2026 is quickly approaching like a cruise missile over the horizon, and with it comes an vital reminder: PS4 video games will now not be included within the month-to-month PlayStation Plus Important freebies.
Okay, earlier than we go any additional, let me dispel any fears: PS4 video games aren’t being faraway from PlayStation or something insane like that. And there’ll nonetheless be PS4 titles within the recreation catalogue which is obtainable on the dearer PlayStation Plus Further tier.
However what is going on is that starting in January 2026, the “free” video games that PlayStation provides out each month to everybody who has PlayStation Plus Important will now not have PS4 titles – it’ll be PS5 video games solely. So when you have a PS4 and have been subscribed to the bottom tier purely for the month-to-month video games, it could be time to ditch it fully and even transfer as much as the subsequent tier.
In equity to PlayStation, this variation was truly introduced firstly of 2025, giving us a complete yr to get used to the thought.
‘As lots of our gamers are at the moment taking part in on PS5 and have shifted towards redeeming and accessing PS5 titles from the Month-to-month Video games and Sport Catalog profit, PlayStation Plus can be evolving with this development and can give attention to providing PS5 titles by way of the Month-to-month Video games and Sport Catalog profit beginning January 2026,” mentioned Sony on the time.
Thoughts you, regardless of what Sony says, there’s truly lots of people nonetheless on PS4. Again in Might of 2024, for instance, Sony’s personal numbers confirmed that their month-to-month lively consoles have been evenly cut up between PS4 and PS5. Since then, Sony has stopped giving precise numbers, sadly. Their newest chart from June of this yr exhibits 124m month-to-month customers, and it seems that the PS4 nonetheless makes up roughly a 3rd of them, in order that’s round 40m.
So, why the change? It’s truly onerous to say. With so many individuals on PS4, it’s clear that persons are much less inclined than ever to improve to the newest era. However that’s additionally precisely why Sony is doing this: an try to push folks onto PS5, though I extremely doubt this may actually drive anybody to the PS5 at this level.
