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ArfJason: Sep 5, 2011

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

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# ? May 20, 2024 22:46

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1509642288384733199?t=2p_uaMVnYS5T6lNASnSRcg&s=19

# ? Apr 1, 2022 01:51

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

ArfJason posted:

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

lol

# ? Apr 1, 2022 02:11

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

ArfJason posted:

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

lol

# ? Apr 1, 2022 02:14

Sub-Actuality: Apr 17, 2007

ArfJason posted:

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

# ? Apr 1, 2022 02:31

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

ArfJason posted:

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

Lol

# ? Apr 1, 2022 04:10

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

ArfJason posted:

https://twitter.com/hasnogame/status/1509159086151147533

Lol

# ? Apr 1, 2022 04:48

John Romero: Jul 6, 2003; John Romero got made a bitch

im goinmg to get it

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# ? Apr 2, 2022 03:34

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

John Romero posted:

im goinmg to get it

Oh you�re gonna get it alright. Mods?

# ? Apr 2, 2022 03:37

Lumpy the Cook: Feb 4, 2011; Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

*breathes in really really deep* Thank You Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Players on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita are having trouble accessing their digital purchases after a strange expiration date suddenly appeared on certain games, as first reported by Kotaku. The problem seems to mostly affect classic titles, preventing users from playing Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy VI, as the games are now �expired.�

But here�s the odd part: the expiration dates are dated half a century in the past. Twitter user Christopher Foose shared an image of his Chrono Cross download, which shows that the game expired on December 31st, 1969 at 7:20 PM. He says the issue only occurred after redownloading the game, and that he�s now unable to play it on PS3 and PS Vita.

GamesHub editor Edmond Tran similarly found he was unable to play Chrono Cross on the PS3 thanks to a 52-year-old expiration date. And while Tran says he could still play the classic title on his PS Vita, he wasn�t able to find the listing on the PS Vita store, a sign that Sony may have taken it down. Other users on Reddit and Twitter also reported the issue with Rune Factory Oceans, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Gex: Enter the Gecko, and for some, their entire digital library.

As outlined in the various threads and posts about the problem, some players say they�ve tried factory resetting their consoles, subscribing and unsubscribing to PlayStation Plus, and restoring their game licenses, all to no avail. PlayStation has yet to acknowledge the situation, and the game company didn�t immediately respond to The Verge�s request for comment.

There is one possible reason why this may be happening, though. Kotaku notes that the issue may stem from a glitch causing the PS Vita and PS3 to revert the game licenses� expiration dates to the Unix epoch, or the arbitrary time and date set by developers to designate the beginning of a console�s life.

Even if this is just a glitch, it�s stoking concerns that Sony is dealing yet another blow to the PS3 and PS Vita stores. After the game company nearly closed down both stores last year, it made them harder to shop at by taking away the ability to use credit cards or PayPal to make purchases.

# ? Apr 11, 2022 04:56

MrQueasy: Nov 15, 2005; Probiot-ICK

Lumpy the Cook posted:

But here�s the odd part: the expiration dates are dated half a century in the past. Twitter user Christopher Foose shared an image of his Chrono Cross download, which shows that the game expired on December 31st, 1969 at 7:20 PM. He says the issue only occurred after redownloading the game, and that he�s now unable to play it on PS3 and PS Vita.

That's not that odd... that's within a day of unix/epoch time 0. Probably some dumbass wanted a "placeholder" value.

Modern software is built on sand

# ? Apr 11, 2022 05:07

Lumpy the Cook: Feb 4, 2011; Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

The issue isn�t so much the date as it is, why exactly is there even a digital game access expiration function to begin with? I can see it being implemented for limited-time early access betas or w/e, but even then wouldn�t those just block access or fail to connect to the servers for anyone trying to play after they�re done anyways

# ? Apr 11, 2022 05:12

MrQueasy: Nov 15, 2005; Probiot-ICK

Lumpy the Cook posted:

The issue isn�t so much the date as it is, why exactly is there even a digital game access expiration function to begin with? I can see it being implemented for limited-time early access betas or w/e, but even then wouldn�t those just block access or fail to connect to the servers for anyone trying to play after they�re done anyways

They probably needed it once (or some brain trust said they'd need it) and taking it out would break some number of other seemingly unrelated things.

Though, didn't Amazon have some sort of expiration thing in the past with kindle books that made everyone angry?

# ? Apr 11, 2022 05:24

The Kins: Oct 2, 2004

apparently the wii had a system where stuff could expire, but nothing was actually ever set up to use it

# ? Apr 11, 2022 07:52

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Who wants to play Chrono Cross anyway just buy Halo.

# ? Apr 11, 2022 07:57

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I didn't know they took credit card payment off of the ps3 and vita store though lol. Why even bother keeping the store up if you're going to make everyone go buy gift cards.

# ? Apr 11, 2022 13:58

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

With Nintendo you can add cash to your account using the Switch (and maybe the website?) and then use that to buy stuff from the WiiU/3DS shop.

Dunno if it works the same way for PS or if you're forced to fund with gift cards.

# ? Apr 11, 2022 14:10

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

Lumpy the Cook posted:

The issue isn�t so much the date as it is, why exactly is there even a digital game access expiration function to begin with? I can see it being implemented for limited-time early access betas or w/e, but even then wouldn�t those just block access or fail to connect to the servers for anyone trying to play after they�re done anyways

its because the actual good version is out now. topic locked.

# ? Apr 11, 2022 16:43

elf help book: Aug 5, 2004; Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

Lumpy the Cook posted:

The issue isn�t so much the date as it is, why exactly is there even a digital game access expiration function to begin with? I can see it being implemented for limited-time early access betas or w/e, but even then wouldn�t those just block access or fail to connect to the servers for anyone trying to play after they�re done anyways

ps plus games

# ? Apr 11, 2022 16:45