PS5: shock! Sony imposes a ban on thousands of players...

Shock for owners of the new PS5: manufacturer Sony imposes a ban on thousands of players. That has drastic consequences.

Kassel – After Sony in September the price of the hotly anticipated PlayStation 5 announced, the Japanese electronics company also provided the “PS Plus Collection” in front. This is a collection of Video gameswho made the switch to the new Consoles to make it even tastier. After some players take advantage of this bonus mercilessly and with it money wanted to do, takes effect Sony now rigorously through.

Playstation: Sony offers “PS Plus Collection” for PS5 players – that’s behind it

But what exactly is behind the “PS Plus Collection“? So far, the collection contains 20 games that “Playstation Plus” members can download onto the new console at no additional cost. Including classics like “The Last of Us” and “God of War“. Whether the offer is still further Games is currently not known.

Despite that, it should work for Gamer and PlayStation lovers, it’s a beautiful thing. However, some players recently tried to capitalize on the Sony-Beat Collection: As GamePro reports, some PlayStation 5 players have sold their credentials to allow others to enter the PS Plus Collection.

PS5 players are offering Sony collections for sale on eBay – owners of the Playstation 4 benefit

Because even if the offered Video games on the new PS5 benefit from improved loading times and more stable frame rates, it is possible to download the games to a PlayStation 4 * as long as they are previously on the PS5 have been installed. This is exactly what some gamers took advantage of.

So were up eBay Have multiple PSN (PlayStation Network) login credentials. As reported by pcgames.de, it was also Game collection available as such on the net for around 7 to 10 euros. In this case, buyers only had to provide the seller with their PSN data so that the seller could collect Sony just need to activate it on the respective PlayStation account. The buyers only needed an active one PS Plus membership.

Sony reacts to trade in PS5 collection: Thousands of PS5 owners are banned

For all PS5 players who already have a large amount Euro-Bills in front of their eyes, however, the plan backfired: The Seller must now expect that their PlayStationAccount and their associated, brand new PS5 for life from SonyNetwork is banned. That means that in the future many Services on the PlayStation 5 cannot be used – even if they have already been paid for.

Even with that PlayStation-Network can the Consoles no longer connect what makes online gaming impossible and ensures that any Multiplayer-Modes for affected players will no longer be available. But that’s not all: Once a console has been banned, even a new account is of no use, according to Sony. Buyers however, should get away with a black eye and only be banned for two months. (Nail Akkoyun) * ingame.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.