Sony To Remove Two Classic PS3 Exclusives From PlayStation Plus

Forbes

16-05-2025

Resistance: Fall of Man
Insomniac Games
On May 20, 2025, Sony is removing nearly two dozen games from its PlayStation Plus library, including multiple platform exclusives. Most notably, two of the titles getting the cut are the classic PS3 exclusive shooters, Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 from Insomniac Games.
Infamous: Second Son is also impacted from Sucker Punch Productions, but you'll still be able to purchase that game to play on PS4 and PS5 just fine.
Both Resistance games getting removed is particularly interesting because not only are they exclusives from a first-party studio, but they were just recently added to the service back in November of last year. While you cannot play either title natively on a PS4 or PS5, you could play them as streaming via the PlayStation Plus service. Until now.
Additionally, once they are removed, there will not be any way to play either of these games on modern hardware. Your only option will be getting physical copies to play on an actual PS3 console.
Making matters even more interesting, Resistance 3 (also a PS3 title) and the PSP exclusive spin-off, Resistance: Retribution, will both remain on the service for the time being. Resistance: Burning Skies, the PS Vita exclusive spin-off, remains only available on PS Vita.
This news comes on the heels of rumblings that prices for many PlayStation products could be increasing in price due to tariffs and not long after PlayStation Network was down for 24-hours just a few months ago.
If you haven't played the first two Resistance games, I highly recommend checking them out either on original PS3 hardware or quickly over the next few days before they're removed from PlayStation Plus. Fingers crossed we get a remastered collection soon and that's the underlying reason why they're being removed for now.