GreedFall Another PS4 Game Leaving PS Plus Extra Soon

The rotation is a necessary evil of the subscription model but it is one of the reasons I've never really been a fan of the industry moving in this direction. Extra is still brilliant value but I do fear the day that I am 50 hours deep into some RPG only to see it disappear before I reach the end.

@Ooccoo_Jr
I might just let Extra lapse. It’s been good, and I have it for another year or so, but I don’t anticipate many VR games going on it and that will be a large part of my play time moving forwards. I’ll get through the games I’m interested in until then. Caligula effect is next I think.

@thefourfoldroot1 I love Premium. Played a ton of games never would have tried and had a blast only $119 for 700+ games and online play, trials, other perks. When 1 new games over $70+ after tax its a no brainer imo

@TaMpA_bLaCk That only applies to the 3 monthly PS Plus Essential Games. Games from the Extra or Premium catalogue vanish when Sony says they do.

@TaMpA_bLaCk
Sure, but I’ve played most things on extra I want and things I want moving forward (VR) will likely not be on there. So it makes sense for me to let it lapse and just buy the games I need, and maybe pick up some of the larger RPGs cheap so I don’t have to worry about them leaving the service before I get to them (Berseria is £8 currently for example).
Fully understand it’s great for many people, but a year of it would be enough for me. At least until it builds up again).

That's a shame. Was planning on playing it at some point. Guess I won't after all.

I decided to drop to the basic sub. Lots of us don't have time to play/complete games they take away after a while. Pointless paying top dollor really. I still have the top tier till 2024 though lol.

@TaMpA_bLaCk Really? So everyone who claimed Red Dead 2 for example before that left still have access to it? That's pretty great then. If you delete it for space can you redownload it though in the future?

Luckly I already played Greedfall through PS Plus Essential last year. A quite good RPG. Rough around the edges, but with solid writing and interesting combat. I had a good time.

@thefourfoldroot1 It's perfect for people like me who never had a PS4. I can imagine though that if you are up to date with releases then it is a harder sell. I wonder if they will add more games like Stray on Day One or whether that was a one-off?

@Ooccoo_Jr yeah, this article made me anxious, what if the game I'm playing now an RPG disappears? The value of extra is great but the constant pressure to rush through games you know that will be deleted is not something that any gamer should feel with backlogs being so big already, it feels a bit like my life tbh, full of problem and under pressure constantly 😤😤

It's good to still be able to buy games that won't be gone when you finish the game you are currently playing, glad I brought the Yakuza collection when I did, I also need to start buying games instead of getting hooked on extra too much, it's best to use the service for short games that can be completed easily and longer games used as a trial before you decide to purchase them imo

@Ooccoo_Jr stray does seem that way unless something like this will be locked to premium for more recent games 🤔🤔

Hopefully they will cycle in some more interesting games.

@Ooccoo_Jr This is not true. You lose access to the game when it leaves the service.

I understand that games have to leave the service, but I wish Sony would give us a little more notice. Two weeks isn’t enough time for me to knock out the Mafia titles for example.

@LiamCroft Sounded too good, thanks for the clarification. I guess the answer is to keep an eye on that 'last chance to play' section or whatever it's called.

Far better buying the games you want on sale than feeling you have to play stuff in fear of it being removed at any time. Nice and chill how ah like it.

Yeah I noticed myself that the last chance to play section has gone for some reason.

I’m actually in the middle of this one but was wondering if I’m enjoying and if I should continue. Maybe this is my indicator

Does this mean the PS5 version will be leaving the service also?

@Ooccoo_Jr no if u delete it and they removed it it will be gone. Unlike the monthly games these don't save to your library. So yea if u wanna keep it don't delete it.

@Ooccoo_Jr
But that's the problem though, Sony removed that section. The only reason people are finding out games are leaving the service is because they are checking them individually to see it they have a "this offer will expire" tag. It's both baffling and assinine to see how things seem to have gotten worse in that front since Sony rebranded from PS Now to these new subscriptions.

@TaMpA_bLaCk

I believe that Essential and Premium games even if they are in your library and get removed then you lose the license to play the game and it won't launch. Premium and Extra are not good ways to archive games on a hard drive. The best way to archive is to find a physical copy and put it on a shelf in your collection.

I notice Greedfall also has the ps5 version on Extra, is this staying?

Cant say I'm bothered. This game was so janky there was no way I could stand more than 40 minutes of it, but I can see this would be upsetting if you were enjoying it (somehow!).

Whilst we all appreciate games will go on a subscription service, just like they do on Game Pass, it needs to be clearly shown when they will leave, and I don't understand the changes Sony made that meant we cant see when a game is leaving.
I've never understood why game pass gives so little notice, and now I don't understand PS plus either. If they have the info, there's surely no harm in sharing it?

Games with large time investments I'll just buy and keep. Dislike feeling rushed and I don't get much time to game. Sometimes I pick up on games a year or more later.

Which is kind of funny because the essential tier users got this game for "free" before the tier system started lol. So users on a lower tier will still have it compared to extra tier users

Some extra notice would be nice so people could have a month to play atleast

@GoodGame Topdollar yeah I have to disagree there is so much that you get at this price gamepass and plus extra are just devalueing games.

I stay on basic and buy the games i want to play at the speed and when I want to play them.

@Sequel That also sounds like a good idea but time for me is a luxury and just play what i want there is just to much to play.

A little disappointing, and I hope from now on they include expected leaving dates, based on the contracts, from the begining just to make it easier to plan what you want to play. Or a rough "time remaining" tier system so you can view and thus play "6 month to go" "3 month to go" titles with ease.

Because this is a game that I would have played (eventually) but to be honest, I've already got my value out of the service. My philosophy is: buy a year, play as many of the high value/worth games (to me) as I can, and then re-evaluate at the end of the year to see if there's enough left to justify keeping Extra for another year, or to cancel and just buy the other games in sales.

So far I've had: Stray. Ghost of Tsushima. Mafia 3. BugSnax. Guardians of The Galaxy. Death Stranding. And I've had a bit of a mess around with Spider-Man and The Crew 2. So it's been totally worth it. 4 really top tier games I'd never played, some great smaller games and some pure time killers. I think that's the perfect mix for the service, but it could be more user friendly for everyone.

I found the ps4 version interesting for a while then i started to get bored..i tried the ps5 version and it just wasnt that much of an improvement over the ps4 version..i've got a lot to get through at the mo (gotham knights,cyberpunk,mw2 and god of war dropping very soon) but i think i'll keep extra for when i need something to tide me over..