Sony will shut down the PlayStation Plus app for PC on December 10, ending a perk that let PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers stream certain games on their computers.
The company said it will notify affected users directly. Its stated reason is low use: according to Sony, less than 0.4% of eligible Premium members used the PC app. Retiring it, the company said, lets it focus on "high-quality experiences that more of our members want to use."
That figure is a share, not a headcount. Sony did not say how many Premium members are eligible, so the number of people losing the app is unknown. It could be small or merely modest.
The percentage also leaves the cause open. Low usage could mean players had little interest in streaming PlayStation games to a PC, or that few of them knew the app existed. Sony hasn't indicated which it favors, and its statement describes the decision only as a way to redirect effort.
The context is a crowded field. Microsoft and Nvidia both run cloud gaming services that work on PCs, so players who want to stream games to a computer have other places to go. Sony's own statement concerns only the PC app, and the portion of the announcement quoted here does not address streaming on other devices.
The open question is what Sony counts as an experience "more of our members want to use," and whether it names it before December 10.