Sony is slicing PlayStation 4 video games from its PlayStation Plus Essentials month-to-month video games and the Games Catalog beginning in January 2026, as a substitute focusing solely on PlayStation 5.
The PlayStation Blog publish which revealed February 2025’s month-to-month titles additionally included an replace on the month-to-month video games subscribers can acquire at no additional price every month and the Game Pass-style subscription service.
“As we shift to PS5, PS4 video games will not be a key profit and can solely be often provided for PlayStation Plus Monthly Games and Game Catalog,” Sony stated. This will not have an effect on the month-to-month titles gamers have already obtained, although Games Catalog titles “will nonetheless be obtainable to play till [they] depart the catalog” as a part of the month-to-month refresh.
“We’ll proceed to evolve the expertise of PlayStation Plus and optimize the advantages you obtain, together with unique reductions, on-line multiplayer entry, on-line recreation save storage, and extra,” Sony added. “As we shift our focus to PS5, we sit up for including new PS5 titles month-to-month so that you can take pleasure in.”
The PS4 arrived in 2013 and was adopted up by the PS5 in 2020, that means it has been over a decade for the reason that former got here out and now greater than 4 years for the reason that latter. Sony stated “a lot of our gamers are presently taking part in on PS5 and have shifted towards redeeming and accessing PS5 titles.”
It’s unclear if Sony will change the PS Plus Games Catalog choices to place PS4 video games within the Classics Catalog, which for the time being contains ports and remasters of PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 video games. It will probably announce these nearer to the time.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
