Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services: Difference between revisions
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Console level bans render Digital Edition PlayStation 5s effectively unusable, since PlayStation Network access is required to download and install games on these consoles. PlayStation 5s with disk drives are still capable of reading games from a disk when banned on a console level, but upgrading eligible PlayStation 4 games to PlayStation 5 digital versions requires PlayStation Network access.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to upgrade an eligible PS4 game to the digital PS5 version |url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/games/upgrade-ps4-game-to-ps5-version/}}</ref> | Console level bans render Digital Edition PlayStation 5s effectively unusable, since PlayStation Network access is required to download and install games on these consoles. PlayStation 5s with disk drives are still capable of reading games from a disk when banned on a console level, but upgrading eligible PlayStation 4 games to PlayStation 5 digital versions requires PlayStation Network access.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to upgrade an eligible PS4 game to the digital PS5 version |url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/games/upgrade-ps4-game-to-ps5-version/}}</ref> | ||
Additionally, Sony offers no recourse to users who buy a suspended used console:<blockquote> | Additionally, Sony offers no recourse to users who buy a suspended used console:<blockquote> | ||
=== Can a second-hand PlayStation console suspension be lifted? === | ===Can a second-hand PlayStation console suspension be lifted?=== | ||
No. If you have purchased a suspended PlayStation console, please contact the seller for help.<ref name=":1" /></blockquote> | No. If you have purchased a suspended PlayStation console, please contact the seller for help.<ref name=":1" /></blockquote> | ||
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Sony's refusal to support users who buy a suspended used console disincentivizes purchasing used consoles out of concern that | Sony's refusal to support users who buy a suspended used console disincentivizes purchasing used consoles out of concern that the buyer may end up with an unusable console. Thus, users are more likely to buy new, from which Sony profits, and the banned used consoles are likely to become e-waste. | ||
==Lawsuit== | ==Lawsuit== | ||