PlayStation Plus will cut Spider-Man, one of its biggest games

It’s a new month, which means Sony is adding another batch of games to its PlayStation Plus vault for Extra and Premium subscribers. There are some good additions here, including dishonored And eternal doom. But, as the saying goes, out with the old and in with the new: Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man is poised to be dropped from the PS Plus games catalog in May.

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PlayStation Plus is Sony’s subscription service that gives you access to a wide variety of games for a monthly fee. With three distinct tiers — Essential for $10, Extra for $15, and Premium for $18 — you can play a selection of new and old first- and third-party games God of War To Ghostwire: Tokyo. The list is huge, and new games are added every month.

Separate from the PS Plus monthly base offersSony announced April’s additions to its massive catalog of games on PlayStation Blogwhich has the above characteristics dishonored And eternal doomalongside the emotional action-adventure game Kena: Bridge of Spiritsthe extreme sports multiplayer sim Rider’s Republicand the FPS Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Hidden in the mail, however, was some fine print about the games that will be leaving the PS Plus games catalog next month, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Is one of them.

First-party titles won’t be in the PS Plus game catalog forever

Sony said the removal of Marvel’s Spider-Mannext to NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 And resident Evil in May, is “part of our normal content update” before detailing how players can track which games are leaving the service.

“Members with Game Catalog benefits can play until May 15th. You can always check the Last Chance to Play section on PlayStation Plus -> Collections on PS5 Console or PlayStation Plus -> Games -> Games Catalog on PS5 Console page for titles you may want to play before leaving the service.”

To be clear, base-level PS Plus members only ever get access to the monthly featured games, while those who pay for any of the other tiers get access to PlayStation’s catalog of games, which includes up to 400 titles. If you have the benefits of the game catalogue, you can enjoy it Marvel’s Spider-Man and the other games leaving the monthly PS Plus deal by May 15th.

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But once May 15 rolls around, the above games will be removed from the subscription service and You lose access even if you have downloaded them. If you wish to continue playing, you must purchase the game directly from PlayStation Store. This practice of removing popular first-party titles does not bode well for PlayStation fans curious about what the company is up to, especially when compared to Xbox Game Pass, which tends to add first-party games to its vault on a permanent basis keep Halo infinity, Minecraftand top titles from Bethesda.

kotaku asked Sony for comment.

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It’s no secret that Sony is reluctant to add first-party games to the PS Plus games catalog, with CEO Jim Ryan saying in March 2022 that it would hurt the quality of PlayStation’s marquee titles. Xbox has since admitted that Game Pass causes the company to lose money. So perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised that Sony is finally pulling its first-party games from its subscription service as well, although that’s a shame. If you’re curious to see what else is available this month, below is April’s full PS Plus list:

PS Plus Extra and Premium (game catalogue):

• Bass master fishing
• eternal doom
• The evil in
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
• Paradise Killer
• Rider’s Republic
• Sackboy: A great adventure
• Kill the tower
• Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
• Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

PlayStation Premium (Classic):

• demise
• sinking II
• doom 3
• sinking 64
• Dishonored: Definitive Edition