Genshin Impact on PS4 to End Service in April 2026 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 August 2025 / 7,319 Views
Developer miHoYo announced the PlayStation 4 version of Genshin Impact will be removed from the PlayStation Store on September 10 and service will end on April 8, 2026.
The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, iOS, and Android versions will continue to be supported.
"Thank you for your continued support and love for Genshin Impact on PS4!" said the developer. "Due to limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size, we will be discontinuing support and updates for Genshin Impact on PS4 in future versions.
"Genshin Impact on PS5 will continue to operate normally and is not affected by the removal and update discontinuation on PS4. Traveler will still be able to enjoy the latest content updates on PS5 and other supported platforms.
"The removal and discontinuation plan for Genshin Impact on PS4 will be carried out in three phases: Game Removal, In-Game Purchases Delisting, and End of Update Support."
Here is the schedule of the three phases:
- September 10, 2025 – Genshin Impact on PS4 will be removed from the PlayStation Store.
- February 25, 2026 – All in-game purchases for Genshin Impact on PS4 will be removed from both the PlayStation Store and the in-game shop.
- April 8, 2026 – All update support for Genshin Impact on PS4 will come to an end. Any items purchased from the PlayStation Store but not yet claimed in-game can only be claimed by logging into Genshin Impact on PS5 after this date.
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Ok so a game that can run on Android will cease to support PS4 because... check notes application size and hardware performance
Sounds legit
I'm assuming Android is far more profitable for them so it makes sense to continue supporting that whist not supporting PS4. It's ok PS4 uses are still getting Pac-Man world 2 re-pac.
There are approximately 3.9 billion android users. I am sure there are many, many millions more players on that platform.
Well, they are raising the system requirements on Android, iOS, and PC alongside 6.0, so it's possible I suppose (the new minimum GPU on PC is 2 tflops to PS4's 1.8 tflops), but I'm still skeptical that hardware issues is the real reason they are dropping PS4. More likely that PS4 player numbers have dropped to the point where it is too much work to keep it patched for the amount of revenue it brings in.
Glorious internet required live service crap that can run on a cheap phone but not a ps4 hahahahahahahha
I don't think it has to do with hardware. It has to do with PS4 players not spending much on the game anymore.
Pathetic, I play on PS5 since a long time ago, but it's still pathetic.
The game was already running like shit since the 2.0 update (6.0 will be the one to drop the PS4 version), they just didn't want to bother making it better.
Honkai Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero don't have PS4 version, so Mihoyo was probably wanting to drop the PS4 for years now, it smells like a 5 years deal was made with Sony to me and now it's over.
