feel for the first-person shooter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"s_Xe7Y9LyBQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_Xe7Y9LyBQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DOOM: The Dark Ages PS5 Review - Is It Any Good?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_Xe7Y9LyBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption>\n<p class=\"youtube-watch\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch This Video on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s_Xe7Y9LyBQ\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch on <strong><span class=\"icon icon-youtube-play\"><\/span> YouTube<\/strong> <span class=\"icon icon-link-external\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\">Push Square<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\"><span class=\"subs-label\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"subs\">160k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As always, all of your progress and Trophies will carry across to the full release if you decide to continue playing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PS Plus Premium is actually quite a good tier if you fancy trying out titles before you buy them, because there are hundreds of demos available. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was recently confirmed to be getting a Game Trial as well, and that one will give you access to the first five hours of gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Do you use PS Plus Premium to try out any titles that may be on your radar? Has the feature convinced you to pick up any titles after you got hooked on their trials? Let us know below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related-articles:186452,186591 @ 1755463136 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"object-related-list\">\n<article class=\"object-related-article\">\n<p class=\"object-related-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/00bcb9c658c73\/150x90.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Death Stranding 2 Delivers Five Hour PS Plus Trial Next Week\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"object-related-info\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_Death_Stranding_2_Delivers_Five_Hour_PS_Plus_Trial_Next_Week\"><\/span><span class=\"category accent\">News<\/span> <span class=\"title\">Death Stranding 2 Delivers Five Hour PS Plus Trial Next Week<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tagline\">Premium package<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"object-related-article\">\n<p class=\"object-related-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d91faede2eb39\/150x90.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"These 11+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (18th-24th August)\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"object-related-info\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Guide_These_11_PS5_PS4_and_PS_Plus_Games_Are_Coming_Out_Next_Week_18th-24th_August\"><\/span><span class=\"category accent\">Guide<\/span> <span class=\"title\">These 11+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (18th-24th August)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tagline\">Sword of the Sea! Discounty! More!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/product\/UP1003-PPSA20560_00-DTITAN0000000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/product\/UP1003-PPSA20560_00-DTITAN0000000000\/\">store.playstation.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related-info\/4d4f6bb23759da13f7404363a76e864c @ 1755462288 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first last\"><strong>DOOM: The Dark Ages<\/strong> (PS5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><strong>DOOM: The Dark Ages Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><strong>DOOM: The Dark Ages<\/strong> Review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"footer\">\n<ul class=\"share-this \">\n<li class=\" first\">Share:<\/li>\n<li class=\"value\"><span class=\"accent-bg share-count\">0<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-caret-right accent\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page whatsapp accent\" title=\"Share this on WhatsApp\" data-service=\"whatsapp\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-whatsapp\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page bsky accent\" title=\"Share this on Bluesky\" data-service=\"bsky\" data-username=\"pushsquare.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page facebook accent\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\" data-service=\"facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page twitter accent\" title=\"Share this on Twitter\" data-service=\"twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page threads accent\" title=\"Share this on Threads\" data-service=\"threads\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-threads\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page messenger accent for-mobile\" title=\"Share this on Facebook Messenger\" data-service=\"fbmessenger\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-messenger\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-share-page reddit accent for-desktop\" title=\"Share this on Reddit\" data-service=\"reddit\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-reddit\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"article-stats\" data-article-id=\"186607\" data-comments=\"27\" data-shares=\"0\" data-likes=\"0\">\n<li class=\" first\">0<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ui-comments accent icon icon-comments\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comments\">27<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert soft-bg below-article for-mobile insert-extended lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_Y68A23F648ECC7\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250,300x600\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-below\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"insert centered article-billboard for-desktop for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_V68A23F648ECDE\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-billboard\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-content\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<section class=\"block author\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>About <span class=\"accent\">Sammy Barker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/photo\/0\/avatar.jpg?v=1709294233\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sammy Barker\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"icon icon-profile\"><\/span> Author Profile<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/get2sammyb.bsky.social\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return replyTo('get2sammyb');\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert with-label centered block lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_U68A23F648EE93\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-foot-after-author\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-list\">\n<section id=\"comments\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Comments <span class=\"counter comment-count\">27<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"comments hidden-comments\" data-subject=\"dgp:news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5\">\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781318\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781318\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781318\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781318\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T12:33:23+00:00\">1:33pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Demos should be available to everybody regardless of the tier you are on. This is just bad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781323\" data-author=\"users\/356237\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781323\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781323\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ElectricWizard\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781323\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ElectricWizard<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T12:44:44+00:00\">1:44pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Northern_munkey<br \/>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Surely the main point of playable demos is to encourage sales. You&#8217;d think therefore that the more accessible to players the demos are, the more potential sales there would be.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781330\" data-author=\"users\/276317\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781330\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781330\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276317\/avatar.jpg?v=1639051683\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nomither6\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781330\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nomither6<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T12:58:15+00:00\">1:58pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>waiting for it to go on sale for around $20-30 . i heard it\u2019s more like doom 2016 instead of eternal which is a good thing so i can\u2019t wait til it gets cheaper<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781336\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781336\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781336\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1754228315\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781336\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:02:29+00:00\">2:02pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@nomither6 I haven&#8217;t played doom eternal but in my opinion it is like doom 2016 but so much faster!!