Unable to play downloaded games ps4

While "locking" games can certainly happen, it appears that this latest crop of game lockdowns is a direct result of some type of network issue currently occurring on PSN.

No new information has been divulged regarding this outage, but from the looks of everything, it doesn't appear to be anything akin to the large scale PSN hack that saw some 77 million user accounts compromised and has been a blight on Sony's reputation ever since. Let's say you're having this problem and it isn't related to a network outage, what then?

Again, there are several reasons for why one can be "locked" out of their games. I just deactivated and activated as primary ps4 in the accojnt with the game, and the PS plus and now the game is locked on all my accounts Another solution is to disable your console as the primary one and then reactivate it as the primary one yet again. Here's how you get that done:. Hi AskPlayStation. All my games are locked on my PS4. What can I do? Again, these solutions won't work if there is a network issue prohibiting you from playing the game, so there's really no helping you if that's going on.

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Update PS4 system software. Manage PS4 console storage space. Safe Mode on PS4 consoles. Check transaction history. Activate primary PS4 console. Restore licences for your account. Restore licenses. If you are having trouble finding DLC or add-on content, please visit the guides below.

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