Overview
- Modders and preservationists reported a 30-day license timer on newly bought PlayStation Store games, with PS4 screenshots showing a “remaining time” field.
- The claims rely on a Modded Hardware video and posts by Lance McDonald, and DoesItPlay said it reproduced the behavior on PS4 and saw errors on PS5.
- DoesItPlay later said an anonymous insider described the timer as an unintended bug from a recent exploit fix.
- Reports describe the issue on purchases from March 2026 onward and say primary-console activation does not bypass it.
- Sony has not commented, and no verified case shows a game failing to launch after the countdown, though players fear losing offline access.