{
  "research_date": "2026-09-11",
  "scope": "Documentary research snapshot; unknown values remain null. Not live availability or account testing.",
  "records": [
    {
      "record_id": "PE01",
      "case": "Separately purchased game, including Plus discount",
      "license_type": "Purchase license",
      "answer": "Plus expiry does not turn this into a subscription-catalog loan",
      "condition": "Account/license/server requirements still apply",
      "source_ids": "N28"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE02",
      "case": "Monthly Game claimed during its offer",
      "license_type": "Membership entitlement",
      "answer": "Needs active membership; claiming is different from buying",
      "condition": "Do not promise recovery for every withdrawn/problematic license without current account evidence",
      "source_ids": "N27;N28"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE03",
      "case": "Extra/Premium/Deluxe Game Catalog title",
      "license_type": "Rotating catalog entitlement",
      "answer": "Needs the appropriate tier and title still in that catalog",
      "condition": "Downloading or adding to library does not stop catalog removal",
      "source_ids": "N29;N30"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE04",
      "case": "Classic catalog title",
      "license_type": "Catalog entitlement or separate purchase, depending on listing",
      "answer": "Check the actual license route",
      "condition": "Premium and Deluxe differ by market and streaming availability",
      "source_ids": "N26;N29;N30"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE05",
      "case": "Trial",
      "license_type": "Time-limited access",
      "answer": "Not ownership of full game",
      "condition": "Duration and upgrade/purchase behavior are title-specific",
      "source_ids": "N29"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE06",
      "case": "Paid DLC for subscription base game",
      "license_type": "Add-on purchase",
      "answer": "Base-game access is still needed",
      "condition": "Keeping the add-on does not keep a departing catalog base game playable",
      "source_ids": "N29"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE07",
      "case": "Cancel renewal",
      "license_type": "Billing instruction",
      "answer": "Benefits continue until the prepaid period ends",
      "condition": "Cancellation is not immediate expiry; refunds are a different question",
      "source_ids": "N28"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "PE08",
      "case": "Downgrade tier",
      "license_type": "Future entitlement change",
      "answer": "Higher-tier benefits end when downgrade takes effect",
      "condition": "Malaysia page specifies end of existing prepaid period; verify local account terms",
      "source_ids": "N30"
    }
  ],
  "sources": {
    "N28": {
      "source_id": "N28",
      "title": "Cancel a PlayStation Plus subscription",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/cancel-playstation-plus/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/cancel-playstation-plus/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Cancellation versus expiry; continuing prepaid benefits; separate discounted purchases",
      "limitations": "Scope is limited to the cited section, product, region and date. Retrieval does not establish implementation or independent testing.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N27": {
      "source_id": "N27",
      "title": "Subscribe to PlayStation Plus and download monthly games",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/subscribe-ps-plus-download-monthly-games/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/subscribe-ps-plus-download-monthly-games/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Monthly Games claiming and download workflow; eligible tiers",
      "limitations": "Scope is limited to the cited section, product, region and date. Retrieval does not establish implementation or independent testing.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N29": {
      "source_id": "N29",
      "title": "PlayStation Plus usage terms",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/ps-plus-usage-terms/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/ps-plus-usage-terms/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Membership/tier/title availability; regions; add-on/base-game dependency",
      "limitations": "Legal text used to explain the product’s stated rules, not personalized legal advice.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N30": {
      "source_id": "N30",
      "title": "PlayStation Plus (Malaysia)",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-my/ps-plus/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-my/ps-plus/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "Current Essential/Extra/Deluxe comparison; catalogs/trials; downgrade timing; regional variation",
      "limitations": "Malaysia is an example checked market, not a proxy for every Asian country. Avoid stale repeated PlayStation Plus Collection marketing bullet.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    "N26": {
      "source_id": "N26",
      "title": "PlayStation Plus support",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/playstation-plus-support/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/subscriptions/playstation-plus-support/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Official primary",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research",
      "claims_supported": "US tier benefits and support routes; multiplayer and sharing boundaries",
      "limitations": "Scope is limited to the cited section, product, region and date. Retrieval does not establish implementation or independent testing.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
    }
  }
}