PlayStation Adds Ability to Terminate Your PS5 Account and All Your Games Over Inactivity

[Kovlak]

"If a PlayStation account goes inactive for 36 months — three years — Sony has the ability to begin closing the account, which consists of it contacting the owner via email and letting them know they have six months to sign in or request the account be kept open, or it will be closed."

And you can't get your account back.

PlayStation Adds Ability to Terminate Your PS5 Account and All Your Games Over Inactivity

PlayStation has added the ability to terminate your PS5 account and remove your access to all your games over inactivity.

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It is downright abusive! But I think there is a workaround. You can log in to your PSN account on your PC or smartphone, thus foregoing the need to keep your PS4 or PS5 updated.

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

This is likely more to do with GDPR in europe and whatever the equivalent is in other regions.

By Law, companies cannot keep your data without a reason for a period of time. It's all privacy related. they get fined if they keep that data so this is likely to cover their ass if your account is dormant.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Majora Fi]

Thanks for the information. I was hesitant about repurchasing Life is Strange cheaply on PC (since I already had it on PS3), now I'm sure I will

 

[HydraSavior]

This doesn't sound right. Sony said it was a "consumer shift" to digital-only that made them have to comply with their customers' demand that they don't own their games. In some other, hypothetical Universe where Sony didn't care about its customers first and profits a distant second, this sure would sound like some kind of salt in the wound to people who care about games preservation.


If only I knew of some kind of site with a repository that saved games from disappearing, then I wouldn't feel a light choke of panic in my throat.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

"Ability"?

That's a new low, Sony the fucking Cynic.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Microsoft and Sony really have been making asses of themselves lately.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Another shit move by Sony

 

[Chicken]

This is likely more to do with GDPR in europe and whatever the equivalent is in other regions.

By Law, companies cannot keep your data without a reason for a period of time. It's all privacy related. they get fined if they keep that data so this is likely to cover their ass if your account is dormant.

Yep it most likely is. Me and a lad did a bit of digging when this first popped up and it seems that this rule is mostly for the EU. He couldn't find it in the ToS for North America, but did end up finding it in the UK ToS (who also has their own form of GDPR).

In other words, people are basically just click-baiting, while ironically ignoring the elephant in the room where Sony is basically picking and choosing rules based off region, even if those rules exists to prevent companies from hoarding user data.

 

[Aldia Aldia]

Minecraft players might be having some war flashbacks right now.

 

[ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

It's only the day after the Fourth of July and yet we get another reminder that we live in a dystopia.

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

of course they do.. sigh.. wow Im glad Ive been out from them for a while

 

[BrawlMan]

Make that grave hole bigger for you Sony. You're doing this to yourself. I use my PlayStation nearly everyday, but what happens to people in a life threatening accident where they need years or months of therapy beyond three years?

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

Make that grave hole bigger for you Sony. You're doing this to yourself. I use my PlayStation nearly everyday, but what happens to people in a life threatening accident where they need years or months of therapy beyond three years?

they got the biggest shovel it seems.. yeah, after I bought a PS3 years after an Xbox360 I basically discovered PC and emulation and said nope.. and I rarely buy from steam unless its a sale, and even then I try to find the files.. I always feel like I need them.. Sony clearly just wants total control and the ability to nickel and dime an ever dwindling customer base, especially as prices rise and price out a lot of potential customers

 

[BrawlMan]

they got the biggest shovel it seems.. yeah, after I bought a PS3 years after an Xbox360 I basically discovered PC and emulation and said nope.. and I rarely buy from steam unless its a sale, and even then I try to find the files.. I always feel like I need them.. Sony clearly just wants total control and the ability to nickel and dime an ever dwindling customer base, especially as prices rise and price out a lot of potential customers

They will be selling at the biggest loss possible. These fuck heads want to be the new Las Vegas. It's all about luxury and appealing to the super rich and wealthy. Even though, most of them could not give a fuck about console gaming, and will get bored with 4-8 months. Nobody in their right mind is going to pay for a $1K+ console that is digital only, and is way riskier than Steam or GOG.