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The PS4 will become unplayable if the CMOS dies and the servers are shut down.
The CMOS is connected to the trophies, as Lance McDonald puts it: so people cant change their PS4 date/time to make it look like they got trophies earlier than they really did.
Not helping, is the Store shutting down on PS3, PSP and PS Vita this summer.
Understandable that things can't last forever, but this creates a problem: this will brick the console, since you won't be able to play digital or physical. This is a design flaw that shouldn't even exist, yet it does.
Sony, please give us a software update that fixes this concerning issue. There are lots of customers who want to go and play games offline with or without trophies, this revelation is not good for business.
One more thing: this petition may not reach a high popularity, but I'm pretty sure someone somewhere needs this petition. It may get ignored, but this is a big deal.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CKDd0QorG4575PQVuTfeDv-K14o-OrOc/view
https://mobile.twitter.com/manfightdragon/status/1374368608894128130
Thank you for your time. Let's hope Sony realizes this before it becomes one.
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$1000's of dollars spent over years with digital games on ps3/ps4. One day they won't work because of a dead battery? My super nintendo still works, this is STEALING!
I will not buy the ps5 or another Sony product if Sony doesn't fix the cmos battery issue for ps3 ,ps4 and ps5. I own a ps3 and ps4 and the thought of losing all my digital games and physical really pisses me off. When I know i could get another 10 years or more out of these 2 consoles.
Having over 200 games on my PS3 alone, having my system stop working would be devastating. I always believed in buying what I want instead of using piracy, but if I have to jailbreak my system to keep playing, I’ll do so in a heartbeat.
As someone with over 120+ PS4 physical discs and two PS4 original consoles I would like to have this issue patched out as if the battery fails and PS4 is no longer supported by psn then all my paid for discs will be useless I have been collecting and playing since PS1 and am holding off on ps5 until I can be sure that PS4+5 discs will play past the CMOS battery death as I am a retro player and collector
I miss shopping on the PSN store, but have refrained from making purchases since this issue came to light. Sony's silence on the matter does not encourage consumer confidence, and frankly, has kinda killed my desire to collect games, even physical, from the online era due to future DRM issues potentially locking me out of current day purchases. Sony, please announce a response to this concern soon, or expect a decline in future sales, at least for my part, in gaming tied to your brand.
Fired up my PS3 for the first time in at least a few years tonight to realize my CMOS battery had died. Hopefully they fix it.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
The PS4 will become unplayable if the CMOS dies and the servers are shut down.
The CMOS is connected to the trophies, as Lance McDonald puts it: so people cant change their PS4 date/time to make it look like they got trophies earlier than they really did.
Not helping, is the Store shutting down on PS3, PSP and PS Vita this summer.
Understandable that things can't last forever, but this creates a problem: this will brick the console, since you won't be able to play digital or physical. This is a design flaw that shouldn't even exist, yet it does.
Sony, please give us a software update that fixes this concerning issue. There are lots of customers who want to go and play games offline with or without trophies, this revelation is not good for business.
One more thing: this petition may not reach a high popularity, but I'm pretty sure someone somewhere needs this petition. It may get ignored, but this is a big deal.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CKDd0QorG4575PQVuTfeDv-K14o-OrOc/view
https://mobile.twitter.com/manfightdragon/status/1374368608894128130
Thank you for your time. Let's hope Sony realizes this before it becomes one.
49 Comments
This kind of DRM restriction is controversial and inexcusable for wanting to play PS3, PS4 and PS5 games digitally and physically in the foreseeable future. Game preservation is very important and without fans they’d be no company.
$1000's of dollars spent over years with digital games on ps3/ps4. One day they won't work because of a dead battery? My super nintendo still works, this is STEALING!
I will not buy the ps5 or another Sony product if Sony doesn't fix the cmos battery issue for ps3 ,ps4 and ps5. I own a ps3 and ps4 and the thought of losing all my digital games and physical really pisses me off. When I know i could get another 10 years or more out of these 2 consoles.
Having over 200 games on my PS3 alone, having my system stop working would be devastating. I always believed in buying what I want instead of using piracy, but if I have to jailbreak my system to keep playing, I’ll do so in a heartbeat.
As someone with over 120+ PS4 physical discs and two PS4 original consoles I would like to have this issue patched out as if the battery fails and PS4 is no longer supported by psn then all my paid for discs will be useless I have been collecting and playing since PS1 and am holding off on ps5 until I can be sure that PS4+5 discs will play past the CMOS battery death as I am a retro player and collector
I miss shopping on the PSN store, but have refrained from making purchases since this issue came to light. Sony's silence on the matter does not encourage consumer confidence, and frankly, has kinda killed my desire to collect games, even physical, from the online era due to future DRM issues potentially locking me out of current day purchases. Sony, please announce a response to this concern soon, or expect a decline in future sales, at least for my part, in gaming tied to your brand.
Fired up my PS3 for the first time in at least a few years tonight to realize my CMOS battery had died. Hopefully they fix it.
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This kind of DRM restriction is controversial and inexcusable for wanting to play PS3, PS4 and PS5 games digitally and physically in the foreseeable future. Game preservation is very important and without fans they’d be no company.