The upcoming range of PlayStation Plus games for January was only revealed a few days ago, but it now sounds like Sony is looking to refund those who may have already purchased one of the games before. While it doesn’t sound like this offering applies to all titles in the lineup, the publisher may be doing this specifically with the PlayStation 5 offering for the month.
According to a report coming from Reddit, a person who bought January’s free PS5 game, Maneater, is said to have returned their money to them in November. PlayStation reportedly sent this user a message saying, “As a PlayStation Plus subscriber, we will refund the purchase price of this product to your PlayStation Store wallet as this is a monthly PlayStation Plus game. This will not affect your ability to play the game as we have not removed the game from your library. So essentially, because this person has already bought Maneater Not long before it was announced that the title was going to PS Plus, Sony opted to just give them their money back.
I bought maneater last month. Ps5 turned on to see they refund me. from r / PS5
The only thing important to note with this report is that there is no way to specifically confirm that what is being claimed is true. While the user in question has no reason to lie about the situation going on in this way, they also failed to provide proof that Sony did indeed issue them a refund via a screenshot or other supporting documentation. So if you are in a similar situation and wonder why your money was not paid back as well, it may be that this situation did not really occur.
Regardless of the truth, it doesn’t change the fact that the PlayStation Plus lineup for January is pretty excellent. While Maneater is the only PS5 title on the agenda this month, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Greed are the PS4 games on offer. While these games are not yet available for download through the service, they will run live on Tuesday January 5th.
Are you looking forward to this month’s lineup on PS Plus? Let me know in the comments or drop me a line on Twitter @ Jeroen1988 to talk more.