Summary
ThePlayStation Plus Extragame library is confirmed to lose 12 titles in September 2024, including big names likeHorizon Forbidden West,NieR Replicant,Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and more. Although a handful of games leavingPS Plusevery month is nothing unusual, the departure of a first-party game likeHorizon Forbidden Westhas caught the attention of many players.
In keeping with its monthly schedule, Sony has updated the Last Chance to Play section of PS Plus Extra with 12 games that are going to leave the service in September 2024, namelyHorizon Forbidden West,Marvel’s Midnight Suns,Alien Isolation,Cloudpunk,Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2,NieR Replicant, andSpiritfarer. A plethora ofStar Oceangames such asThe Divine Force,Integrity and Faithlessness,Till the End of Time,First Departure R, andThe Last Hope, will also be removed from PS Plus Extra next month. This roster of departures is the largest since June 2024, when14 games left PS Plus Extrain total.
PS Plus Extra Games Leaving in September 2024
Interestingly, this marks yet another occurrence of a PlayStation first-party game leaving the company’s own service.Horizon Forbidden Westjoined PS Plus Extra in February 2023, exactly a year after it first launched on PS4 and PS5. This was rather unexpected considering Sony’s aversion to the Xbox Game Pass business model i.e. releasing first-party games day and date on a subscription service. AlthoughHorizon Forbidden Westwas far from a day one release on PS Plus Extra, it still made its way to the service much quicker than any other PlayStation first-party game.
It was later discovered from theDecember 2023 Insomniac data breachthat puttingHorizon Forbidden Weston PS Plus Extra was an experiment by Sony to judge the viability of the Game Pass business model. The move apparently drove a huge influx of players into PS Plus Extra, but “flat-lined” premium sales forHorizon Forbidden West. Now that sales have seemingly dried up for the game, it’s unclear why Sony will remove it from PS Plus Extra. However, some theorize that it could be in anticipation of a PS5 Pro graphics patch forHorizon: Forbidden Westlater this year, which might lead to a spike in the game’s sales again.