<br \/>My favorite game of the year so far great fun to play!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781347\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781347\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781347\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781347\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:09:05+00:00\">2:09pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@ElectricWizard indeed but hey what do we know..?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781348\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781348\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781348\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781348\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:10:00+00:00\">2:10pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@nomither6 yeah I&#8217;ll wait for a deep sale or until it turns up on extra.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781350\" data-author=\"users\/291049\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781350\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8781350\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/291049\/avatar.jpg?v=1630970363\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SystemAddict\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781350\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SystemAddict<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:10:49+00:00\">2:10pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I don\u2019t subscribe. I\u2019m not buying the game, as I\u2019ve read bad things<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781360\" data-author=\"users\/342341\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781360\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781360\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342341\/avatar.jpg?v=1717640216\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balaam_\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781360\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Balaam_<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:19:13+00:00\">2:19pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I haven\u2019t been able to verify whether or not playing one of these game trials adds trophies to one\u2019s list or not. There doesn\u2019t seem to be any official documentation (if there is, I can\u2019t find it) and looking at it from the outside it appears it could go either way. It <strong>is<\/strong> the full game you\u2019re trying, and that save data will carry over should you choose to buy it, so I\u2019m leaning toward it potentially unlocking trophies as you play the trial\u2014in which case, that\u2019s a No Go. A true demo would be much more preferable in that if one ends up hating the game, no trophies would be unlocked.<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone verify if these game trials unlock trophies? I don\u2019t think Sony allows users to play the trial on anything except the specific account with PS Premium, so the method of \u2018pre-testing\u2019 by playing on an alt account likely won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781376\" data-author=\"users\/147437\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781376\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781376\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/147437\/avatar.jpg?v=1455400562\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"KoopaTheGamer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781376\">9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KoopaTheGamer<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T13:42:50+00:00\">2:42pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Balaam_ Why would it be an issue if trophies are unlocked, even if you dislike the game?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781391\" data-author=\"users\/340436\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781391\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781391\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/340436\/avatar.jpg?v=1730306504\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BecauseBecause\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781391\">10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BecauseBecause<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T14:01:32+00:00\">3:01pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Balaam_ Game trials do unlock trophies. I got a few yesterday for the 30 minute trial of &#8220;I, AI&#8221; which I turned off after 10 minutes as I didn&#8217;t like several design choices, and got one also for a trial of &#8220;House Flipper 2&#8221;, which went off after about 5 minutes..<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781394\" data-author=\"users\/340436\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781394\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781394\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/340436\/avatar.jpg?v=1730306504\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BecauseBecause\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781394\">11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BecauseBecause<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T14:05:49+00:00\">3:05pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Northern_munkey Trials are more cost effective for a studio as they don&#8217;t need to do anything particularly special like when creating a demo, so it&#8217;s funny that you have to pay for trials.<\/p>\n<p>I think it would be fairer and still within Sony&#8217;s wanting to make Plus Premium worth paying for to do different hours for the bigger game trials. So Death Stranding 2 could be 2 hours for everyone and 5 hours with Plus. If someone gets plus premium during the trial time, those extra 3 hours are topped up on top. Probably a logistical nightmare but I was trying to think of something that would be more consumer friendly that Sony might entertain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781400\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781400\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781400\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781400\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T14:27:45+00:00\">3:27pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@BecauseBecause just give everybody trials.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781406\" data-author=\"users\/344484\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781406\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781406\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/344484\/avatar.jpg?v=1751898029\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jrs1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781406\">13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jrs1<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T14:36:11+00:00\">3:36pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Brilliant game, my favourite out of the modern trilogy and has a horde mode too now \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781415\" data-author=\"users\/357453\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781415\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781415\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/357453\/avatar.jpg?v=1754155879\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Elfuggingjefe\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781415\">14<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elfuggingjefe<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T14:53:24+00:00\">3:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@ElectricWizard Certainly. It worked for me in the case of Hell is Us. I&#8217;ve had zero interest all through development, but tried the demo because why not. I&#8217;m not intending to pre-order, but the game very much has my attention now!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781427\" data-author=\"users\/340436\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781427\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781427\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/340436\/avatar.jpg?v=1730306504\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BecauseBecause\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781427\">15<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BecauseBecause<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T15:11:38+00:00\">4:11pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Northern_munkey I don&#8217;t disagree with your statement, but Sony ain&#8217;t doing ***** so my approach is a suggestion to at least meet us consumers halfway. Not as though they&#8217;ll be reading any of this..<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781439\" data-author=\"users\/337074\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781439\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781439\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"B0udoir\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781439\">16<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B0udoir<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T15:27:47+00:00\">4:27pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>When you remember that Doom popularized the shareware model\u2026. The principle of a demo is that it works only if everybody can access it. Otherwise it\u2019s just non sense.