Sony is retiring the PlayStation Plus app on PC on December 10. The reason it gives is one number: fewer than 0.4% of eligible PS Plus Premium members used it. There was no separate announcement either. The news sits at the very bottom of the November Game Catalog post on PlayStation Blog, after Death Stranding 2, Atomfall and a dozen other games.
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What stops on December 10
The app is the cloud client that grew out of PlayStation Now. You paid for Premium, installed it on Windows, plugged in a controller and streamed games from Sony's servers. From December 10 it's gone. Here is how Sony put it:
With a very small number of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members (less than 0.4%) using the PlayStation Plus app on PC, making this change allows us to focus on enhancing high-quality experiences that more of our members want to use.
- Consoles are untouched. Memberships and benefits on PS5 and PS4 stay as they are.
- Sony will contact affected users directly. The post says nothing about refunds or a cheaper plan for people who only played on PC.
- The November catalog still lands on November 17: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Atomfall, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, plus Soul Reaver 2 and Freedom Wars Remastered for Premium.
Why almost nobody used it
Sony shared a percentage, not a head count. Still, the percentage isn't a surprise. The app needed the most expensive tier, a controller and a decent line (Sony asks for at least 5 Mbps, 15 for 1080p), and in return you got a stream. Meanwhile the games people actually wanted kept arriving on Steam as proper ports. If you wanted God of War on your PC, you bought it there.
The loss that stings is PS3. The Classics catalog has PS3 games that only exist as streams, you can't download them even on a PS5. For PC owners this app was the only official way to play them, and in a month that way closes.
What's left for PlayStation games on PC
- Sony's own ports. We count 30 on Steam, the full list with dates is in our PlayStation on PC tracker.
- PS3 games natively. Fan ports and recompilations already cover 25 games, from Demon's Souls to Killzone 3, list and versions here.
- RPCS3. The emulator lists 80% of the PS3 library as playable to the end. You need your own copies of the games, details in our piece.
If you're halfway through a PS3 game in the app right now, you have until December 10. I'd spend those weeks finishing it.
Sources
PlayStation Blog (November 10, 2026; November Game Catalog, the PC app section at the end of the post).
PlayStation: Getting started with PS Plus (PC streaming requirements).
VideoCardz (November 10, 2026).
Images: PlayStation Blog.
