Sony is shutting down the PlayStation Plus PC app on December 10: what changes for subscribers

2026-11-11 · PS Plus

On November 10, 2026, Sony announced it is retiring the PlayStation Plus app on PC from December 10. The app let Premium members stream games from the cloud on a Windows PC. The notice sits at the end of the PlayStation Blog post about November's Game Catalog, and Insider Gaming, Siliconera and Shacknews confirm it.

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What Sony said

The blog post reads: "from December 10, we will be retiring the PlayStation Plus app on PC." After that date, "the PlayStation Plus cloud streaming app on PC will no longer be available."

Sony gives a reason too. "Less than 0.4%" of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members used the PC app, and the company wants to focus on experiences more members use. It doesn't say how or over what period that share was measured.

Sony says it "will be notifying affected users directly."

What stays

Your membership on console is untouched. In Sony's words: "This change does not affect PlayStation Plus memberships or benefits available on PS5 and PS4 consoles."
Cloud streaming continues on PS5 and PlayStation Portal. Sony's PS Plus page says it needs the Premium tier and at least 5 Mbps, or 15 Mbps for 1080p.
PS Remote Play, which streams from your own console to a PC, is a separate app. The announcement doesn't mention it.

What Sony didn't say

The post has nothing on refunds, compensation or a replacement. It also doesn't say whether saves made on PC carry over. Siliconera reports the app's download page is already gone. That's a single source.

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A little history

The service started as PlayStation Now. The Windows app arrived in August 2016, first in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, then in the US on August 30, as TechCrunch and Windows Central reported at the time. In 2022, PlayStation Now was folded into PS Plus and the app took its current name.

Outlets frame the shutdown as part of Sony stepping back from PC more broadly. That's the press's reading, not something Sony said.

What it means for you

If you've been streaming on PC, you have a month to finish what you started. After December 10, cloud play lives on PS5 and Portal only. Everyone else doesn't need to do anything. For the games joining the catalog this month, see our November lineup story.

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