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Full list of games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in September 2024​

The list of games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in September 2024 includes:

• Horizon Forbidden West
• Marvel's Midnight Suns
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
• Alien Isolation
• Cloudpunk
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139
• Spiritfarer
• Star Ocean First Departure R
• Star Ocean The Divine Force
• Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness
• Star Ocean The Last Hope
• Star Ocean Till The End of Time

 

[Nankatsu]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

Dumbasses, clearly a move to try and squeeze some extra bucks from people.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Damn! I planned to try some of those.
Will probably try Alien Isolation before it's gone. Already have star ocean the divine force and nier automata in my backlog. Was hoping to get to some of these others after.

 

[Aenima]

I played Nier Replicant on the service, and i recomend everyone to do the same before its gone.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Damn, guess I'll have to buy Star Ocean 5 after all cuz I won't be finishing that one by the time it leaves PS+ Extra.

EDIT: I do wonder why Square didn't port it to PC after all these years.

 

[Kupfer]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

Dumbasses, clearly a move to try and squeeze some extra bucks from people.

Scummy

 

[adamsapple]

Unless there's some licensing issues, makes no sense for them to take off first party games ?!

 

[Punished Miku]

This is the problem with dumping 20 Star Ocean games at once on a sub. No one is playing all that in a row. At most you're playing 2 Star Ocean games a year. So it's basically a wasted addition, purely because of their inability to stagger it out a bit.

Also removing 1st party games is definitely eyebrow raising. Back in the Disney vault I guess.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Forbidden West was clearly their test subject this gen.

Included it on PS Plus a year after release (something they never did again with any other game i think), sales plummet after that and now they are removing it.

I think they also removed the first one a while ago right? Something related with Horizon more than anything else.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Nothing of value lost.

 

[SlimySnake]

Too late. The damage is done. The sales tanked for HFW as soon as it went on PS+ according to the insomniac leaks.

At least these idiots are learning.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Too late. The damage is done. The sales tanked for HFW as soon as it went on PS+ according to the insomniac leaks.

At least these idiots are learning.

They probably tanked as soon as stock of the PS5’s wasn’t an issue and people weren’t forced to get a Horizon bundle.

 

[AmuroChan]

Forbidden West was clearly their test subject this gen.

Yep. It was specifically mentioned in the FTC or Insom leaks.

 

[jm89]

They probably tanked as soon as stock of the PS5’s wasn’t an issue and people weren’t forced to get a Horizon bundle.

It was because they put it on ps plus.

The estimated they lost $85 million+ sales.

Horizon forbidden west bundles weren't around in huge numbers(if at all) when they put it on plus, so the loss of sales would have been from sales not part of the bundle.

 

[Darkkahn]

What absolute morons! The first party titles should be there for good!

 

[JaksGhost]

We’ve already seen this with Spider-Man being removed.

 

[Roman Empire]

Reasons why subscribing to Extra or Premium is meh. It's much better to wait for a sale to buy what you want most of the time.

Still, no reason to remove first party games, that is a stinker!

 

[Generic]

So not only Sony stopped putting their games on the service, they are also removing them.

What absolute morons! The first party titles should be there for good!

Now that the Xbox isn't a threat, Sony stopped caring.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

PS5 Pro Remaster coming for Forbidden West?

 

[onnextflix5]

And nothing of value was lost, FW is just as bad as the first one.

 

[Just_one]

Midnight Suns was such a letdown.

DB Xenoverse 2 is good? wouldnt mind trying it

 

[tmlDan]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

Dumbasses, clearly a move to try and squeeze some extra bucks from people.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

They probably tanked as soon as stock of the PS5’s wasn’t an issue and people weren’t forced to get a Horizon bundle.

Nah they even had a graphic that showed sales for the game decreased just by putting the game on PS Plus. This was all on that insomniac leak.

 

[DJ12]

PS5 Pro Remaster coming for Forbidden West?

Don't be silly. (Only a patch would be required, remaster would be a waste of time)

More likely zero dawn and budget rerelease of forbidden west.

 

[mayham2199]

Unless there's some licensing issues, makes no sense for them to take off first party games ?!

Probably to get rid of it before Lego Horizon comes out. Preparing for a new audience to get interested in the series.

This is the problem with dumping 20 Star Ocean games at once on a sub. No one is playing all that in a row. At most you're playing 2 Star Ocean games a year. So it's basically a wasted addition, purely because of their inability to stagger it out a bit.

Also removing 1st party games is definitely eyebrow raising. Back in the Disney vault I guess.

They probably got some sort of package deal for all of them. Seems really quick to remove them though.

