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We first highlighted this difficulty final November after some gamers discovered that their entry to Greedfall was revoked when it left PS Plus Additional.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