PlayStation 5: Users getting banned for unlocking PS5-exclusive PlayStation Plus Coll

November 29th, 2020, 21:17 Posted By: wraggster

With the launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony also introduced PlayStation Plus Collection which is a collection of 20 popular PlayStation 4 titles granted for free to PlayStation 5 owners who subscribe to PS Plus. However, as games from this collection are also playable on one’s PlayStation 4, folks decided to exploit Sony’s offering by selling PlayStation Plus Collection unlocks to PS4 owners but this did not end well as we’ll see in this article!

What is the PlayStation Plus Collection?

As the introduction suggests, the PlayStation Plus Collection is a set of 20 PlayStation 4 games that are granted for free to those who own a PlayStation 5 and pay a PlayStation Plus subscription (as long as they keep on paying it). This collection, which can also be played on one’s PlayStation 4 by logging into the same account used on their PS5, provides hundreds of dollars worth of noteworthy titles that include:

Persona 5
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
PlayStation 5: Users getting banned for unlocking PS5-exclusive PlayStation Plus Collection to the PlayStation 4 owners
Without a doubt, the PlayStation Plus Collection is pretty lucrative as it combines a good deal of great games into one package offered for free!

God of War

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
The Last of Us Remastered
Mortal Kombat X
Fallout 4
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Battlefield 1
COD: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
Bloodborne
Days Gone
Detroit: Become Human
Infamous Second Son
Ratchet and Clank
The Last Guardian
Until Dawn
Monster Hunter: World
Batman: Arkham Knight
PS5 owners getting banned by selling PS Plus Collection unlocks to PS4 owners

Some folks though that the PS Plus Collection offered a wonderful loophole to make some easy money but that didn’t go so well

If you’re the type of person who quickly spots loopholes, you’ll quickly realise Sony’s PlayStation Plus Collection has one glaring issue in that a PlayStation 5 owner can log into the account of another PlayStation Plus subscriber who does not own a PlayStation 5 and unlock the game collection for use on a PlayStation 4… and this is exactly what some folks online did. Posting listings on eBay, some PlayStation 5 owners decided to make a quick buck by selling ‘unlocks’ for the PlayStation Plus Collection to PlayStation 4 owners who don’t have a PS5 by simply logging in to buyer’s PSN account on their own PS5 thus granting the aforementioned 20 games to the buyer without much effort.

The aforementioned practice obviously didn’t go down well with reports on Chinese forums that Sony have been banning PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 owners engaging in the practice (tweet below). Thankfully, listings on eBay for the unlocking service appear to have subdued for the most part which will surely avoid a ban or two to unknowing users.

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