Calm And Collected
The Court of Justice of Sao Paulo has ruled that Sony must unlock PlayStation 5 consoles it locked over the sale of PlayStation Plus Collection-eligible accounts. Users had been creating PS5 accounts with access to the Collection, then selling access to those accounts to PS4 gamers.
What does this PS5 ruling mean for Sony?
Right now, it s possible for PS5 users and PS4 users to be logged into the same PlayStation Network account simultaneously. This has led some PS5 users to create accounts with access to PlayStation Plus - and thus the new PlayStation Plus Collection library of PS4 back-catalogue games - and then sell access to those accounts to PS4 users for a nominal fee. Sony says this violates the PS5 s terms of use, and it s been locking the consoles of PS5 users who have been doing this.