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New PS4/PS5 games bought digitally, now require a online check in every 30 days
ShadyAcshuns
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What a genius!
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Hector Hall
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PC gamers laugh at the demise of phisical console games, about the price increase on console hardware and on consoles putting DRM measures for digital buys... yet they don't have phisical games, pay very high prices for the hardware and play on a plattfom/system that is basically walking DRM...
Bojji
Gold Member
PC gamers also have access to GOG (with no DRM and offline installers), pirated copies of games (with no DRM and offline installers) and library of software dating back into the 80s with no artificial "generation" walls preventing them from playing old software (try playing your digital PS3 games on PS4/PS5).
Every game (even denuvo ones) gets archived at some point. When Sony decides to flip the switch...
I can't wait for the PS6 launch to mirror the PS3 launch. They're just riding that success rocket right into the side of a cliff yet again.
Is it stupidity or intellectual dishonesty?
This proves that you "PC gamers" don't care about using DRM.
If you did care, everyone would buy from GOG and Steam would have already gone bankrupt.
I have a friend like that, he makes unfunny jokes and nobody laughs... but he thinks everyone doesn't understand his jokes.
Amish Death Metal
Member
It's just that your joke is so bad it can't even be understood as a bad joke, but rather as a statement.
My friend is better than you... everyone knows it's a lame joke.
Amish Death Metal
Member
DoesItPlay's entire existence is due to the Xbox DRM from the Xbox One. If Sony added such DRM to the PS5 they will do every single thing they can do to downplay it and try to gaslight people into not believing it.
Fake
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tomato shrub
Member
If this isn't a bug, Stop Killing Games can't win soon enough.
Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
Glad you are finally seeing it
asdasdasdbb
Member
Regardless of the legitimacy of this, consider this a reminder to not have much of a backlog.
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Guilty_AI
Member
Or if you do, remember to build it responsibly
Bojji
Gold Member
Same can be said about console gamers and physical games... only small portion of both player bases actively care about this stuff (they are too dumb to see where this is going).
But on PC, no matter that - pirates and GOG will still make all games playable in the future. Once consoles ditch disc drives, you will be fucked.
So it's confirmed or denied?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
yikes.
looks like it's confirmed.
better hope it's "accidental" like that Does it Play's insider claims and will be fixed soon.
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Bojji
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Viruz
Member
It's a bug.
Bojji
Gold Member
Fess
Member
Still, this can't be true, not how it's worded in the OP, they can't just remove a license after 30 days offline, that would be the worst DRM in the history of bad DRMs.
Bojji
Gold Member
They are not removing it, but you won't be able to use those games unless you connect online and console checks the license status.
Lucie Goosey
Member
WTF ahahahahahahahaha. Oh man I'm so greatful I started making the move to Linux
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
If removing the batter makes the games stop working - it was intentional.
If it was intentional they would have applied this retroactively
Fess
Member
Ah, then it's a nothing burger unless you're in a submarine or living in some "Why would I want to live there?" place.
It will suck in the future though if servers are down but they might tweak the check-ins before pulling the plug.
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Humdinger
Gold Member
"People on the internet are dumbasses, more at 11."
Well, that should be the end of it.
Bojji
Gold Member
Maybe they legally can't do that, they just released new EULA with "we can do anything we want" type of laungage.
What happens if PSN is hacked and goes offline for 24 days or more? This happened, it's not science fiction.
Badlucktroll
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laynelane
Member
It's amazing how massive reactions get when very little data or faulty data is presented as factual. I'd like to think this will be the end of it too, but I'm sure we'll be hearing about that time 'Sony tried to impose monthly check-ins' for years to come.
Syphon Filter
Member
to be fair steam is drm and you dont own games either. you are at the mercy of steam being around and letting you install those games. also there is still an issue that randomly occurs where you need to login sometimes after a while or you cant play the game. Although there are other options on pc where you actually do own the game like gog,etc or worse comes to worse you sail the seas.
Gonzito
Gold Member
Dumbasses and Gays too
Yeah this right here. PC is becoming more and more attractive all the time despite its flaws.PC gamers also have access to GOG (with no DRM and offline installers), pirated copies of games (with no DRM and offline installers) and library of software dating back into the 80s with no artificial "generation" walls preventing them from playing old software (try playing your digital PS3 games on PS4/PS5).
Every game (even denuvo ones) gets archived at some point. When Sony decides to flip the switch...
Majima Everywhere System
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Fess
Member
Then you're locked out until it's back on I guess. It's not a common thing so I wouldn't be concerned about it. 20 years from now it might be a bigger deal.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
We can do what we want would have already been in their old T&Cs, the ps4 firmware was updated back in March so whatever this issue is predates that anyway
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
playbignbox
Member
A lot of people are in denial, as if it's any surprise that Sony would harm its own consumers, lol
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