A 12 months after the revamped PS Plus was launched, gamers proceed to seek out themselves locked out of video games because of a licensing situation. Unsuspecting subscribers who’ve beforehand claimed a recreation through PS Plus (now Important), and redeem it once more through PS Plus Further or Premium, find yourself overriding their Important license. Doing so means dropping the sport(s) in query endlessly ought to they depart the Further/Premium catalogs.
There’s nonetheless no repair for locked PS Plus video games
We first highlighted this situation final November after some gamers discovered that their entry to Greedfall was revoked when it left PS Plus Further. The sport was initially supplied as a part of the service in 2020.
It then emerged that those that redeemed Greedfall through PS Plus Further overrode the sport’s earlier license, and contacting Sony for assist didn’t show to be fruitful. The one means for gamers to proceed taking part in the sport was to buy it.
Redditors report that newest recreation to endure the identical destiny is Mafia 3, which was initially supplied as a part of PS Plus in 2018. This case is especially egregious as a result of gamers who claimed the Mafia Trilogy through PS Plus Further had their authentic Mafia 3 license revoked. In different phrases, if you wish to play all three video games, it could come at the price of dropping one full-fledged recreation endlessly.
As a reminder, Important video games are yours to maintain so long as your PS Plus membership is energetic. Further and Premium catalogs are short-term. There’s no repair for the aforementioned situation past avoiding re-claiming video games beforehand redeemed.