Although the digital format has become the preferred format for players and companies, some things show how fragile it can be. This is demonstrated by a new report from TheVergewhere it is stated that some classic games have become unusable on PS3 and PS Vita for reasons that are currently unknown.
The problem owners of these PS3 and PS Vita games face is that the consoles now show them as “expired.” This, of course, does not allow users to access them. In addition, the supposed expiration date shows the December 31, 1969 at 7:20 PM. A date that, in addition to corresponding to more than half a century ago, does not make any sense.
According to Twitter user FooseTV, the problem occurred after downloading again Chrono Cross Y chrono trigger on your consoles. Here, he explains that this “prevents you from playing” “purchased Vita and PS3” copies of both games.
Has @PlayStation expired the PSOne Classics versions of #ChronoCross and #ChronoTrigger by putting the date of new downloads at 12/31/1969? This prevents me from playing my purchased copies on Vita and PS3.
@FooseTV on Twitter
Which PS3 and PS Vita games have been affected?
Titles affected so far are Chrono Cross, chrono trigger Y Final Fantasy VI. However, some other sites like GamesHub, Reddit or Twitter confirm that these three games are not the only ones that cannot be started on PS3 and PS Vita. In fact, the list grows and includes more classics What Rune Factory Oceans, Super Street Fighter VI: Arcade Edition, Gex: Enter the Gecko. Although others announce that it has been their entire library that has been affected.
Among the many attempted solutions that users have tried, we have the unsubscription and subsequent subscription to PS Plus; restore game licenses and factory reset your consoles. Nevertheless, none of this has workedso it will have to be the PlayStation itself who handles the situation.
Although initially believed to be a Square Enix bug, it appears to be coming directly from PlayStation. However, the latter has not commented on itso for now users will have to keep waiting for a possible solution.
According to Kotaku, there could be something wrong with the PlayStation servers. The aforementioned medium comments that the problem could originate after the PS3 and PS Vita consoles will attempt to revert license expiration dates to Unix time. The latter is an arbitrary time and date that is set by developers to designate the beginning of a console’s life.
The event has served as an alarm for many users. After all, it was only a few months ago that Sony almost gave the final blow to the virtual stores of PS3 and PS Vita. After nearly shutting them down in the middle of last year; the company reconsidered its actions, although it did eliminate the possibility of using credit cards or PayPal to make purchases within it.