Sony Changes PS5 License Recovery Feature, Hackers Face Problems

Renowned hacker and console expert Lance McDonald drew attention to an important change in the latest update for PlayStation 5Previously, users could restore licenses for all games linked to their profile, regardless of whether they were installed on the console or not. However, with a recent update, this feature has changed - now you can only restore licenses for games that are already installed on the device.

According to McDonald's, for ordinary users this change will remain unnoticed, as they rarely encounter the need for mass license restoration. However, for hackers who used the ability to load hundreds of keys onto the console at once, the innovation became a serious problem.

"Previously, you could jailbreak your console and install any game from your PSN library simply by using a USB stick," "- McDonald explained. Now this method no longer works, which makes it much more difficult to use unlicensed copies of games without an online connection.