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.
Strap yourself in you re in for a wild ride.
If you’re here, it’s likely because you’ve been gifted (or you’re gifting) a PS5 and/or PlayStation VR for Christmas. First off, congratulations! Second, we’re here to help you get the most from your new pressie.
(And a reminder to those giving the console as a gift: it’s not a bad idea to open the console and set it up before hand, installing all updates prior to repackaging it, wrapping it and putting it under the tree!)
The console
Technically, there are two types of PlayStation 5 consoles available: the smaller, disc-less PS5 Digital Edition and the larger PS5 that comes complete with a disc drive.
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Uncharted 3, part of
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In 1977, Kenner was flat ambushed by the demand for
Star Wars
toys. They had no product in the pipeline for the first Star Wars Christmas. So the toymaker did the next best thing it could do: Kenner sold, literally, an IOU. And
that sold like crazy, too.
Well, almost 45 years later, isn’t that where Sony kind of finds itself, too? Analysts, pundits, and upset fans can argue over what type of consumer demand the company should have been able to anticipate or meet, during a pandemic for the PlayStation 5. None would dispute the console is the holidays’ it-toy. So in September, the company announced an IOU of sorts for anyone committed to buying one: The PlayStation Plus Collection.