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[Bumblebeetuna]

I...don't have a single Playstation console and they aren't on the same house.

Game sharing with who? Myself?

Yes, across two consoles. When the internet goes down, the secondary console will always be fucked. It’s a convenience with drawbacks.

 

[adamsapple]

Is it back up?

Updated the OP.

 

[Mr Moose]

Fixed just in time for me to play.

 

[Fake]

- A bug is causing some users to see ads in their interface.
- Don’t worry, we’ll fix is server side.
Server side fix:

CoNsPiRaCy.

 

[rickybooby87]

Phil is to blame, he know he can't beat PlayStation on the field of battle, so he resorts to knocking their services offline.

 

[j0hnnix]

I didn't play , sold my PS5 but I need my reparations.

 

[diffusionx]

I'll accept nothing less than 10 free first party games as compensation.

You get 10 keys for Goodbye Volcano High and will like it.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Sony is just dishing L after L lately

 

[mitch1971]

They should increase ps+, then this will not happen again.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Series S is holding back data centers

 

[bundylove]

Imagine you just bought a pro for $700 without a disc drive ans you cant play ypur digital games.

You know sony, at least have sometjing others have that i can stil play my digital games offline in a way where you just check the validity of the license once a week or month and then i can play them for that time period.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Imagine you just bought a pro for $700 without a disc drive ans you cant play ypur digital games.

You know sony, at least have sometjing others have that i can stil play my digital games offline in a way where you just check the validity of the license once a week or month and then i can play them for that time period.

You can play your digital games you have installed offline.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I'm willing to accept an offer of GT7 on PC and a Bloodborne sequel ... your move Sony.

Bloodborne Remake PS6 exclusive.

 

[StereoVsn]

You can play your digital games you have installed offline.

Unless it’s not a primary console…

And hell, with new “Slim” hardware you require online activation to pair disk drive with the console so Sony servers have to be up.

OG PS5 stays winning!

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Unless it’s not a primary console…

And hell, with new “Slim” hardware you require online activation to pair disk drive with the console so Sony servers have to be up.

OG PS5 stays winning!

Verification servers =/= PSN and PS Store servers

 

[StereoVsn]

Verification servers =/= PSN and PS Store servers

Were they up though? It really depends on what went down. If it’s dependent on same shared infrastructure it can also be affected.

That’s the issue with digital only though, too many moving parts that can go wrong.

 

[bundylove]

You can play your digital games you have installed offline.

No you cant.

Yesterday when this happened no games worked.
Nothing started.
And thats the problem.

 

[Three]

Is it back up?

Updated the OP.

It's up, it was up 100% but for some strange reason just game streaming went down again. Not sure what's happening there.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Only PC can save it

 

[Mr Moose]

No you cant.

Yesterday when this happened no games worked.
Nothing started.
And thats the problem.

You set the console to offline and it should work.

 

[Three]

No you cant.

Yesterday when this happened no games worked.
Nothing started.
And thats the problem.

You can play bought games offline. Just disconnect from the network. It's when it tries to connect and fails that the license check fails but you can play your single player games offline if you go offline.

 

[bundylove]

You can play bought games offline. Just disconnect from the network. It's when it tries to connect and fails that the license check fails but you can play your single player games offline if you go offline.

Ok i will try this.
Thanks

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

His evil plan didn't work.

What a coincidence that the ads were in high resolution.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Were they up though? It really depends on what went down. If it’s dependent on same shared infrastructure it can also be affected.

That’s the issue with digital only though, too many moving parts that can go wrong.

Verification servers weren't down.

 

[StereoVsn]

Verification servers weren't down.

You are missing the point. They weren’t down this time, but much the same as PSN there are no guarantees that shit won’t go down next time.

Which is why digital only sucks.

 

[mckmas8808]

Not I will play today but that sucks for everyone else. Behold, the digital future!

We've tried to warn them.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

You are missing the point. They weren’t down this time, but much the same as PSN there are no guarantees that shit won’t go down next time.

Which is why digital only sucks.

The entire internet could go down. Your disc drive could scratch up your game disc to kingdom come too. Worrying about shit that only happens once in a blue moon is the definition of neurotic.

 

[StereoVsn]

The entire internet could go down. Your disc drive could scratch up your game disc to kingdom come too. Worrying about shit that only happens once in a blue moon is the definition of neurotic.

Yeah, the chances of one of the hundred steps in digital only chain failing vs disk drive scratching my disks…. Ok then.

 

[MrMephistoX]

Individuals with lower IQs tend to be more reactive, but there's nothing unusual about this.

If you think that was bad you should have seen X last night: it was the # 1 trending topic and full of wannabe influencers and bots writing poorly worded meltdowns about Sony ruining their life:

My favorite was someone retweeted to Laura Loomer begging for help and tying it to some conspiracy about North Korea infiltrating the dock workers on Strike.

 

[Shin-Ra]

The only optical drive I’ve ever had (and there’s at least a couple dozen) that scratched discs was a launch X360. I’ve never had a drive fail completely.

Whereas online services, anywhere between my own and the game end, goes down at least 3-5 times a year.

 

[SweetTooth]

If you think that was bad you should have seen X last night: it was the # 1 trending topic and full of wannabe influencers and bots writing poorly worded meltdowns about Sony ruining their life:

My favorite was someone retweeted to Laura Loomer begging for help and tying it to some conspiracy about North Korea infiltrating the dock workers on Strike.

Of course it will be trending, its Playstation the biggest gaming brand ever

 

[newtypepilot]

This is good advertisment for the digital ps5 pro LMAO

 

[sachos]

I blame this guy.

This is exactly the issue with digital consoles or online activation needed (for the disc drive). If it was the original Base PS5 and bought it with a disc game he could have been playing even with the servers offline.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Yeah, the chances of one of the hundred steps in digital only chain failing vs disk drive scratching my disks…. Ok then.

You never used a PS1 I take it.

 

[StereoVsn]

You never used a PS1 I take it.

No never. I also don’t have hundreds of PS1 game on my basement shelves.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I wonder if we'll be compensated for the time down? Probably not...

 

[Spukc]

Shit working?

Laughs in cash

 

[GermanZepp]

I drew this Tarot Card on the same day Verizon went down and 1 hour later PSN goes down sorry guys all my fault

In its reversed position, the Tower card suggests a resistance to personal transformation. It signifies a reluctance to embrace change willingly. Instead of accepting the need for change, you might be holding on to old beliefs, even when you know they no longer serve you.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

In its reversed position, the Tower card suggests a resistance to personal transformation. It signifies a reluctance to embrace change willingly. Instead of accepting the need for change, you might be holding on to old beliefs, even when you know they no longer serve you.

Aoi Shirosaki?

 

[bundylove]

I demand a new season of The tester for this outage

 

[angrod14]

You don't need internet to play digital games, if such games are already installed and your console is set as primary. I had no issues launching all of my installed games last night, I just had to disable internet connection from system settings. Any outage that might happen (and this isn't going to be the last one) will be temporary, so eventually you'll be able to redownload your stuff again.

 

[saintjules]

 

[GermanZepp]

Aoi Shirosaki?

Didn't know. But a image search proof you right with some interesting results.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Didn't know. But a image search proof you right with some interesting results.

Enjoy ...

 

[awwr999999]

You are missing the point. They weren’t down this time, but much the same as PSN there are no guarantees that shit won’t go down next time.

Which is why digital only sucks.

Download games once and you can play them offline indefinitely. Back up downloaded games on an external HDD for your own private offline repository. It's been this way since PS3.