Players on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita will have a hard time accessing their digital purchases after some games suddenly have a strange expiration date, as they first reported. Kotaku. The problem seems to affect classic titles the most, preventing users from playing the game crown crossAnd Chrono playerAnd Final Fantasy VIbecause the games are “over”.
But here’s the weird part: expiration dates are half a century past. Christopher Voss is a Twitter user Share a picture him crown cross The game download expires on December 31, 1969 at 7:20 p.m. He says the problem only came up after the game was reloaded and he can no longer play on PS3 and PS Vita.
GamesHub editor Edmund Tran similarly found He couldn’t play crown cross On PS3 thanks to the 52-year expiration date. And while Tran says he can still play the classic title on his PS Vita, he couldn’t find the list in the PS Vita Store, suggesting Sony may have deleted it. other users a redditen And Twitter I also reported the problem Rune Ocean FactoryAnd Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade EditionAnd Gex: Type the geckoAnd for some Their entire digital library.
As various threads and posts on the subject have pointed out, some players say they have tried to restore factory settings on their console, subscribe and unsubscribe to PlayStation Plus, and restore game licenses, but all to no avail. PlayStation has not yet acknowledged the situation, and the gaming company has not responded immediately the edgeRequest a comment.
However, there is a possible reason for this. Kotaku Indicates that the issue may be caused by an error that caused PS Vita and PS3 to reset the game license expiration date to the Unix era, or any time and date that the developers set to set the console to start.
Even if it’s just a bug, there are concerns that Sony is taking another hit on PS3 and PS Vita stores. distance The toy company has almost closed both stores Last year, it made it harder for them to shop Take advantage of credit card usage or you can buy using PayPal.
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