We know that Konami has removed P.T. from the PlayStation Store, and that you cannot download it anymore, even if you had "bought" it when it as still active. For that reason, I kept my installation of P.T. and have not changed anything. I haven't deleted save games, haven't changed my hard drive, nor done anything else to that installation. It worked before, even after Konami had removed the game from the store.
Now though, all of the sudden, I cannot start the game anymore. This is what happens when I try:
Restoring licenses via the settings does not help.
Haven't found any info using the forum search. Do your copies still work?
/edit: PS, I am using the German PSN Store.
/edit2:
Explanation
The accepted theory is that the cause of my problem is that in Germany P.T. is bound to a PS+ membership, in order to indirectly check the age restriction of the game, since you have to be at least 18 years old here to get PS+. Apparently, when you renew your PS+ subscription, it is handled by Sony's systems as if you had unsubscribed and then immediately subscribed again. That causes the system to register a lapse in your subscription. Consequently, all licenses on your console are invalidated and subsequently restored. Since P.T. isn't on the store anymore, restoring license for that game fails, leading to a worthless local copy.
Now though, all of the sudden, I cannot start the game anymore. This is what happens when I try:
Restoring licenses via the settings does not help.
Haven't found any info using the forum search. Do your copies still work?
/edit: PS, I am using the German PSN Store.
/edit2:
Explanation
The accepted theory is that the cause of my problem is that in Germany P.T. is bound to a PS+ membership, in order to indirectly check the age restriction of the game, since you have to be at least 18 years old here to get PS+. Apparently, when you renew your PS+ subscription, it is handled by Sony's systems as if you had unsubscribed and then immediately subscribed again. That causes the system to register a lapse in your subscription. Consequently, all licenses on your console are invalidated and subsequently restored. Since P.T. isn't on the store anymore, restoring license for that game fails, leading to a worthless local copy.