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PlayStation accounts are being ‘permanently suspended’ and no one knows why

Sony has suddenly handed out a lot of unexpected bans.

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Babadook7179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

This happened to me. To my knowledge I haven’t done anything wrong, I haven’t play online much for years and suddenly I can’t play any downloaded games.

Zeke68179d ago

Try "restore licenses". Worked for my friend at least. I guess they updated a server and they F'd up. Seems they fixed that now.

Terry_B179d ago

yup..works with the restore licenses option...the one person who downvoted you must be ..dumb.

Babadook7179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

Restore licenses worked for me. Thanks a lot for the tip my friend. (The downvotes are a strange thing to see)

Zeke68179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

Of course certain N4Gmembers gives downvotes for trying to help. I'm not surprised to be honest. ;)
Glad it worked for you guys at least! Spread the word! :)

Rynxie179d ago

How can you lose access to everything you bought because of a permanent ban? I can understand not being allowed to access new content, or going online. But to strip you of all your digital purchases? Why hasn't anyone sued Sony (or any other digital distributor with similar practices)? Seriously, crap like this makes me want to go full physical. Usually I buy digital if it's a kids game. But I'm thinking of just going full physical.

Terry_B179d ago

never read any user agreements, eh?

Rynxie179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

Screw any user agreement, that's predatory. They need to be sued. You want to ban someone permanently, that's fine. However, you don't lock them out of their legally bought products. Just like they want to protect their ips, we need protection in securing the digital media that we purchased.

It's completely unfair. They can sue you for millions just for downloaded their ip. Yet, they can strip you of all your legally bought products and screwing you out of x amount of money?

Babadook7179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

I am suspecting a hack and/or phishing. I actually scanned a QR code that came up while loading a game. I've never seen that happen. This QR link took me to the official PS app where I was promoted to change my PW which I did. I was then told that my account was permanently banned. I still haven't got ahold of Sony Support which doesn't open for another 34 min. We will see how that goes. I hear others are getting their accounts fixed, I haven't tried the "restore licences" yet.

Babadook7179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

I did the restore licenses trick and it worked.

PTL!

For those with this issue:
Go to Settings > Users and Accounts > Other > Restore Licenses. Select Restore.

isarai179d ago

This has always been the case with nearly any digital storefront. It's in the user agreement and is why there are such strong advocates for physical. We've literally been warning people about stuff like this for over a decade.

Babadook7179d ago

Can’t argue with you. This is my first gen I deceived to go digital (because PSVR2 is more seemless not having to fish for discs) but my ps5 has a disc drive. I may buy discs from now on. It’s also cheaper cause you can sell them after. This should never have happened.

gold_drake179d ago

ehm
this is the age of digital goods.

why u think dont like digital only stuff ha. its never yours

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DickyD1226179d ago

So the accounts are already being restored? I'm guessing this is a non issue and it was a slow news day.

ModsDoBetter179d ago

No, regardless of if they're "already being restored" it's an issue.

To pay for games and have your access restricted due to a clear error on Sony's part is an issue.

Stop trying to defend digital practices & Sony mistakes. I bet my left nut if this was a Microsoft issue, you'd be alllll over it.

DickyD1226179d ago

How many did this effect? This is just a click bait article from the verge trying to get traffic. If you don't like this be prepared for a whole digital world.
My credit card got locked after going on a vacation and Sony banned my account after my cc company pinged it as fraudulent. I lost everything til I paid them. Wasn't sonys fault.

ModsDoBetter179d ago

"Wasn't Sonys fault" 😂

Absolutely was.
Their first thing is to go straight to banning without any sort of communication.

Regarding your point and attempt to downplay with "how many did this effect?" 1. One is too many & 2. You don't know either so you can't say "non issue".

mastershredder179d ago

The delivery sucks. …and no one knows why.

dude. Don’t assume no one knows (they totally do I common), they just are not saying. privy details you are not, and making this whole report moot.

P_Bomb179d ago

Did a search, read some comments. Scary stuff! Digital libraries are huge nowadays. Customer service needs to acknowledge this.

Snookies12179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

"Digital libraries are huge nowadays."

Yes they are, my Steam library is sitting at 352 games currently. And mine is extremely small compared to a lot of others on there. I've known people approaching 5,000 on their list.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Combat Director Wants Final Part To Offer Players "Even More Freedom"

The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth combat director has expressed that he wants the final part in the trilogy to offer players "even more freedom".

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gold_drake11h ago

i wonder if where gonna be able to jump

-Foxtrot5h ago

I love the game so far but please don’t make the final part a mini game fest

Everytime I get to a new part in Rebirth it’s “mini game time”

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot4h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

anast1h ago

I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.

LucasRuinedChildhood5h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

Sgt_Slaughter1h ago

I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.

franwex3m ago(Edited 0m ago)

Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?

Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.

Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.

If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast6h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics5h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX5h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon3h ago

We are on the same team brother!

Rynxie43m ago

I uninstalled d4 after they kept screwing over the sorc build and I beat the game. I also uninstalled immortal after reading the end. I actually went back to d2r here and there.