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PlayStation will "irreversably" delete your account along with your game library if you dont login for 3 years (www.msn.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Just in time for them to take physical discs away! Edit: This is only in EU! For now.

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[–] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I haven't logged in since my PS3 died a couple years ago.

Tried to log in to their website with my saved password. It said the password was wrong. I reset my password, entered the same one that I previously used, fully expecting it to give the frustrating answer "Previous passwords can't be re-used." But no, it let me use it! Weird.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago

    So some password systems prepend the hash algorithm to your password hash, that way you can tell if the user has migrated to the new algorithm or not when you change your hashing scheme.

    Odds are after the PSN breach they changed the algorithm and have since removed the code to check the old algorithm. So it just sees the hash didn’t match with the new algorithm even though the password is the same.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I had not used my ps3 in ages and he to redo the thermal paste on it. Once I got it back up I was able to access my downloaded games without connecting to the network. Maybe the ps4 or 5 is always online requirement?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I think it does affect PS3, because I booted mine up a couple months ago and it would not let me log in or play my downloaded games. I have to reactivate my account or some bullshit. Should have just left its network cable unplugged

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    Similar for me, a few years I tried to log back on to claim a free game giveaway just in case I bought a PS4/5.

    Instead my account was deleted. This account doesn’t exist, or something like that. Can’t make a new account with that email because an account exists. Amazing. I had some stuff on there, I got the receipts.

    So I’m surprised at this thread because I thought that was already the policy. Maybe for accounts in countries with no consumer protection rules this was more or less already happening.

    I even logged into my Uplay because I knew it was linked to my PSN, to see if there’s a way to get any information about my PSN account. And yes, it showed the accounts were linked, and that I was unsuccessfully logging on with the correct email.

    I could have bought a used PS4 during Covid and maybe later a PS5 if I got into their stuff. Alas (for Sony) I tripled down on PC. Even got a Steam deck at an extortionate markup when I felt like it would be worth it for me, via a third country where it’s not officially available. Good stuff

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