The PlayStation 5 community is plagued by a bug where the console cannot download games. Once bugged, the games are lost in download limbo.
The PlayStation 5 is already in shops in some countries and fans will no doubt be lucky. How sour is it then when you can finally try out the next-gen console but the PlayStation 5 can’t download games? A bug is currently causing games to hang while downloading.
PlayStation 5 games downloaden bug
Gamers complain, among other things Reddit about a very nasty bug where it is impossible to download games for the PlayStation 5. Also Polygon and our own Ruben are experiencing the ‘queued for download’ error.
If you want to download a game for the PlayStation 5, the game in question is put in the queue. For most users this works well, but for some the game gets stuck in the queue. Nothing happens then; the game is in limbo. Users cannot download the game again. Other users write that they get an error, after which the game is again in limbo.
Backwards compatibility
There is still much speculation about the cause of the bug. According to the linked medium, the error could occur when you try to download a PlayStation 5 game that has no place for it. Well, because the console already limited storage space often happens, of course.
Another explanation would be backwards compatibility. Games released on PS4 optimized for PlayStation 5 would be causing the download issue.
Many media outlets write that they encounter the problem downloading (the antisocial majorCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. But it is probably not the fault of Activision’s latest shooter, because other PlayStation games could also end up in download limbo.
For the time being there is no official response from Sony, so you have to wait for a patch or update.
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