 

[violence]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

Dumbasses, clearly a move to try and squeeze some extra bucks from people.

The movie will cause downloads to rise, but not profits if it’s on PS plus. The money they get from PS plus is fixed income. Like Social Security.

 

[TheRedRiders]

PS5 Pro patch incoming

 

[adamsapple]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

Dumbasses, clearly a move to try and squeeze some extra bucks from people.

These are games leaving next month, by that time the movie will have likely finished, or close to finishing its theatrical run. Doesn't really make sense in context.

That being said, if anyone hasn't played it, give it a shot. Fantastic game.

 

[wvnative]

Fuck i was planning to play nier replicant...

Don't care about horizon but can't stand any company that removes first party content.

 

[wizaga]

Star ocean the divine force is such a fun game, one of my top 10 rpgs this gen and runs pretty well on the ps5. Be aware Really slow first 10 hours but the game opens up after this with new move sets/areas etc. That makes it so much fun, the Story is simple yet fun. The facial animation looks stupid but it has its charm. The developers put the money where it counts in gameplay instead and I am happy they did.

 

[crackajack]

I hope it is complete, because every other month they seem to be incapable of listing all the games they plan to remove and in the middle of the months you realise, whoopsie, there are other games I wanted to play before they are gone.

 

[ReBurn]

Also removing 1st party games is definitely eyebrow raising. Back in the Disney vault I guess.

Probably removing Horizon in the run up to Lego Horizon Adventures to try to squeeze some more unit sales out of it.

 

[ByWatterson]

Removing Alien Isolation when the Romulus movie seems to be doing well in cinema and can peak interest in trying the game.

It is my solemn duty in life to tell you that this word is "pique."

 

[Boss Mog]

Kinda stupid to take first party titles off of the service once they appear on there.

 

[LectureMaster]

Need to finish Nier I guess, hope I can.

Midnight Suns only was added in March and now it's leaving, what a joke.

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

That being said, if anyone hasn't played it, give it a shot. Fantastic game.

no! im too scurred.

 

[nial]

Too late. The damage is done. The sales tanked for HFW as soon as it went on PS+ according to the insomniac leaks.

At least these idiots are learning.

Learning about the impact of sales by putting it to PS Plus was kinda the point? They literally talked about it.

Unless there's some licensing issues, makes no sense for them to take off first party games ?!

At this point I would agree, but I guess it's better than when they used to be for 3 months only.
This (and HZD) is 100% because of LEGO Horizon Adventures, same thing happened with Spider-Man 1 last year when the sequel was released; though Miles Morales wasn't removed, for some reason.

 

[adamsapple]

no! im too scurred.

 

[Unknown?]

It is my solemn duty in life to tell you that this word is "pique."

He meant that he had a mountain of interest.

 

[StereoVsn]

Unless there's some licensing issues, makes no sense for them to take off first party games ?!

Yeah, that’s a strange move for sure. And the people who had PS+ but haven’t gotten to the game in all this time aren’t likely to buy it anyways.

 

[tusharngf]

 

[Brigandier]

Nothing of value was lost... HFW is nothing but a polished turd.... Story was horrific and the bad guys

 

[LastBattle]

HFW?? Screw it I’m cancelling my sub until a later date when I’m ready to play something. Was thinking about it anyway, this just reinforces my decision. Why remove a first party? So much to play on Gamepass anyway.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I played Nier Replicant on the service, and i recomend everyone to do the same before its gone.

Bro, Nier Replicant is the most boring game ever and I say that as a huge Nier Automata fan. People are better off watching the story on YouTube. This game did not age well.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is the problem with dumping 20 Star Ocean games at once on a sub. No one is playing all that in a row. At most you're playing 2 Star Ocean games a year. So it's basically a wasted addition, purely because of their inability to stagger it out a bit.

Also removing 1st party games is definitely eyebrow raising. Back in the Disney vault I guess.

I’m thinking when a company shotguns a ton of the same franchise on sub plan they know no gamer is going to play them all. They’ll pick one or maybe two, get their fill. Then the games get delisted so now the gamer will buy one of the other games if they like the series.

If they spread it out like one Star Ocean game every 6-12 months, then a gamer will just play them all one after another over 3 years and never need to buy one game.

 

[ByWatterson]

He meant that he had a mountain of interest.

 

[digital_ghost]

 

[Kerotan]

Keep in mind in 2 weeks a few more games leaving could be announced and you'll only have 2 weeks to play those where as these you have 4.

Has anyone played cloud punk?

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Sony must have seen my subscription just renewed.