Highlights

  • May has historically been a rough month for PlayStation Plus, with over 30 games leaving in May 2023 and 35 games in May 2024.
  • The PS Plus tiers offer different benefits, with Essential subscribers getting free games, Extra subscribers getting more games, and Premium subscribers getting access to retro games.
  • Despite the rough past Mays for PS Plus, there is hope for the future with the Days of Play event and potential major announcements during the next State of Play on May 30.

Following the huge wave of recent departures, it's been pointed out that May has historically been a rough month for PlayStation Plus. Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription service adds new games for subscribers to check out across all three tiers on a monthly basis. PS Plus Essential subscribers get free months to play, PS Plus Extra subscribers get those games plus a rotating selection of PS4 and PS5 titles, and finally, PS Plus Premium subscribers have all that plus access to retro games.

While new games are added to the PS Plus tiers every month, games are removed from the tiers every month as well. Usually there are more games added to PS Plus than there are games leaving, but May 2024 was an exception, with a whopping 35 games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in May. The departures included some heavy hitters, like classic Final Fantasy games and Horizon Zero Dawn, and they were just the tip of the iceberg. As it turns out, May 2024 wasn't the only time May was rough for PS Plus subscribers.

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As pointed out by Reddit user kabirsingh84, May 2023 was not a great month for the service either. Over 30 games left the PS Plus Games Catalog in May 2023, including the entire PS Plus Collection. For those who may not remember, the PS Plus Collection was a PlayStation Plus perk exclusive to the PS5 that gave subscribers the chance to claim a batch of some of the most critically-acclaimed PS4 games for their digital libraries. It was a fantastic benefit, especially since it came with a standard PS Plus subscription.

May Has Been a Bad Month for PS Plus

  • May 2023 - Over 30 games removed, including PS Plus Collection
  • May 2024 - 35 games removed

So two years in a row, May has been a bad month for PlayStation Plus across the service's various tiers. However, there is some hope on the horizon. The Days of Play event will see more games added to PS Plus Extra and Premium than expected for the month of June, and there is a chance some major PS Plus announcements could be happening very soon.

Sony has confirmed that its next State of Play event will happen on May 30. Now, it's entirely possible that the event will have no PS Plus-related announcements, but previous iterations have seen day one PS Plus games announced. And even if nothing is announced at the State of Play, PlayStation Plus subscribers can still look forward to the June 2024 free games and the other PS Plus Extra and Premium games coming with the usual update happening in the middle of June.