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Apparently PlayStation 5 owners have been kicked out lately for trying to exploit a loophole related to the new PlayStation Plus collection. Although those games are only intended for people who actually own a PlayStation 5, the people who have access to the collection have been trying to sell their access to other people who don’t yet have the console. Sony has apparently caught on to this and is ditching some of the accounts found by taking advantage of this solution for a quick profit.
VGC first reported on the apparent ban on these accounts with the context of the Twitter user zhihuwong who said “Thousands of PSN accounts have been banned.” Those accounts in question are mostly concentrated in Hong Kong, the user said, but as we’ve seen on sites like eBay where users can create lists for these types of transactions, the activity is certainly not limited to that region.
Thousands of PSN accounts have been banned and, based on community discussions, these accounts are concentrated on HK (@PlayStationHK ) and have in common the reception of Sony’s PS Collection service for PS Plus, which contains various PS4 games for free. pic.twitter.com/ECWPRgVuO2
– Wang Zhihu (@zhihuwong) November 26, 2020
A quick search on eBay will show that players are selling their access to the PlayStation Plus collection, and they’re doing so for a low price too. Games like Fallout 4, Bloodborne, The Last of Us Remastered, Y God of War They are all included in the deal, making this a pretty decent purchase for under $ 10, but chances are good that now that Sony has set its eyes on the loophole that everyone involved in the transaction is at risk of be banned.
The way this loophole works is by exploiting something that people had already discovered about the PlayStation Plus collection. While it is intended for those on PlayStation 5, it was found that if you log into a PlayStation 4 after redeeming the offer on a new console, your account will say that the games are eligible to be downloaded there. That means you can play 20 games on the PlayStation 4 for “free” as long as you have a PlayStation Plus subscription and a PlayStation 5, or at least you know someone with a PlayStation 5 who was kind enough to log into your console. .
That’s a convenient way for players to share the games if they want to, but apparently selling them is where the line is drawn. As VGC pointed out, it could be that Sony’s bans are targeting accounts that log into consoles multiple times at different locations in a given period of time and aren’t actually targeting PlayStation Plus Collection transactions. Logging into a friend’s console or another PlayStation 4 within their home to share games shouldn’t be a problem as many players have already done so, but quick logins from users trying to pull out are likely advantage of the system triggers the ban. However, Sony hasn’t officially commented on the matter, so to be safe, don’t log into a bunch of different consoles to share your PlayStation 5 benefits.
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