The hidden side of subscription plans is similar to those of online platforms. streamingthat when you want to go see a series or a film they take it away from you. They almost always claim that “the rights have expired”, but the truth is that it is also a technique to keep us active and trying things all the time. In video games, sooner or later (if they do not belong to a first party) many of these successes will have no choice but to leave. As it happens in January with PS Plus Extra Yes Prime.
The problem is that looking at this month's list we see a connection because in a very high percentage of cases these are games that are owned by companies related to Plaion, formerly Koch Media, and which are distributed in Europe through one of the few offices that work hard and well. So the same thing this month of January 2025 was the correction of all these gaming rights of companies like Capcometc.
Farewell PS Plus Extra and Premium with the heart
The fact is that the list of these games that abandon PS Plus From January 21, it starts with a classic remastered a few years ago and still as relevant as the first day. It is about Resident Evil 2of Capcoma gem that if you haven't tasted it yet, you are already trying to make it. You have a few weekends left to discover the secrets of this deadly virus that is causing problems in Racoon City.
Apart from that Resident Evil 2 remastered, we have a series of games that suit you, like the Life is strangea narrative and playful concept which has triumphed in recent years and which has had numerous imitators, just like Just because 3 Yes 4titles that have been able to redefine the concept of open world despite the enormous competition that exists every day with releases that occur without interruption on the market.
As if that wasn't enough, fighting game fans will see how the 30th Anniversary Edition of Street fighter leaves too PS Plus Extra Yes Primewe will therefore not be able to continue remembering (without checking) the great successes that one of the best-known franchises in history has left us.
Other games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in January
In addition to the above, we have two examples of classic RPGs, from the 90s, leaving the service. Neither more nor less than Legend of Mana Yes Secret of manawhich will take you back to the old days of the Super Nintendo, in the 90s, but with improvements adapted to the present. And just in case you have time to keep trying, they also say goodbye Dragonball FighterZ Yes Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
Here is the full list of abandoned games PS Plus Extra Yes Prime in January 2025 for PS4 and PS5:
- Dragonball FighterZ
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker
- Just because 3
- Just Cause 4 / Reloaded
- Legend of Mana
- Life is strange
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Resident Evil 2
- Secret of mana
- Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
