Genshin Affect developer MiHoYo has introduced that it will be ending assist for the sport on PS4 this yr, and it will be fully shut down in 2026 on that platform. Citing “limitations associated to {hardware} efficiency” as one of many causes for discontinuing the sport, MiHoYo added that the necessities for the cellular variations of the sport can even necessitate elevated energy on iOS and Android units.
“As a result of limitations associated to {hardware} efficiency and platform utility measurement, we will probably be discontinuing assist and updates for Genshin Affect on PS4 in future variations,” the studio explained in a weblog publish. The PS4 model of Genshin Affect will probably be faraway from the PlayStation Community on September 10, however in the event you’d beforehand downloaded the sport, you may nonetheless be capable to re-download it.
Beginning February 25, 2026, all in-game purchases for the PS4 version will probably be faraway from the PlayStation Retailer, and all replace assist for Genshin Affect will finish on April 8, 2026. This can end in gamers now not with the ability to log in to the sport on PS4. MiHoYo says it is going to begin reminding gamers of this variation later this yr. As for the cellular variations of Genshin Affect, MiHoYo says these units might want to meet these up to date necessities:
Genshin Affect: Up to date Minimal and Beneficial Android Necessities
- ARMv8-A 64-bit structure
- Non-PowerVR GPU
- SoC: Snapdragon 660 (Adreno 610) or Helio G88 (Snapdragon 855 or Dimensity 1000 or Kirin 980 and above advisable)
- RAM: 4GB (6GB or extra advisable)
- Working System: Android 10.0 and above (Android 12.0 and above advisable)
Genshin Affect: Up to date Minimal and Beneficial iOS Necessities
- Supported iOS units: iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X, iPad mini (fifth technology) or iPad Air (third technology) or iPad (eighth technology) and later fashions (iPhone 12 collection or iPad (ninth technology) and later fashions advisable)
- iPhone units with Apple A11 or later, or iPad units with Apple A12 or above
- RAM: 3GB (4GB or extra advisable)
- Working System: iOS 13.0 and above
Whereas Genshin Affect may very well be dropping a bit of its viewers with the discontinuation of the PS4 version, it’s price noting that the variety of month-to-month energetic customers on PS5 not too long ago surpassed these on PS4, in response to Sony. Each consoles had a mixed playerbase of 124 million users–as of March 31–and spending on peripherals, providers, and content material has additionally elevated on PlayStation consoles.
Genshin Affect can also be playable on PC and Xbox Sequence X|S, and MiHoYo has a number of different live-service video games underneath its umbrella like Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero.