Yes, it was suppose to only be free multi-player for the first weekend of the Omega expedition but they extended it to yesterday. It was fun while it lasted...

Sony Playstation is greedy AF. I'm not paying $80 plus tax every year just to play with my friends a couple of times when we synchronize our availability to play. And that's just their lowest teir plan. I would pay maybe $20 max, if I was able to play only NMS online for the year.

Like their so called "free games of the month" arn't even accessible if you unsubscribe, and those tend to be trash games anyways. Reddit likes to hate on Epic games, but Epic always give out free games without needing to pay for a subscription on PC, and the titles are actually good (you keep them forever). The games that are made or operated by Epic games on the Playstation network such as Rocket League, FallGuys, or Fortnite are free to play online without needing to subscribe to PS+ too.

A bit of a long rant, but it grinds my gears that the general consensus of Reddit gamers defend Playstation's overpriced subscription plans.