Players on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita are having trouble accessing their digital purchases following certain games suddenly showed a strange expiration date, as first reported by Kotaku. The problem seems to mainly affect classic titles and prevents users from playing chrono crossand chrono playerand Final Fantasy VIbecause the games are now “over”.
But here’s the weird part: expiration dates are half a century in the past. Twitter user Christopher Voss Share a picture For him chrono cross The download showing the progress of the game on December 31, 1969 at 7:20 p.m. He says the problem only started following re-downloading the game and now he can’t play it on PS3 and PS Vita.
GamesHub-Editor Edmund Tran found similar He mightn’t play chrono cross On PS3 thanks to the 52-year expiration date. And while Tran says he can still play the classic title on his PS Vita, he mightn’t find the listing on the PS Vita Store, an indication that Sony may have deleted it. different user on reddit and Twitter I also reported the problem Rune Ocean Factoryand Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade-Editionand Gex: Enter the geckoAnd for some Your entire digital library.
As mentioned in various threads and posts regarding this issue, some gamers say they have tried factory resetting their consoles, subscribing and unsubscribing from PlayStation Plus, and restoring their game licenses, all to no avail. PlayStation has not yet acknowledged the situation and the game company has not responded immediately the edgePlease comment.
However, there is a possible reason for this. Kotaku It indicates that the issue may have been caused by a bug causing the PS Vita and PS3 to revert game license expiration dates to the Unix era, or an arbitrary time and date set by developers to determine the beginning of the life of the console.
While this is just a glitch, there is concern that Sony is dealing another blow to the PS3 and PS Vita stores. distance The game company almost closed both stores Last year, shopping made it even more difficult for her Take away the ability to use credit cards or PayPal to make purchases.
