HoYoverse, the studio behind the mega-hit Genshin Affect, has introduced that the sport will now not be supported on the PS4. Not solely will the sport now not obtain updates on the older console by subsequent spring, but it surely’s resulting from be faraway from the PlayStation retailer subsequent month, and can lose all its in-game purchases by February 2026. By the top of this course of, you received’t have the ability to play the sport on PS4 in any respect. “Attributable to limitations associated to {hardware} efficiency and platform software dimension,” an announcement from HoYoverse begins, “we will probably be discontinuing our help and updates for Genshin Affect on PS4 in future variations.” This course of will start on September 9, 2025, when the open-world RPG will probably be faraway from the PlayStation Retailer. Which means, should you haven’t added the sport to your PS4 earlier than that date, it’ll disappear from search outcomes and now not be listed as obtainable to obtain. Following this, after February 25, 2026, all of Genshin Affect‘s in-game purchases will probably be eliminated as nicely, each from the PS Retailer and from the sport itself. Which means should you’ve purchased something from the shop however have but to say it in-game, you’ll want to do this earlier than February or danger shedding it totally.
Lastly, on April 8, 2026, the sport will lose all PS4 help and can now not permit gamers to log in, and that’s that. After all, folks can use their accounts to proceed taking part in the sport on different programs, together with the Xbox Sequence, PS5 and PC. And even cellular. And it’s this final half that makes the choice considerably complicated. Nobody can argue that HoYoverse isn’t given loads of warning to PS4 gamers–it’s eight months till the sport will turn out to be inaccessible–however the causes given appear slightly unusual when the sport runs advantageous on cellular units. The PlayStation 4 launched in 2013, so is clearly fairly previous tech, but it surely does appear odd that the acknowledged points concerning {hardware} and set up dimension wouldn’t additionally have an effect on cellphones. The sport’s listed necessities for Android are 8GB of storage and 3GB of reminiscence, engaged on something from an Arm v8a 64-bit chip or larger–an structure that’s been round since 2011. It’s a bit extra needy on iOS, wanting something from 2017’s iPhone 8 onward. In the meantime, the PS4 launched with 8GB of RAM and 500GB storage, which might subsequently appear loads. We’ve heard again from HoYoverse, the place an organization spokesperson tells us, “To higher help future model updates and optimize recreation efficiency, Genshin Affect will elevate its gadget specs throughout varied platforms beginning with the ‘Track of the Welkin Moon’ model. For detailed data, please confer with the official discover.”
The modifications don’t make an enormous quantity of distinction to most gamers, though among the oldest Android telephones may begin to wrestle. It nonetheless feels slightly odd that the PS4 wouldn’t cope. Both approach, this nonetheless sucks for PS4 homeowners, and speaks to the impermanence of contemporary video games. Up to date: 08/06/2025, 11:59 a.m. ET: Up to date the submit to incorporate a response from HoYoverse concerning the modifications.
