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Ok here's a fun one. I popped in Rise of Ronin but apparently a dlc won't let me play my save.

Digital content flat out sucks. You corporate cucks who worship things going digital are going to be crippled if or when your favorite store dies.
It's 100% why I have always found the argument about "renting" games vs buying digital games funny as so many purchased digital games can be taken away just as fast
 
It's 100% why I have always found the argument about "renting" games vs buying digital games funny as so many purchased digital games can be taken away just as fast
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Ok here's a fun one. I popped in Rise of Ronin but apparently a dlc won't let me play my save.

Digital content flat out sucks. You corporate cucks who worship things going digital are going to be crippled if or when your favorite store dies.

I mean, Xbox suggested a great solution when they first announced Xbox One but people laughed and said it was a trash idea. This would've allowed people to play their digital content even if Xbox servers were offline, as long as they logged in once a week to verify the licenses.

Here we are now and people can't play their digital games.

Just saying, an idea was put on the table and people laughed it off. 🤷‍♂️
 
I mean, Xbox suggested a great solution when they first announced Xbox One but people laughed and said it was a trash idea. This would've allowed people to play their digital content even if Xbox servers were offline, as long as they logged in once a week to verify the licenses.

Here we are now and people can't play their digital games.

Just saying, an idea was put on the table and people laughed it off. 🤷‍♂️
It was 24 hours originally with Xbox One.
I can play my digital games, just not online ones. Just tested it with GTAV.
 
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It's 100% why I have always found the argument about "renting" games vs buying digital games funny as so many purchased digital games can be taken away just as fast
But how often are legally purchased games removed from your digital library? Just because a license can be revoked, doesn't mean you have to live like you can lose your library on a whim.
 
Yea I'm sure everyone would prefer that but you're talking about a $4.5k+ AUD purchase for a good PC right now, if you can find stock of CPU/GPU. Compare that to $799 PS5.
The fuck, you dont need PC at that price to be considered good enough for gaming, ignorance is bliss i guess.
 
It was 24 hours originally with Xbox One.
I can play my digital games, just not online ones. Just tested it with GTAV.

I think I read they were thinking of changing it to 1 week, but didn't proceed and then ended up scrapping the entire idea and removing check-in altogether, which is much better of course.

But the fact that Sony blocks your entire access is much worse. I still can't login and can't play any digital game. On Xbox I can.

PC though, winning as always.
 
Man, Ps Direct isn't working (and i was about to make a purchase), logging in to your account isn't working (can't log-in to remote play on PC), wtf...

My games work normally on the PS5 though (maybe it's because it's set as my primary console ?)

Fucking Sony and their held-together-by-duct tape servers man...
 
Yeah I mean those posts are annoying but I do have a PC, its just I need to upgrade badly and cant afford it atm, basically need a full rebuild. My CPU has been having alot of issues, if I try to play anything more than like a 2d indie game my pc shuts off, ugggh
Is it overheating? Keep an eye on the CPU temps, if its overheating you might need to make sure the CPU fan is installed properly, or reapply some thermal paste.
 
Of course it's X, but crazies are claiming it's a group of Chinese hackers who took it down this time.
 
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I think I read they were thinking of changing it to 1 week, but didn't proceed and then ended up scrapping the entire idea and removing check-in altogether, which is much better of course.

But the fact that Sony blocks your entire access is much worse. I still can't login and can't play any digital game. On Xbox I can.

PC though, winning as always.
You can play digital games on PS5 ... if you go to user settings and enable offline play. The only problem is that you need to be online to enable offline play (facepalm), but if you had done it yesterday, then you're good to go!
 
Of course it's X, but crazies are claiming it's a group of Chinese hackers who took it down this time.
They are still salty about Wukong not winning.
You can play digital games on PS5 ... if you go to user settings and enable offline play. The only problem is that you need to be online to enable offline play (facepalm), but if you had done it yesterday, then you're good to go!
My digital games are still working without setting it to offline (I only tested it with GTAV though).
 
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You can play digital games on PS5 ... if you go to user settings and enable offline play. The only problem is that you need to be online to enable offline play (facepalm), but if you had done it yesterday, then you're good to go!

Not if they're game sharing they can't. Only the actual owner of the game can do that.
 
I mean, Xbox suggested a great solution when they first announced Xbox One but people laughed and said it was a trash idea. This would've allowed people to play their digital content even if Xbox servers were offline, as long as they logged in once a week to verify the licenses.

Here we are now and people can't play their digital games.

Just saying, an idea was put on the table and people laughed it off. 🤷‍♂️
What are you talking about? PSN has a way to play digital games now and has for a long time. Do you think that's why people kicked the Xbox One? They wanted no option for physical.

The problem is people like me that have multiple PS5s. My primary isn't set as my primary so I can't play on my Pro unless I have a physical disc in, and no dlc installed.
 
Played VoG on D2 last night with some friends till 3am last night, it's nearly 2pm here now and back online into D2 no issues. Not tried anything else yet
 
This is what technology and convenience have pushed us to, the little time I have to play is now wasted because I can't play games I have downloaded on my fucking console and need a fucking check to function.

Funny thing is, Xbox was burned to the ground because of this exact shit.

We need to go back to physical games, we need to go back to cartridges.
 
You can play digital games on PS5 ... if you go to user settings and enable offline play. The only problem is that you need to be online to enable offline play (facepalm), but if you had done it yesterday, then you're good to go!
Any digital game I have the does not require an online connection is working fine and I never changed any settings. The problem is so many digital games requires an online authentication. Those games are fucked.
 
This is what technology and convenience have pushed us to, the little time I have to play is now wasted because I can't play games I have downloaded on my fucking console and need a fucking check to function.

Funny thing is, Xbox was burned to the ground because of this exact shit.

We need to go back to physical games, we need to go back to cartridges.
What exactly is your problem?
The Paystation 5 is a device aimed at payers. I don't see anyone preventing you from paying for a non-functional service.
 
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