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Help! Should I buy a banned PlayStation 5?
- Thread starter Hugo Scamander
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Oh no, poor billion dollar corporation arbitrarily limiting who gets a free benefit to those who own the sold out console that nobody can buy during a pandemic.
This too
I'm surprised how people in my country are so desperate to get one... from whining constantly about not getting lucky enough to get one through the raffle system, to paying 2-3x the retail price to get it.
I just don't get it. More stock will come and the games will still be there. There'll probably be more games too when stock arrives.
The way patches work is that the games themselves tell the PS5 where to look for a patch. It doesn't have to be PSN. PS4 and PS3 work the same way - patches work even when PSN is down (even when Sony took down PSN after the hack back in the PS3 days, occasionally someone would see a game getting patched and excitedly assume that PSN was back up).
This is a terrible idea. You won't be able to play or use any online functionality at all, so no online play, no digital games, no whatever streaming service is available for consoles. You'll be getting a 5k BRL cd player that can also play some games, provided you have the disk and they don't require any online to play AT ALL.
That console is permabanned, completely done for unless you know the god of jailbreakers or are they in disguise, posting this as a test.
That console is permabanned, completely done for unless you know the god of jailbreakers or are they in disguise, posting this as a test.
Absolutely not, don't even summon a sliver of hope in your head that these hardware bans will ever be lifted. We've seen this with X360, 3DS, Switches and so on. It's wishful thinking.
If you have the money to buy it now, put it away and wait a year or at least a few months. Supply is bound to increase and prices will go down once stuff gets to the gray market, just like it happened with the PS4.
If you have the money to buy it now, put it away and wait a year or at least a few months. Supply is bound to increase and prices will go down once stuff gets to the gray market, just like it happened with the PS4.
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Wait what? After all of the people warning you about the risks you're just going to buy it and hope you can flip a banned machine for more??
I'd only buy a banned console if I was planning on harvesting it for parts.
You're not trying to do that, so ignore that one post you decided to take the advice of because it aligned with your current predilection and listen everyone else who told you no.
You're not trying to do that, so ignore that one post you decided to take the advice of because it aligned with your current predilection and listen everyone else who told you no.
I've seen them for sale in Australia too from people who did the PSN collection thing, but they were selling them only just below RRP $750 here, around $700. If you wait two months you'll be able to get one fully unlocked for $750, not worth it. However they are selling, people bought them.
If it was like $400 and had all the functionality to play single player and that's all you were interested in, sure, why not. I wouldn't though, online is a big part of these systems going forward.
Don't. The price for a PS5 can only get lower, especially a bricked one. But if you are truly that desperate for a mass produced videogame console that will meet consumer demand in, say, a year, go for it.
Absolutely not, never buy banned hardware.
I'm sorry about the cost in your region but buying fresh hardware legitimately is worth the extra cost you'll be paying versus paying a smaller fee for a useless system.
I'm sorry about the cost in your region but buying fresh hardware legitimately is worth the extra cost you'll be paying versus paying a smaller fee for a useless system.
It kinda sounds to me like they were only looking for answers that validates their already planned decision of buying it.
You know that publishers like activision dont release phisical media in brazil anymore, right?
WTH man it's available at Submarino and Americanas right now. Don't buy from scalpers ever!
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No. Don't be desperate. The only incentive to get that machine is to try and do shit to it that would likely result in a banned piece of hardware/account anyway.
Because people were connecting literally hundreds of accounts to the same PS5 to abuse the benefits of the Plus Collection on PS+ and redeem the games.
My son and I have two different PSN accounts. If he signs in on my ps5 is that going to get us banned? Or is this just people abusing it?
Is the Ps plus collection a limited time thing?
Don't think you need to be worried about two or three family accounts. I'm not kidding, I saw a case here in Brazil in a Facebook group where the guy connected more than 200 accounts to his console. This is the kind of stuff Sony is cracking down on.
As for the duration of the Collection, I don't think they've said anything about it. For what we know it's there indefinitely.
It's people abusing the system. I think it should be 50 primary accounts added to the console.
