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Interest Check: Online Blocked PS5
11-Apr-23 7:12pm
#1
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

WS-116332-6 Error code, reported as "Lost" to Sony.

Functions fine for offline play, but no online capabilities with the PSN Store.
11-Apr-23 7:34pm
#2
Joeya2001
Silver Good Trader

You buy it second hand?
11-Apr-23 7:43pm
#3
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Joeya2001 wrote:
You buy it second hand?
Yes, it was bought secondhand.
11-Apr-23 9:57pm
#4
Joeya2001
Silver Good Trader

Oduomega wrote:
Joeya2001 wrote:> You buy it second hand? Yes, it was bought secondhand.
That sucks I’m sorry, I heard stories of people selling them then reporting it them lost
11-Apr-23 10:08pm
#5
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

What good would that do? It's not like Sony sends them a replacement. That's a lot of work for nothing
11-Apr-23 10:13pm
#6
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

DarkFact wrote:
What good would that do? It's not like Sony sends them a replacement. That's a lot of work for nothingI struggle to see the logic in that too.
11-Apr-23 10:23pm
#7
benstylus
GameTZ Gold Subscriber GameTZ Full Moderator 550 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (9) Has Written 26 Reviews

Saying "lost" makes people more likely to contact Sony to try to resolve it.

A message saying "stolen" would get people to call the police.

11-Apr-23 10:25pm
#8
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

benstylus wrote:
Saying "lost" makes people more likely to contact Sony to try to resolve it. A message saying "stolen" would get people to call the police. Yeah, and either way Sony won't do jack squat about it.
11-Apr-23 10:25pm
#9
MrBean
GameTZ Gold Subscriber 400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (7) Has Written 1 Review

Never heard of this, but quick Google says it's more so that someone was banned, not necessarily stolen. Would think it's tied to username, not physical hardware (MAC?).

Did you call them to validate why it was banned?

Anyway, looks like you can appeal it. Do you have any type of receipt or proof of purchase? This has to be a common scenario to Sony.

https://youtu.be/cri...
11-Apr-23 10:33pm
#10
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

MrBean wrote:
Never heard of this, but quick Google says it's more so that someone was banned, not necessarily stolen. Would think it's tied to username, not physical hardware (MAC?). Did you call them to validate why it was banned? Anyway, looks like you can appeal it. Do you have any type of receipt or proof of purchase? This has to be a common scenario to Sony. https://youtu.be/cri...No PoP, bought from an individual, and I talked to Sony, they said they cannot do anything about it.
11-Apr-23 10:40pm
#11
MrBean
GameTZ Gold Subscriber 400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (7) Has Written 1 Review

Damn, that sucks man
11-Apr-23 11:18pm
#12
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

I'm just looking to see if anyone wants it for either parts or just to have in their collection, or whatever people do with these when they're barred from the PSN and online stuff...
11-Apr-23 11:28pm
#13
Joeya2001
Silver Good Trader

Yea, Sony will not unban an a system if it’s reported stolen
11-Apr-23 11:49pm
#14
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Joeya2001 wrote:
Yea, Sony will not I’m an a system if it’s reported stolen Reported as "Lost", not stolen.
12-Apr-23 12:41am
#15
Joeya2001
Silver Good Trader

Oduomega wrote:
Joeya2001 wrote:> Yea, Sony will not unban an a system if it’s reported stolen Reported as "Lost", not stolen.Well it’s not “lost” if you have it
12-Apr-23 1:26am
#16
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Joeya2001 wrote:
Oduomega wrote:> Joeya2001 wrote: |>> Yea, Sony will not unban an a system if it’s reported stolen > Reported as "Lost", not stolen. Well it’s not “lost” if you have itTrue, but Sony apparently doesn't care.
12-Apr-23 8:12am
#17
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I wonder if you can call up support and say you bought it secondhand from a pawn shop, maybe they can put in some sort of waiting period. It seems really stupid to me that you could sell a PS5, then for some reason call up Sony and tell them it was lost and they'd just block it indefinitely off the network. If you've got proof of purchase, I don't really see a reason for them to just blacklist it forever.

Sorry I know this is off topic but I'm legitimately blown away by this concept. I'll behave. What were you thinking of selling it for?
12-Apr-23 11:40am
#18
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

DarkFact wrote:
I wonder if you can call up support and say you bought it secondhand from a pawn shop, maybe they can put in some sort of waiting period. It seems really stupid to me that you could sell a PS5, then for some reason call up Sony and tell them it was lost and they'd just block it indefinitely off the network. If you've got proof of purchase, I don't really see a reason for them to just blacklist it forever. Sorry I know this is off topic but I'm legitimately blown away by this concept. I'll behave. What were you thinking of selling it for?At cost, hopefully.

$300 shipped would cover what I have in it.
12-Apr-23 12:44pm
#19
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

Can this still get updates? So like the only thing that wouldn't work is always online titles, right? Or if FF16 had a weird "needs to check into servers before playing" thing. Like Doom Classic had for a while
12-Apr-23 12:55pm
#20
Oduomega
Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

DarkFact wrote:
Can this still get updates? So like the only thing that wouldn't work is always online titles, right? Or if FF16 had a weird "needs to check into servers before playing" thing. Like Doom Classic had for a whileI would imagine so? It’s currently up to date on firmware, but there hasn’t been an update release to test that. It can still connect to WiFi, just not to PSN.
12-Apr-23 5:36pm
#21
heatdolphins45
Quadruple Gold Good Trader

Could I still earn trophies on my PSN account (if I played the GOW campaign, for example) or is it strictly offline play with no PSN benefits?

Interest Check: Online Blocked PS5