GTA 6: GTA 5 Leaves PS Plus on November 17, Two Days Early

Sony is notifying PS5 owners that GTA 5 exits PS Plus Extra and Premium on November 17, two days before GTA 6 launches on November 19.

Sony has started notifying PS5 owners that Grand Theft Auto V will leave the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog on November 17, 2026, two days before GTA 6 launches on November 19.

The news comes via NextGame.es, which describes notices players are receiving on their consoles. Kotaku and Yahoo Tech report the same thing and say it surfaced after Reddit users shared the message. So for now this is what players are showing us, and in the material we reviewed neither Rockstar nor Sony has published a separate statement.

GTA 6 and the PS Plus calendar

According to NextGame, GTA 5 returned to the service in November 2025 and will exit on November 17, 2026. Anyone playing it through the subscription will have to buy it to keep playing after that date. The notice affects the Extra and Premium tiers, which are the ones that carried the game.

The overlap with GTA 6 is hard to miss. The new game arrives on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so the old Los Santos workhorse bows out just as its successor shows up. Yahoo Tech says the timing suggests an effort to steer players toward the new game. That is a reasonable reading, but it is the press interpreting, not something Sony or Rockstar has confirmed.

The notice also pushes GTA 6 pre-orders

The message does not stop at goodbye. Per Kotaku and Yahoo Tech, it includes a link to the GTA 6 pre-order page. Yahoo quotes part of Sony's text: "Whether you've yet to experience the tale of Franklin, Michael, and Trevor, or want to revisit it before Jason and Lucia's Vice City story begins, now's the time." Translation: play it now, buy it later, and maybe glance at the new one while you are here.

Kotaku notes that GTA 5 has sold around 230 million copies, so most interested players already own it. For everyone else, there is a little over a month left to finish it without paying separately, provided they have the subscription.

What about Xbox

Yahoo Tech points out that GTA 5 has moved in and out of Xbox Game Pass over the years and is not currently available there. This PS Plus exit therefore has no direct Xbox counterpart: there is nothing to remove.

What we still don't know

There is no public official confirmation from Sony or Rockstar beyond the notices in circulation. We don't know whether the PS Plus catalog will change further around that date, or whether the game could return to the service later. Nothing in the material says how this affects GTA Online. We will update when there is more. Meanwhile, catch up on everything else in our blog and warm up with the map.