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jsnepo · May 20, 2017

The DRM now requires the activated PS4 to be online at least once every two days. The Internet at home isn't too great thus my PS4 there is often offline. Noticed this two days ago. Confirmed it just today. Anyone else noticed this?

Tratorn · May 20, 2017

Uhm, what? What does it say on your screen when your PS4 wasn't online for 2 days?

PuppetMaster · May 20, 2017

Your account needs to be set as primary and this wont happen.

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

PuppetMaster said:
Your account needs to be set as primary and this wont happen.

It is but other accounts on my PS4 won't be able to play the games I have if I don't go online after two days.

Tratorn said:
Uhm, what? What does it say on your screen when your PS4 wasn't online for 2 days?

No errors but the games are now locked until I go online.

Sweep14 · May 20, 2017

PuppetMaster said:
Your PS4 needs to be set as primary and this wont happen.

Iirc, It's the device that needs to be set, not the account.

Tratorn · May 20, 2017

PuppetMaster said:
Your account needs to be set as primary and this wont happen.

But if it isn't set to primary he shouldn't be able to play those games at all if he is offline I think.
Or is it possible to go online for a minute without a primary PS4 and then play all games offline for one whole day?

zarmena · May 20, 2017

jsnepo said:
It is but other accounts on my PS4 won't be able to play the games I have if I don't go online after two days.

No errors but the games are now locked.

I haven't experienced anything like this. Hmm...

Tratorn · May 20, 2017

jsnepo said:
It is but other accounts on my PS4 won't be able to play the games I have if I don't go online after two days.

You have to set them to primary as well. It must be done for every account.

flipswitch · May 20, 2017

Tratorn said:
You have to set them to primary as well. It must be done for every account.

Wait, set both PS4s to primary?

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

Tratorn said:
You have to set them to primary as well. It must be done for every account.

You mean other accounts? No you don't.

Floody · May 20, 2017

Haven't experienced that here. My account is the active account on my brother's PS4 and his on mine, haven't signed into his for months.

Will update my comment if I ever run into it.

excaliburps · May 20, 2017

jsnepo said:
The DRM now requires the activated PS4 to be online at least once every two days. The Internet at home isn't too great thus my PS4 there is often offline. Noticed this two days ago. Confirmed it just today. Anyone else noticed this?

Maybe show us a screenshot? First time I've heard of this.

Stilton Disco · May 20, 2017

My fiancées PS4 is registered as my primary system, and I logged out of it about a month ago and it was still letting her access all my content last night.

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

excaliburps said:
Maybe show us a screenshot? First time I've heard of this.

Not at home right now. There's no error message. It's that the games that I own on my account cannot be played by another account until I go online. The games installed suddenly have this lock icon. It disappears when the console goes online and it will work offline for two days. Going online solves the problem again.

Tratorn · May 20, 2017

flipswitch said:
Wait, set both PS4s to primary?

Both PS4s? Never saw him talking about two.

What I mean:

If you want to play games of your account offline, the account must set the PS4 you're playing on as primary. And that must be done for every account where you bought a game that you want to play offline.

farisr · May 20, 2017

My console is offline for weeks at a time sometimes, and I regularly play games from other primaries on other acccounts. Haven't experienced anything like that yet.

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

I guess it's only me. Weird.

Actually this issue just started this week. Never had issues playing games offline before this week.

Sangetsu-II · May 20, 2017

That's weird my girlfriend has had my PS4 and plays on her account without being online for more than a month now. She has never asked me to log in my account for her to play.

Your PS4 needs to be set to primary.

panda-zebra · May 20, 2017

jsnepo said:
I guess it's only me. Weird.

Actually this issue just started this week. Never had issues playing games offline before this week.

Go to the SEN website and check which ps4s each of these accounts have set as primary? You don't seem to be responding to Tratorn's advice.

TheSecondSpitter · May 20, 2017

Strong click-bait subject title.

KillLaCam · May 20, 2017

Never heard of that and I'm game sharing. Really weird sounding

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

panda-zebra said:
Go to the SEN website and check which ps4s each of these accounts have set as primary? You don't seem to be responding to Tratorn's advice.

Good idea. Let me check.

edit: There's one there and it only says My PS4. Gonna check this again when I get home.

Stilton Disco · May 20, 2017

Have you tried restoring your licenses in the PS4's settings? Might be an issue with them.

jsnepo · May 20, 2017

Stilton Disco said:
Have you tried restoring your licenses in the PS4's settings? Might be an issue with them.

Holy shit! This might be it!

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