, as well as an extended free trial to Funimation for new subscribers to the anime streaming service.
SIE started Play at Home in April 2020, in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdowns, sheltering orders, and quarantines it brought to the United States and Europe. The company then offered
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
and
Journey to everyone as an incentive to stay home and maintain social distancing. SIE also set aside $10 million to help its independent development partners, struggling financially against the effects of the global pandemic.
“The past 12 months haven’t been easy,” SIE chief executive Jim Ryan said in a statement. “And I think we’re all hopeful that we may be starting to see some flickers of light at the end of this long COVID-19 tunnel thanks to the tireless work of the medical community and people around the world.”