PlayStation Plus 2026 Plans Prove Sony Is Finally Embracing The PS5, 5 Years Too Late

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Sony is finally making moves to shift its focus totally to the PlayStation 5 — but it may be too late to save this console generation. The PS5 got off to a notoriously slow start, with low sales in its first year, and many games having cross-generational releases even several years into its release. Sony has even implicitly supported a large segment of players who have chosen not to upgrade, putting out free PS4 games every month as part of its PlayStation Plus Essential tier.

But that practice is about to change: Sony is going to slow down on PS4 freebies, according to a post on the official PlayStation Blog. While some PS4 games will occasionally appear on PS Plus Essential, the main focus will be on PS5 games, the blog post explains. The same goes for the Extra and Premium tiers, whose game catalogs will be filled out with more PS5 games and starting to slow down on acquiring PS4 titles.

Of course, the shift doesn't affect games players have already claimed through PS Plus, and it's not like all PS4 games will disappear from the catalog overnight. Players can still access their PS4 games through PS Plus as long as they remain subscribed, and those games remain available in the catalog. So it's not a surprising change by any means, especially considering how much ground the PS5 has gained in recent months. If anything, something like this should've happened a couple of years ago.

The reason for PS Plus' move away from PS4 games is made very clear: "." It certainly sounds like this decision is based on data, and not just a final push by Sony to get everyone to adopt the PS5. The fact of the matter is that, despite the console's slow start, the PS5 has made good time in catching up.

PS5 sales recently even outpaced the PS4's sales, compared over their respective first 50 months.

But frankly, the change is sudden, and may have come a little too late. Rumor has it the PlayStation 6 could launch as soon as 2027, which means it's well more than two-thirds of the way