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PlayStation's Stealth DRM Crackdown: New Digital Games Now Expire After 30 Days Offline - briefly|
| (hx) 01:07 PM CEST - Apr,25 2026 | 
PlayStation has rolled out a stricter DRM system for PS4 and PS5 digital games, requiring newly purchased titles to connect to the PlayStation Network every 30 days to verify licenses. Users report that affected games now display a “Valid Period” with start and end dates in their details—such as the recent screenshot of Don’t Starve Together showing 20 days remaining—and will stop working until an internet check-in occurs if the console stays offline.
Older purchases remain unaffected, and the primary console activation workaround no longer bypasses the requirement for new buys, though restoring licenses resets the 30-day timer. The change, first noticed in early April 2026, has fueled widespread discussion on ResetEra, Reddit, and X over its impact on offline play and digital ownership, with no official comment from Sony. Multiple user tests and reports confirm it is not speculation but a live policy shift aimed at tighter license control.
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last 10 comments: | Csimbi | (05:06 PM CEST - Apr,25 2026 ) | And this is going to solve what, exactly?
Pirates will be pirates and users will be pissed off users. |
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| NakedFaerie | (12:53 PM CEST - Apr,26 2026 ) | EXACTLY.
HOW will this help anything?
When you get a hcked game THIS BS is alwasy removed. pirated games NEVER have any DRM or any restrictions as thats the first thing they remove.
THATS the biggest reason for piracy, too much restrictions.
If we pay for a game and they steal it from us we find ways to keep it. PIRACY is the way for us to keep our paid for games.
So, eventually we stop paying for games and just get pirated versions as they last a lot longer than paid for games and we can play them forever.
Gonna piss off lots of people who have very restricted internet. How would it feel if you move house and it'll take a month before the internet gets connected. So you only get 20 days to play your games before $ony forces restrictions. And the neighbour is still playing his prirated game offline endlesly.
So who suffers from piracy? the game devs.
So WHY would they agree to DRM and all that protection BS?
Thats #1 resaon for piracy.
Well, its #2.
#1 is price of games.
Drop the prices and sell more. |
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| NakedFaerie | (12:53 PM CEST - Apr,26 2026 ) | EXACTLY.
HOW will this help anything?
When you get a hcked game THIS BS is alwasy removed. pirated games NEVER have any DRM or any restrictions as thats the first thing they remove.
THATS the biggest reason for piracy, too much restrictions.
If we pay for a game and they steal it from us we find ways to keep it. PIRACY is the way for us to keep our paid for games.
So, eventually we stop paying for games and just get pirated versions as they last a lot longer than paid for games and we can play them forever.
Gonna piss off lots of people who have very restricted internet. How would it feel if you move house and it'll take a month before the internet gets connected. So you only get 20 days to play your games before $ony forces restrictions. And the neighbour is still playing his prirated game offline endlesly.
So who suffers from piracy? the game devs.
So WHY would they agree to DRM and all that protection BS?
Thats #1 resaon for piracy.
Well, its #2.
#1 is price of games.
Drop the prices and sell more. |
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| NakedFaerie | (12:53 PM CEST - Apr,26 2026 ) | EXACTLY.
HOW will this help anything?
When you get a hcked game THIS BS is alwasy removed. pirated games NEVER have any DRM or any restrictions as thats the first thing they remove.
THATS the biggest reason for piracy, too much restrictions.
If we pay for a game and they steal it from us we find ways to keep it. PIRACY is the way for us to keep our paid for games.
So, eventually we stop paying for games and just get pirated versions as they last a lot longer than paid for games and we can play them forever.
Gonna piss off lots of people who have very restricted internet. How would it feel if you move house and it'll take a month before the internet gets connected. So you only get 20 days to play your games before $ony forces restrictions. And the neighbour is still playing his prirated game offline endlesly.
So who suffers from piracy? the game devs.
So WHY would they agree to DRM and all that protection BS?
Thats #1 resaon for piracy.
Well, its #2.
#1 is price of games.
Drop the prices and sell more. |
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