Sony would love to deliver games digitally via a subscription service rather than sell them individually, says its worldwide studios boss.

Speaking with The Guardian, Shuhei Yoshida said that a vastly expanded version of the PlayStation Plus service delivered using the company’s Gaikai technology was in its plans for the future.

“As more and more services and contents become available digitally, we'll have more of an option to create attractive packages,” said Yoshida.

“So hypothetically we can look at different models, like a cable TV company.

“We could have gold, silver or platinum levels of membership, something like that,” he said.

“With one subscription you have access to thousands of games – that's our dream.”

With Sony shifting its platform more and more towards the digital side, every PlayStation 4 game would be available digitally as is the case on the PlayStation Vita, said Yoshida.

“Because of the flexibility of the digital distribution scheme, we can have more small games that might be free or available for a couple of dollars, or different services like free-to-play or subscription models,” he said.

Last month, Gameplanet's Chris Leggett made a case for digital subscriptions being the future of game purchasing and distribution in a feature on this very site.