Sony is retiring the PlayStation Plus PC app on 10 December, bringing its PC cloud-streaming service to an end. If that is how you access your subscription’s games, this is one of those small announcements with a rather large consequence.
The news sits towards the bottom of Sony’s November PlayStation Plus catalogue announcement, beneath the incoming games. Apparently even a service shutdown has to wait its turn behind the shiny new arrivals.
According to Sony, fewer than 0.4% of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members use the PC app. The company says closing it will allow more attention to go towards experiences that more subscribers actually use, which explains the decision without making it particularly welcome for anyone in that group.
Sony says PlayStation Plus memberships and benefits on PS5 and PS4 are unaffected, and affected PC users will be contacted directly. The distinction matters here: this announcement concerns the subscription’s PC streaming app, so it should not be read as a shutdown of PlayStation games on PC generally.
For anyone using that app regularly, 10 December is the date to keep in mind. A tiny percentage can still contain people whose evening plans have just become considerably less convenient.
We spotted the story through Kotaku’s coverage and checked the details against Sony’s announcement. The official notice confirms the closure date and says affected users will hear directly from PlayStation.