PS4, PS Vita PS Plus Games Allegedly Sighted As Games Allowed To Be Kept 'Forever'

Sony Playstation — A person plays a video game at a Sony PlayStation in the Sony's flagship store in Berlin, April 27, 2011. Reuters/Thomas Peter

With the lineups for the PS Plus for November, December and January already outed, there's another bit of rumour that has been circulating around NeoGAF regarding the PS Plus games. One NeoGAF user BernardoOne has started a thread by posting a snapshot of the PS Plus games.

The catch is there are no expiration dates tagged to the games—and there is even the added bonus that gamers can "keep them forever at no added cost." The screenshot can be seen in the link above but note this was taken on the PS Portuguese PlayStation Store.

Based on the lineup, it appears the games are all from the November PS Plus lineup. There's a follow up from BernardoOne that, so far, the new "keep them forever" lineup works on the EU store, which is why a lot of people are speculating it could just be a glitch. One NeoGAF user, koshunter, expected the spotted PS Plus Games screenshot to be a mistake. Most of the time, when something big or new is brewing over at Sony headquarters, it is expected to some fanfare via leak, as what had happened to the recent November PS Plus lineup.

Another forum user supports this, believing there should be some clue leading to the big change. For one thing, he believes there should be some hints before there could be change alread implemented in the EU PS Store.

However, NeoGAF user MiloFoxburr posted a link to the EU Store, which retains the same message from before. "If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you can download this item at no extra cost and it's yours to keep until your subscription ends."

Another user, Wario64 has spotted in the U.S. PlayStation Store that there is an expiration date, which is Oct. 2, 2023 for all November PS Plus lineup.

Still there are a lot of fans who are optimistic about this potential change. Over at Reddit, there's already a lot of speculations from both ends of the argument. One Redditor cites experiencing the effects of the reinvestment and the restructuring of the PSN, which had resulted in a faster and more stable PS Store for the past couple of weeks. According to the Redditor, the "keep it forever" addition may be a bonus of this restructurig. "I can also confirm this (sorta). I haven't had PS+ in about a month, and somehow I still have all my games and can still play them (I'm in the U.S.)," said ScottyMcFree via Reddit.

Another Redditor ShawnDawn speculated this may be an announcement worthy of the PlayStation Experience in December. Still, there are others like mzupeman who expects this may be a glitch, especially with the latest firmware update and the issues users have been experiencing.