PlayStation Plus Collection to be Removed on May 9 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2023 / 2,672 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it will be removing the PlayStation Plus Collection on May 9. It has been available to PlayStation Plus subscribers on the PlayStation 5 since the console launched.
Those who redeem the titles by May 9 will still have access to the game after the date as long as they remain a PlayStation Plus subscriber.
"We also wanted to provide an update on the PlayStation Plus Collection that has been offered as a benefit to PlayStation Plus members on PS5 since 2020," announced Sony.
"On May 9 the PlayStation Plus Collection will no longer be offered. If you haven’t redeemed the titles in this collection yet, you can still do so until May 9, which will enable you to access those titles even after this date for as long as you remain a PlayStation Plus member."
The PlayStation Plus Collection includes 20 PlayStation 4 games - God of War, Fallout 4, Uncharted 4, Ratchet and Clank, Days Gone, The Last Guardian, The Last of Us, Bloodborne, Monster Hunter World, and more.
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Most of the games were offered separately through PS Plus monthly over the years anyways as well as dirt cheap in flash sales and in some cases given away for free entirely like Ratchet. When this change happens it will have been 2 and a half years for the collection on PS5 which is a respectable amount of time to redeem these PS4 titles. It's also no longer 20 titles as Sega removed P5 last year so technically it's 19 titles.
But I have seem a lot of trolls complaining about "what about the new owners that enter after this offer expires?"
Going to redeem the few i didnt play xD
Woah. I guess I should redeem all of the games in the collection before they get removed then.
This will be disappointing news for folks that wont be able to buy a PS5 before then.
I don't think they needed to do it, but well they already helped accelerate the adoption and transition during the release window when there is less titles on the system so I can understand they moving on from it on the basic package.
It was a nice incentive for day one owners to have for free but nothing last forever...
Besides most of them is in ps plus extra so better to head over there if u don't reach may 9
Pretty bad for people who didnt get the console or couldnt get it yet. You get a price rise and now you dont get the collection. Also to the people saying about it being free games while not exactly since you only get to keep playing them games if you have a PS+ sub and that you have to pay for.
This is pretty ridiculous. I doubt offering the games as part of this collection has reduced revenue and profit much. But it doesn't surprise me that Sony only cared to give this collection to early and semi-early adopters.
Not trying to be antagonistic, but your comment feels entitled. They never had to do this in the first place. Plus, it will have been 2.5y since PS5 released by 5/9/23. That’s plenty of time for someone to have been able to purchase a PS5, esp with 6 months of abundant supply.
It was believed that Sony offered these 20 games in part bc of their disc-less PS5 and the inability to transfer disc-based games to it. Because of the new (rumored) PS5 model that will be disc-less BUT have the option of buying the add-on disc drive, I think Sony no longer feels the obligation to keep the PS Plus Collection.
I reckon they did have to do it and im glad they did - at launch there was pretty much zero reason from buying this console (I know I bought one) apart from Astro's playroom and a faster UI. Nearly everything else was a ps4 version which perhaps ran slightly better.
This is a great offer for anyone joining the platform - then or now. It's something Sony should be doing and building on too. Hell games like KZ4 and driveclub should have been offered for years before rather than being left on the scrap heap or buried in a larger collection. Both would still be thriving.
Based on the scenario at launch up until now, Sony probably could've gotten away without the Plus Collection, or a much poorer selection or fewer titles. Looking back it was really just a small bonus for early PS5 adopters.
Now PS can add to the Plus Game Catalogue, whichever Collection titles currently aren't on there. All the more reason to sign up for PS Plus for those who don't sub.
Those games can be added for the higher tiers for sure, but considering the scope of the basic subs this collection wasn't something that was promised forever or that needed rotation or increase.
Being entitled wasn't my intention and I'm well aware it was for an unspecified time. It just seems like the kind of collection you would offer for as little as 1 year or closer to 5 years. But I suppose they picked the 2.5-year mark because PS5s are probably going to be easier to find now and because PS Plus has been revamped.
