A ticking bomb inside the playstation

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

So according to many reports if the chip dies inside the playstation 4 your games will probably die as well even if you own them physically.Quote: When the battery dies, it trips a switch inside the console that requires the system to connect to the PlayStation Network and confirm the time. When this check happens appears to vary by platform. Ars Technica states that the PS3 checks in the first time you play a downloaded game, while the PS4 also connects to PSN when you play retail games purchased on disc. If these checks are not performed at least once after a CMOS battery replacement, the console will not run the affected content.
So let’s hope sony wont shut down the servers for the last gen store as well....(you have to be very optimistic)

[♥Peachboy♥]

oof

[Polverrati]

I doubt that this is an oversight, this is 100% planned obsolescence. Makes sense considering the PS5 is only backwards compatible with the PS4, it's to force people to eventually upgrade once that chip fries.

Sony has genuinely become my most hated company at this point, even EA is an improvement.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Originally posted by Denzcapteromys:

So much for the physical format, better for preservation and stuff, just takes a few years, some servers and the aging of some parts and the lie comes apart lmao

Physical is better but in sonys case i would choose a drm free game on pc over this.They could fix that with an update i think but it’s questionable if they care about that.It’s probably more save to buy physical games for xbox.But yeah im not big on sony anymore since the new ceo took over

[Marius]

Originally posted by Corthmic:

I doubt that this is an oversight, this is 100% planned obsolescence. Makes sense considering the PS5 is only backwards compatible with the PS4, it's to force people to eventually upgrade once that chip fries.

Sony has genuinely become my most hated company at this point, even EA is an improvement.

MIght be worth investigating by the EU and then sue them.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Originally posted by Marius:

Originally posted by Corthmic:

I doubt that this is an oversight, this is 100% planned obsolescence. Makes sense considering the PS5 is only backwards compatible with the PS4, it's to force people to eventually upgrade once that chip fries.

Sony has genuinely become my most hated company at this point, even EA is an improvement.

MIght be worth investigating by the EU and then sue them.

Im still not big on ea but at least they are trying to get better at least for now.Sony recently only got bad news

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Originally posted by Denzcapteromys:

Originally posted by Jt:

Physical is better but in sonys case i would choose a drm free game on pc over this.They could fix that with an update i think but it’s questionable if they care about that.It’s probably more save to buy physical games for xbox.But yeah im not big on sony anymore since the new ceo took over

Andrew House and Shawn Layden were leagues ahead of him, but sadly Sony's new direction is not fixeable anymore, they could do a lot for PS if they update this and a lot of small stuff but they can't be trusted to do even the smaller things.

At least this indicates why both promptly quit without any big announcements.Both were very likeable and they always cared to get in line with players

[Gitgud]

Many people aren’t happy with sony right now.I wouldn’t be surprised if many flock over to microsoft.If you also have a gaming pc it’s a good combination now if you use a xbox

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Corthmic:

I doubt that this is an oversight, this is 100% planned obsolescence. Makes sense considering the PS5 is only backwards compatible with the PS4, it's to force people to eventually upgrade once that chip fries.

Sony has genuinely become my most hated company at this point, even EA is an improvement.

This... obviously. But don´t worry, we have a herder, to help those sheep´s get to greener patches of land.

Originally posted by Zenith:

I was wondering whether to save for PS5 or not. That's some useful info.

Wait 1-2 years and the console will be cheap.

[Candyy]

Does that happen with the Nintendo switch as well?

[gugnihr]

Originally posted by Denzcapteromys:

So much for the physical format, better for preservation and stuff, just takes a few years, some servers and the aging of some parts and the lie comes apart lmao

The best format for preservation is not physical, but it is a kind of format that we are not supposed to talk about here.

But for sure it feels like many companies, expecially console companies, try really hard to make us big fans of it honestly.

[76561199155281369]

basically more of a reason not to buy consoles

[Fake Dreams]

by the time it will happen, you won't care about that console.


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[Gitgud]

Originally posted by gugnihr:

Originally posted by Denzcapteromys:

So much for the physical format, better for preservation and stuff, just takes a few years, some servers and the aging of some parts and the lie comes apart lmao

The best format for preservation is not physical, but it is a kind of format that we are not supposed to talk about here.

But for sure it feels like many companies, expecially console companies, try really hard to make us big fans of it honestly.

Well physical is the best way(legally) but if sony doesn’t change a lot of people will take that path which is understandable in that case

[Jej]

Thankfully the PS3 is highly moddable so its issue is negated but when it comes to the PS4 and 5 it's still worrying.

[gugnihr]

Originally posted by Lemale:

Originally posted by gugnihr:

The best format for preservation is not physical, but it is a kind of format that we are not supposed to talk about here.

But for sure it feels like many companies, expecially console companies, try really hard to make us big fans of it honestly.

Well physical is the best way(legally) but if sony doesn’t change a lot of people will take that path which is understandable in that case

The best way is to have no DRM at all, like GoG used to do at first (now I think they allow games with DRM too). It is legal (as far as I know using GoG does not make you a criminal) and you can keep as many backups of your games as you want which is more safe and reliable in my opinion than having a physical copy that you cannot duplicate because it does not work if you try.