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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for February: Payday 3, High on Life, Pac-Man World Re-Pac – PlayStation.Blog

Update on PS4 Games for PlayStation Plus

"As many of our players are currently playing on PS5 and have shifted toward redeeming and accessing PS5 titles from the Monthly Games and Game Catalog benefit, PlayStation Plus is also evolving with this trend and will focus on offering PS5 titles through the Monthly Games and Game Catalog benefit starting January 2026. As we shift to PS5, PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit and will only be occasionally offered for PlayStation Plus Monthly Games and Game Catalog starting January 2026. We may still provide titles that can be playable on both PS4 and PS5 consoles after this date.

Please note, this won’t affect the PS4 Monthly Games that you have already redeemed from PlayStation Plus. You’ll continue to have access to games you’ve already redeemed as long as you remain a member.  For Game Catalog, PS4 games will still be available to play until it leaves the catalog as part of our monthly refresh.

We’ll continue to evolve the experience of PlayStation Plus and optimize the benefits you receive, including exclusive discounts, online multiplayer access, online game save storage and more. As we shift our focus to PS5, we look forward to adding new PS5 titles monthly for you to enjoy."

This is a blow for PS4 players and to some extent PS5 players as well.

Those PS5 games that replace the PS4 games had better be really good. Since I first subscribed to PS Plus in Summer 2019, the PS4 games have been good on average with some fantastic and some stinkers or meh games. PS5 games have been kind of just ok. I think it's because with PS5 as the current-gen machine, Sony is hesitant to give $50-$70 PS5 games as part of the Monthly Games. 

Also, there should be some good and great games on the PS4 side offered in the next year. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima

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Yeah, a shame and as posted in the new article, I think they should offer something. Price of entry into this gen is more expensive than ever, as indicated by the idea the PS4 Pro released for less than the PS5 is now. :P

Prehaps they should do a PS4 classics set for still paying PS4 only subs, if they can work that out.

Unless they are cutting back because PS4 only subs have dried up that much, most people I know who are on PS have a PS5.



Hmm, pie.

Something tells me that PS4 has been discontinued or will be soon. Why cut back on PS4 games as Monthly Games if PS4 is still in production?



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima

Wman1996 said:

Something tells me that PS4 has been discontinued or will be soon. Why cut back on PS4 games as Monthly Games if PS4 is still in production?

Out of the 117m+ or so PS4s.... how many are still in use? gotta be less than half.
Maybe they don't see the value in it.... if theres more people on PS5, and they would rather spend that money on it haveing more
or better PS5 games there.

Ei. Sony secretly wants  you to upgrade your PS4 to a PS5.