HoYoverse, the studio behind the mega-hit Genshin Influence, 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, however it’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 gained’t be capable to play the sport on PS4 in any respect.
“As a result of limitations associated to {hardware} efficiency and platform software dimension,” an announcement from HoYoverse begins, “we shall be discontinuing our assist and updates for Genshin Influence on PS4 in future variations.” This course of will start on September 9, 2025, when the open-world RPG shall be faraway from the PlayStation Retailer. Which means, in case 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 out there to obtain.
Following this, after February 25, 2026, all of Genshin Influence‘s in-game purchases shall be eliminated as effectively, each from the PS Retailer and from the sport itself. Which means in case 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 completely.
Lastly, on April 8, 2026, the sport will lose all PS4 assist and can now not enable gamers to log in, and that’s that. After all, folks can use their accounts to proceed taking part in the sport on different methods, 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 change into inaccessible–however the causes given appear a bit of unusual when the sport runs nice on cellular gadgets. The PlayStation 4 launched in 2013, so is clearly fairly previous tech, however it does appear odd that the said 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 greater–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 due to this fact appear a lot.
We’ve heard again from HoYoverse, the place an organization spokesperson tells us, “To raised assist future model updates and optimize recreation efficiency, Genshin Influence will increase its gadget specs throughout varied platforms beginning with the ‘Music of the Welkin Moon’ model. For detailed info, please check with the official discover.”
The modifications don’t make an enormous quantity of distinction to most gamers, though a few of the oldest Android telephones would possibly begin to battle. It nonetheless feels a bit of odd that the PS4 wouldn’t cope. Both means, 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 put up to incorporate a response from HoYoverse concerning the modifications.