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781444\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781444\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781444\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781444\">17<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T15:31:25+00:00\">4:31pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@B0udoir \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781461\" data-author=\"users\/252968\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781461\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781461\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/252968\/avatar.jpg?v=1581768753\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Weebleman\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781461\">18<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weebleman<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T16:13:31+00:00\">5:13pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Surely letting more people access the trial would lead to more sales. I dont see the point of locking them behind a tier.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781470\" data-author=\"users\/318256\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781470\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8781470\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/318256\/avatar.jpg?v=1667924016\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MasterChiefWiggum\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781470\">19<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MasterChiefWiggum<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T16:22:09+00:00\">5:22pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Northern_munkey Came to say this. Gross that they\u2019re pay walling bloody demos, but that\u2019s Sony: consumer unfriendly, greedy, and arrogant.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781479\" data-author=\"users\/195522\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781479\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781479\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Westernwolf4\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781479\">20<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Westernwolf4<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T16:34:28+00:00\">5:34pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I played this on GP, and had a lot of fun. I have never ignored a story more, even in Doom games. I usually am a story focused gamer, but that has never felt more superfluous than in this game<\/p>\n<p>Still: the game play is a good time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781485\" data-author=\"users\/319671\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781485\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781485\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/319671\/avatar.jpg?v=1669970157\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DrVenture69\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781485\">21<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DrVenture69<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T16:45:13+00:00\">5:45pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Im on the fence at the moment, but a demo would have made my mind up and i might have bought it at full price. I dont have PSN so i guess ill wait for a sale. As everybody&#8217;s already said, paywalling demos = dumb<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781489\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781489\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781489\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781489\">22<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T16:54:16+00:00\">5:54pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I wonder what @Kundalinirising333 makes of this \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781510\" data-author=\"users\/339587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781510\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781510\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rich33\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781510\">23<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rich33<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T17:24:15+00:00\">6:24pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>As others have said demos \/ trials should be open to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>It makes no financial sense whatsoever to lock them behind Premium &#8211; I very much doubt many Premium subscribers base their decision to pick the Premium tier because it includes trials.<br \/>\nOn the other hand, trials \/ demos are a very well known way to entice people to buy games, or buy them at a higher price (ie play Trial and buy, rather than wait for deep sale as unsure about the game), and as Sony take a cut of all sales, this just seems like silly business.<\/p>\n<p>I have purchased at least 2 games this year alone based on free for all demos \/ trials &#8211; its very unlikely I would have bought 1 of them at all, and the other would have had to have been less than half the price for me to take the risk.<\/p>\n<p>Doom TDA is either awaiting a (free for all) Trial \/ Demo or a very deep sale, before I buy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781517\" data-author=\"users\/339587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781517\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781517\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rich33\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781517\">24<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rich33<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T17:42:50+00:00\">6:42pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Balaam_ <br \/>I dont pay much attention to trophies, and no attention whatsoever to the trophies of others &#8211; in fact I have never known anyone personally who does care (again, particularly about the trophies of others).<\/p>\n<p>But, wouldn&#8217;t it be a good thing if Trials do allow (which I think was confirmed above) Trophies &#8211; then your Trophy count may go up a bit playing the Trial. A lot of games unlock a fair number in the first few hours.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t buy the game, your overall trophy count will be higher, and it&#8217;s no loss at all &#8211; a win\/win situation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8781529\" data-author=\"users\/264238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781529\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781529\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/264238\/avatar.jpg?v=1593080413\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"themightyant\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781529\">25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>themightyant<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T18:02:34+00:00\">7:02pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Rich33 some people don\u2019t like games they don\u2019t platinum on their profile and 3\/50 unlocked trophies irks them<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781544\" data-author=\"users\/339587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781544\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8781544\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rich33\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781544\">26<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rich33<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T18:23:45+00:00\">7:23pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@themightyant<br \/>\nFair enough l, I have never come across that &#8211; Maybe a type of OCD (I have OCD but nothing in regards Trophies), but Im certainly not disputing what you say. It makes sense as no one else would care that much about the trophies of others, but an incomplete set of your own could, I suppose, trigger an OCD like response.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8781601\" data-author=\"users\/152184\" data-subject=\"comments\/8781601\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8781601\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/152184\/avatar.jpg?v=1712431155\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Northern_munkey\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comment8781601\">27<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Northern_munkey<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-17T20:27:45+00:00\">17m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Rich33 but he only collects platinums bud..if its a game he&#8217;s not interested in then a demo that unlocks a couple of trinkets is a smear on his record \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/take-a-trip-to-the-dark-ages-in-ps-plus-premium-trial-of-new-doom-on-ps5#comments\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"reply\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-group optional\">\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_Q68A23F6490987\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-comments\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related\/articles\/bethesda,doom,ps5 @ 1755458001 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles-2\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/917dd5fbf032f\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"12 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for August 2025 Announced\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">12 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for August 2025 Announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">RE2! 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