PS4 Support Ends in 2025, Prioritize PS5 and PS VR2

As a very popular old generation console, you could even say it's the best-selling console Sony, plan that support PS4 stopping in recent years has been quite busy being discussed among fans games.

The author has read about the last few years after the release of this console, PS4 will stop being produced in 2021 and result in no games new releases on the console in the next few years.

Even though Sony doesn't openly say this, seeing the pattern of console development so far, to be honest, the writer isn't too surprised.

Microsoft is also ending support for the Xbox One, the console of the same generation as the PS4, in 2020. 

The two consoles, which are almost a decade old, are starting to be replaced with the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 being the main focus for Sony and Microsoft.

However, some additional information makes it clear that the PS4 stop support plan will indeed be realized in the next few years, and possibly in 2025.

Of course, those of you who are planning to buy a PS4 console are confused whether to buy or not?

Or even better plan changed to buy PS5?

VCGamers will discuss in full various information that includes the possibility of discontinuing PS4 support for Vicigers to know.

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PS4 Support Stopped

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PS4 Not Included in Sony Portfolio Plans (source: Sony.com)

Sony's May 2022 Investor Briefing Report in Sony Business Segment Briefing indicates that receiving PlayStation or PS4 support stops in 2025.

Sony explained that the PS4 is their very long-lived console and the console that has sustained the company's fortunes during the pandemic.

The investor briefing indicated that Sony intends to merge PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus and continue to develop first-party games for the PlayStation 5. 

Sony's focus seems to also be developing live service games and developing good relationships with Bungie.

In all the slides about Sony's future, PlayStation 5 next steps are mentioned whereas plans for PS4 are not discussed at all.

Most notably in the Growth Portfolio section of Sony's plan which indicates that in their plans for 2025, Sony's commercials will be focused on Mobile Platforms, PC, and Playstation 5.

This is the writer's view of Sony indicating that it will make the transition from PS4 to PS5, indicating that PS4 support will stop in 2025.

PS4 Still in Production in 2022

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Playstation State of Play June (source; Youtube / Playstation)

There is a clear plan in the Sony Business Segment 2022 yesterday, I think production and finance related to PS4 production will be transferred to PS5 production.

Nevertheless, Sony will continue to produce PS4 consoles in 2022.

After the news that PS4 support stopped last year, many parties, including writers, predicted that Sony would stop producing PS4 at the end of 2021.

Investigate a calibaration report that production of the PS4 was continued due to problems with raw materials and components from the PS5 which caused problems pace the production speed of the PS5 console is a little slow.

To keep players still in the ecosystem games Finally, the author sees that Sony is continuing to produce this console, despite the news that PS4 support has stopped being discussed.

There's also though PS4 support stopped at this, various games new for 2022 – 2023 will still be released on PS4 and PS5.

On the Playstation State of Play June 2022, which was released on June 2, there are still a lot of them games such as Eternight, Street Fighter, Tunic, and so on are still being released for PS4.

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Sony's Next Step for PS5

PS4 support stopped for PS5 and PS VR2
PS VR2 (source: Playstation.com)

Ever since the PS5 arrived, it's been known to a lot games released across generations on the console.

At launch, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Sackboy: A Big Adventure both came to PS4 and PS5. 

Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7 join them, with the last God of War Ragnarok released recently.

From this, to make the transition between the PS5 and the implementation of PS4 stop support, Sony will carry out 3 business expansion expansions.

The first thing is the creation of a new service for the Playstation Plus service or known as the New Playstation Plus.

As Vicigers knows, for now Playstation services consist of Playstation Plus and Playstation Now.

From the notice of Sony's plans in the Sony Business Segment, Sony will combine the two services in the New Playstation Plus.

Sony plans to improve the service as it can try games before buying and owning games classic, added Cloud in Market, and home for all games The PS5 included the PS4, although PS4 support stopped a few years down the line.

The next step is the launch of the Sony PS VR2 console. With the progress of the development of VR and the current metaverse, Sony also launched this PS VR2 controller.

You will be able to use VR2 later when connected to PS5.

Besides that, some games PS5 has also confirmed that there will be a segment or games new that can be played with this VR2.

Just say it games Resident Evil 4, Horizon VR Call of The Mountain, Village Resident Evil, and many more announced that there will be a VR segment on games-his.

This was announced at the Playstation State of Play June yesterday, adding to the fact that Sony will prioritize the development of the Playstation 5 and PS4 support will stop little by little. 

This is information covering the reasons for PS4 support stopping in 2025. Although there has not been any definite notification from Sony, as this has been confirmed from the Sony Business Segment which was released yesterday.

For those of you who want to buy a PS4, I think it's a good idea to think again and consider buying a PS5 which will also integrate with PS VR2.


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