Classic games like Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI cannot be played on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. Many players have already complained that they cannot play them due to the expiration date.
While waiting for the emulation of PS3 games on the PS5, gamers enjoy their PS1 games on their PS3 or at least they try. In fact, a new PlayStation stumble prevents players Get started with some of the classics on their PS3 and PS Vita. Games like Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VI An expiration date. This was not the case before.
Many players have already reported this expiration date issue in forums and networks. They can download and install the games they want from the PlayStation Store. However, they fail to start them. An error message tells them Game “Expired”. Late last year, Sony removed payment methods on the PS Vita and PS3 from the PS Store, but still have access to online stores.
Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and other “obsolete”
On TwitterUser Christopher Foss asked: ” The PlayStation has outdated the PSOne Classics version of the Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger, setting a new download date of 12/31/1969. This prevents me from running the copies I purchased on Vita and PS3 As you can see from the screenshot below, The expiration date of Chrono Cross is set as 12/31/1969. Netizen added: I removed and re-download ChronoCross from my Vita, whose license expired on 12/31/1969 “.
Other players face the same problem in other games. Is for example Rune Factory Oceans, Gex: Enter the Gecko or Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. For some more unfortunate players, their entire digital library will not be able to play. As a user Reddit “boreallis78″ explained, ” I was able to download some titles last night, but almost all the games were downloaded but the error persisted that the content was out of date. “. Many solutions have been tried, but so far nothing has worked. The players have tried Reset their console to factory settingsThere is no point in unsubscribing, re-subscribing as well as renewing game licenses from PlayStation Plus.
For now, Sony has not yet been officially contacted In trouble. Also, games’ expiration dates are not randomly selected. This is the “Unix era” or Unix time. Dated December 31, 1969 and 1stEr January 1970 is used by developers to measure time spent on consoles. Anyway, the affected gamers are waiting for a glitch solution to re-enjoy their classic games.
Source: On the edge
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