Sony is set to rebrand its PlayStation Now streaming service into one that can compete more directly with Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass. There will be new games added, thanks to the retro-focused PlayStation Plus Premium tier, but fans might find themselves concerned, because plenty of titles are also slated to leave the service. Users found that many games will no longer be available after May 2022, and PlayStation has yet to note that fact.

Listed on many games' PlayStation Now pages are expiry dates; starting on May 3rd, eleven games will be removed, including Akiba's Trip, No Time to Explain, Exile's End, Sonic CD--with the last one to be expected, given SEGA's announcement of all the classic Sonic games being delisted, and more. Then on May 17th, other higher-profile titles will leave, including many SEGA and Konami games, such as all Metal Gear Solid games (Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Rising, Metal Gear Solid V), all Sonic games (Sonic Adventure, Sonic Generations, Sonic Unleashed), Valkyria Chronicles Remastered, Catherine, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and plenty more, with the full list denoted below, courtesy of a Reddit user.

Perhaps the pages for these games just haven't been updated yet, and they'll be a part of the new PlayStation Plus this June, however, with the lack of any official word from Sony, things are still unclear.

PS4, May 3rd

Akibas Beat (NA)

Akibas Trip (NA)

Anomaly 2

Exile's End

Hotel Transylvania 3

Lovely Planet

NBA 2K18

No Time To Explain

Steredenn Binary Stars

The Final Station

The Golf Club 2019


May 17th


Destroy All Humans

MGSV GZ

MGSV

MX vs ATV Supercross Encore

Sonic Mania

Sonic Forces

Team Sonic Racing

The Dwarves

Virtua Fighter V

Valkria Chronicles Remastered

WWE 2K19



PS3

May 3rd
Sonic CD

May 17th
Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Altered Beast

Bomberman Ultra

Casrlevania Lord of Shadow

Catherine

Comic zone

Crazy Taxi

Fighting Vipers

Golden Axe

House of the Dead 3+4+Overkill

Metal Gear Rising

MGS4

Nights into Dreams

Renegade Ops

Sega Bass Fishing

Silent Hill HD Collection

Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure 2

Sonic 4 Episode 1+2

Sonic the Fighters

Sonic Generations

Sonic Unleashed

Super Hang On

The Revenge of Shinobi

Virtua Fighter 2+V

Yakuza 4+5

Zeno Clash 2

 

[Spider_Man]

Who cares, this is a perfect example to why people should stop funding all this digital crap.

You own nothing and it can be pulled at any time.

The only ones who win with all this digital shit is the devs, cuts their costs and you have nothing.

Gamers should only support physical copies, this way you own your game, you can sell or collect and hope its a title that increases in value.

But then again with the likes of craptivision selling you physical games that dont even contain the game but pushes online modes you dont even want and forced to download the said game you purchased.

All this digital crap Microsoft tried enforcing on the xbox 1 x, gamers are just buying right into their original plans, now with them buying out most of the leading studios to then make its games exclusive to its digital only service.

Now they plan to run adverts in your games again.

I also hear sony are trying to follow suit, just screws the gamer over and trying to milk even more money now spying on your console to litter you with bullshit adverts.

 

[subcon959]

The title is a bit click-baity since it's just speculation at this point. It's not a great way to start the new service if it's true though.