They really want you to explore without friends since chances are slim, you’ll actually find someone in the whole entire universe.
Players won’t need a PS Plus membership to go online in No Man’s Sky. Hello Gamers are sure of their product, in other words of their universe that you won’t find anyone within the game. Even though the game is played online, Steam and Playstation Store listed the game as a Single player experience. So why online, you might wonder? The online aspect holds hands with the discovery part.

We quote a representative of Sony:
“PS Plus won’t be a requirement to play online, however you will need to connected to the internet for your discoveries to register with the universal atlas,”
The game launches on the 9th of August for PC and PS4.
