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Sony is reportedly banning PlayStation 4 “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps4/ “> PS4 users paying money to access PlayStation 5” href = “https: // www.videogameschronicle.com / platforms / playstation / ps5 / “> PlayStation 5 PS Plus Collection across a pond.
The PlayStation Plus Collection is a library of 20 PS4 games (including ten proprietary games and ten third-party titles) provided exclusively to PlayStation “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ “> PlayStation 5 owners who are also members of the paid subscription service.
However, some PS5 owners have started to exploit a loophole with the Collection, which sees them log into the user accounts of PS4 owners on their next-generation console, making the Collection games se automatically unlock on users’ next-generation console.
Based on Sony marketing, the PlayStation Plus Collection is intended to be an exclusive benefit for PlayStation 5 console owners.
Unsurprisingly, auction sites, including eBay, already have multiple lists of people offering to unlock the PS Plus Collection for PS4 in exchange for money.
At press time, one user had made £ 100 + by charging over 20 users £ 5 each to unlock the PS Plus Collection on their PS4 consoles.
According to many users on a popular Chinese forum, Sony has issued multiple bans in the region for both PS5 owners who sell access to the PS Plus collection and PS4 owners who have purchased access to it.
According to users, its bans will last for two months, while any PS5 console involved in the scheme has been permanently blocked from network services.
It is believed that PlayStation automatically bans a console when you log into a large number of user accounts in a single day, to protect itself from fraud, so it is unclear whether Sony is banning users simply for sharing their Collection games.
VGC has requested comments from Sony Interactive Entertainment “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/sony/ “> Sony Interactive Entertainment.
PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/jim-ryan/ “> Jim Ryan recently stated that SIE has not decided whether the PlayStation Plus collection will expand beyond its line initial release.
“Well let’s wait and see how the world receives the Collection Plus,” he told GQ. “You know, what games are played and how much are played before we make decisions about it.
“We think it will potentially be a great user acquisition tool. Arguably, if you’ve never owned a PS4 and you choose to buy a PS5, you basically get a PS4, right?
Ryan has previously said that a subscription model like Xbox “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox Game Pass” doesn’t make any sense “for Sony’s own operation, considering its focus on big-budget games, but more recently it suggested that Sony might have an ace up its sleeve to counter Xbox Game Pass.
