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Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update | Push Square
26.04.2024 - 10:45 / pushsquare.com / Sony
Fans, all fired up from watching Amazon's excellent adaptation, are returning to Fallout games in droves, with the free PS5 update for Fallout 4 looking particularly appealing. However, with the update in the wild, players who picked up the underrated Fallout 4 via PS Plus Extra find they cannot download it and are instead being prompted to pay for the game.
The good news is that Bethesda is aware of the issue and is working hard to fix it. In an update on Discord and later posted to Twitter, a spokesperson said: «We've seen some confusion regarding the free Fallout 4 next-gen update for PlayStation Plus Extra members. The Fallout 4 next-gen update will be available to PlayStation Plus Extra members through the PlayStation Game Catalog. Your patience is appreciated while the teams work on this.»
The bad news is that no timeframe was given, so we'll just wait and see when a fix is forthcoming. As some may recall, there was a similar issue with Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, with Sony managing to fix that issue in a day or so. IGN has contacted Bethesda to ask if there are plans to refund players who purchased the game before the statement was issued. Game Pass subscribers on Xbox and PC seem unaffected by the issue.
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Have you been bamboozled by the weird way PS Plus access to games can sometimes operate? Were you planning on checking out Fallout 4 via Extra? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I actually downloaded my PS Plus version about three hours ago.
I got the game from the PS+ Collection all they way back in 2020 so it seems that people who got it from there are ineligible for it. Really hope it gets fixed eventually since I don't really feel like paying $20 for an upgrade.
Thanks for writing about this! The «PS4 | Standard Edition» game info in the store says you're entitled to the PS5 version, and the original announcement said «all players,» so I'm still clinging to a shred of hope they'll open it to Collection/Essential users. I paid $99 for Starfail so this really is the absolute least they could do
The way PSN overwrites licenses when games go free, or get new versions, is surely to blame. I've been reading about people being unable to buy it last week on sale as it said it was already owned, but now they can. Bizarre.
I've no idea what happened to my
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