The PlayStation 5 is seeing a lot of hype right now. Amazon recently fired an employee for stealing a PS5, and if daylight robbery doesn't indicate the perceived value of the console, few things will.
This is, of course, not the most outlandish story concerning the PS5. Despite Sony making a ton of money, the launch has been rocky in several areas. Troubles range from scalpers buying up tons of consoles in pre-orders at launch to issues with the console itself. Now some creative souls have begun exploiting a loophole with the PlayStation Plus Collection that has gotten them banned from the PlayStation Network.
The PlayStation Plus Collection consists of 20 games and access to it is exclusively given to those who buy a PS5 and are subscribed to PS Plus. It's a solid incentive for the console, providing games from the last generation to those who get in on the next one. With the slight downside of it taking up most of the PS5's storage space, it's a good perk. Even better, a player can use their account to make the games playable on a PS4 console as well, if they own one.
Some inventive PS5 owners figured out a loophole with the Collection: they could use their accounts to grant access to it to other people. Soon eBay offers began appearing, advertising access to the Collection for anyone who didn't have a PS5. Access to titles that include some of the best games on the PS4 is a pretty good deal, especially at under $10, which is the price many of the deals offered. Sony was not amused, however, and several accounts were banned, including those who sold access to the collection and those who bought it.
It's important to keep in mind that sharing the account with a friend who has a PS4 is still perfectly allowed. The way Sony has been determining who's been selling accounts seems to be tracking who has let multiple people access their Collection. This method is not confirmed as of this article, but it seems likely. Sony is already dealing with the PS5's biggest problems and likely went for the quickest solution to solve this newest one.
It's certainly effective, since the PS5s being used to sell the Collection have been permanently banned from the PlayStation Plus network, with other systems banned for two months. For Sony's biggest console launch ever, it sure has become rife with second party sales. Hopefully things calm down in the near future.
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