Sony has introduced a new feature for games purchased on the PS Store, causing some confusion and concern among PS5 and PS4 players. Sometime over the last week, players started noticing that their digital purchases came with a “Valid Period” of 30 days, and we’re not quite sure what this means yet.
What are ‘valid start and end dates’ on games purchased from PS Store?
The concept of Valid Period itself isn’t new, but the PS Store certainly didn’t apply this to purchased items until now. Multiple threads have popped up on various subreddits, with players questioning what the 30-day validity means.
The most popular theory is that Sony checks licenses for digital downloads every 30 days, and this “valid period” is how long a license is good for before it requires a digital check-in.
Players who have contacted Sony Support have only received goofy answers, like this fella being asked to contact the game’s publisher, so that doesn’t help.
My personal guess is that every time a console is online, the Valid Period is extended for another 30 days from that point onwards. Sony is probably trying to plug some kind of loophole it has discovered.
We’ll update our readers when we have more information.
