Because not everyone wants to keep their subscription? I've cancelled my Plus subscription a few times over the years.

"Because not everyone wants to keep their subscription? I've cancelled my Plus subscription a few times over the years."

I get that, but if you're 100% done with the game before your sub runs out or you cancel, I don't see why you would really want to buy the game. And even then you'd could just keep it on your HDD, and access the game again if you decide to re-sub anyway.

"Well, if Bloodborne is on PS Now and I'm not planning on renewing my PS Now subscription and want to buy the game outright then I should be able to do that."

Sure, but if you're 100% done with the game before you let your sub expire, I don't see why you'd feel the need to buy a game you've already completed. It's your money, though, and I'm not arguing that it shouldn't be an option. Obviously it's better to not be locked out of something - it'd definitely be useful if you were half-way through a game, but got side-tracked with a few other games.

In case your subscription lapses.

Nothing wrong with trying it before you buy it.

"Nothing wrong with trying it before you buy it."

That's fair.

One may not keep their subs forever, and potentially, these services may not go on forever. If a sale comes along for a game you actually like, and it's super cheap, I can see why people may want to buy it. I can't see why someone may want to buy a game at full price, or maybe a discounted due to belonging to a service price with such services. I think it may not be a huge thing, but probably enough people want to do such a thing it's worth having the option.

@Razzer

With PSNow, you can still buy the games. But on the storefront it will have the option to launch PSNow and play it that way instead, or download it as part of your sub. I'm pretty sure I've seen the purchase option there when I've done the trials though.

I’ve had Bloodborne 100% completed since 2015, and I still play through it at least once a year. Why would you want a subscription to affect your ability to do that? It would cost you more money renewing the sub each time you want to play it. Rather than picking it up for $5 in a PSN sale while your subscription happens to be active. You should be able to purchase the game. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve missed out on a good PSN deal because a game was in my plus library. Also, plus doesn’t cost $0. You pay to play.

As others have said, I got The Simpsons Arcade Game for 'free' on PS+, but when it went on sale for the last time before it delisted, I couldn't buy it because of this stupid flaw. I'm not PS+ at the moment, but renewing my subscription is the only legal way for me to play the game.

Now that I have a modded PS3 I can play the game whenever I'd like, but for others in the same situation without a modded console, they can't play without renewing PS+.

So we can own them and if hold off on renewing we can still play them. I also wanting to support the game I really enjoyed and want to own.

@Crane:

Well, if you participate in the MP component, you'll need a PS+ sub anyway.

And that argument is bunk. You don't pay any extra money for those offerings, so they are $0.

Here is an example

Me and my son have been playing LEGO Worlds. It was on PS Now. LEGO Worlds was leaving PS Now on 8/4. I noticed all LEGO games were on sale for like $6-8 bucks during the current sale so I wanted to buy it in advance knowing it was going away for free....but I couldn’t buy it because it said I already owned it. I was SO confused. So I ultimately just waited until after 8/4 to buy it.

In my scenario there was no harm, but imagine if the sale ended before 8/4. I would have to pay full price like $20 for that game because of Sony’s store not being able to give you the option.

So while this may seem stupid or kind of silly, it can easily cost people some money at times at no fault to the consumer. Hope this helps illustrate why this needed to be fixed

“You don't pay any extra money for those offerings, so they are $0.”

That’s strange, I went to look for this $0 option and they only have paid options.
Sony also raised the price of plus by $10 recently. Wether it’s online access or plus games, it costs money.