"It boils down like this: Back in the day, when you downloaded the monthly freebies from PS Plus Essential, they were yours to keep for so long as you maintained your subscription. It was a great deal, and made logging in at the start of a month-well-essential. However, in 2022 this changed, with PS Plus shifting to be more like Microsoft's Game Pass, such that the games are only accessible to play so long as they remain a part of the PS Plus catalog."
"Once they're gone from there, you can no longer play them without paying for the full version. The problem is, if you picked up a game via the Essential service and then re-download it via the modern PS Plus, your original license is permanently overwritten and you'll lose access to a game you previously owned once its time on the sub comes to an end. And that's pretty bad!"
A bug in PlayStation's subscription service can permanently overwrite PS Plus Essential licenses when users re-download the same game through modern PS Plus Extra/Premium tiers. PS Plus transitioned in 2022 from an ownership model tied to active subscription to a catalog-access model similar to Xbox Game Pass, making games playable only while they remain in the subscription catalog. If an Essential-era download is re-downloaded via the new catalog, the original license is replaced and access is lost when the game departs the catalog. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a current example. Users should check their libraries before downloading catalog additions to avoid losing permanent access.
Read at Kotaku
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