Some PS Plus games already have an expiration date

PS Plus has only just launched, but already some of its games have expiry dates.

[Battlestar23]

Makes sense as I'm sure the contract to have them on psnow is still in effect even with the switch over to the new service.

[monkey602]

These games were part of Playstation Now and had these expiry dates on there.

[porkChop]

And? That's how subscription services work. Original/first party content stays. The rest of the content comes and goes.

[GamingSinceForever]

If you download them when available does it matter that they expire?

[Profchaos]

Yes unless they were acquired via the monthly game offering those titles remain tied to your account loke they always have.
if they are simply part of the current premium and extra offering which expires they will be removed.

Operates the same as xbox gamepass monthly games are yours as long as you keep an active sub while gamepass games are available in a Netflix style meaning they may be removed and made unplayable at any point.

[GamingSinceForever]

That’s messed up. You should be allowed to keep the games as long as you are subscribing.

[Mr Logic]

@GSF

Yeah! Just like Gamepass...wait...

[Knightofelemia]

If you purchase the game then no the expiry date does not apply but like anything there is an expiry date even on games that are on a subscription based service. Is Sony also offers the game for free the expiry date also doesn't apply only way you will lose that game is if you get your account banned.

[ILostMyMind]

Yup. You will not be allowed to play them.

[MadLad]

PS Now wasn't very popular.
I think this information is going to surprise a good amount of people, honestly.
It's not like they were shouting this fact from the rooftops when they were talking about merging the two services together.

[isarai]

Same as every other game sub service out there besides PS+/GWG

[Profchaos]

The service isn't to dissimilar to gamepass games come and go under a agreement with Sony. So this shouldn't surprise anyone

[Eidolon]

With their list of monthly games, they give an expiration date, Game Pass does not and AFAIK there is no way to tell when it's leaving until they announce a new set of games. However, sometimes games are sneakily removed from PS Now, but very rarely.

[mkis007]

More info is better than less. Gp should tell people the expiry date.

[InklingGirl]

Typical, I’ve seen this recently with PSP games I’ve purchased in the last year having an expiration date too. Not to mention some PSP games I own I have to rebuy on PS4/PS5 while my PS1 games are free to download except Resident Evil 1.

[MrBaskerville]

But there's only two psp games available, and none of them are expiring?

[InklingGirl]

I’m referring to the ones I bought and installed on my PSP are set to expire.

[VersusDMC]

I installed P3 Portable and Dissidia 2 on my Vita in May and just checked and they have no expiry date. Maverick Hunter X has an expiry date but that's because it was a PS plus game and the expiry date is the day the subscription ends.

What games are you talking about?

[northpaws]

Every media trying so hard to bring down PS Plus.

The wordings of the title is like "See? See how bad it is? Games are leaving already"

[Aloymetal]

Don't even worry about it, it's the same for all PS related, they've been trying hard to bring down the top dog for 20 yrs but clearly hasn't worked.
They haven't learned anything from history. It's a loop/cycle every gen.

[John_McClane]

Well the "top dog" is the PC so I don't see your point.

[DOMination-]

Every month there is an article that is always top of N4G about games leaving Game Pass and each month that article is full of people commenting about how terrible it is that games come and go. Funnily enough some of those people are in articles like this now defending it.

Anyway, on topic - it may be boring but as someone else said, this is just how these services work. Contracts are signed, they usually have a timeframe if its third party. Things will come, things will go. Quite often things will come back after a year away. It's a couple of quid more a month but if you don't like it, stick to essential and nothing is lost.

[Lexreborn2]

So if journalists were doing their job as they should and looking into these services thoroughly. They wouldn’t be surprised to see certain games expire. The big take away for me is how PSnow is typically transparent on duration as gamepass is typically a surprise a week before.

It would be nice if all of them gave us an idea but not even video services do that. On Netflix if something is leaving they tell you the month before even though they new they would only have the movie for X amount of time.

[BrainSyphoned]

https://www.eurogamer.net/x...

Hey look! It's journalists doing their job. Almost all Game Pass games are for 1 year so look up the next month of last year and see what you might want to binge. No need to have your hand held by Uncle Phil.

[Lexreborn2]

This is not common practice and using one source validates the point. This site and several others that act shocked there games expire and trying to make shock pieces from it. Also, my second point is still tangible as there shouldn’t be a argument on why a service doesn’t have a date attached to the games info.

How could anyone be upset with that?

[GamesAsAService]

This is common practice among the game and movie streaming services. Unless it is first party original content, expect an expiry date.

It may still come back in the future.

[shadowT]

Yes, but it was known. I can recall that the expiration date of RDR2 was already in the news.

[HeliosHex]

Get a ps3 fat you won't have these issues.

[Gamer75]

Lucky for me I still have mine

[HeliosHex]

Right! I love my fat. No one should be without one.

[Donjune]

It's ok now that games are leaving a subscription service? Smh!

[NotanotherReboot]

Sony mistaking games for milk

[Hikoran]

Little click baiter.