Many happy years with Sony since 2007 – those were the days! Now, it all feels a bit like a right rip-off. Here's the rub: you need a subscription just to play online, and all these so-called "free" games in your subscription are just trials. That means if PlayStation yanks a game from their library, even if it's installed on your console or external hard drive, they can block you from playing it altogether – even if you've forked out for in-game purchases.By their reckoning, all the games you access with a subscription are simply trials because you only have them as long as they're on the service (limited time). There's no point in adding anything to your library as you'll likely lose access to most of them eventually. You'll just see a padlock symbol because PlayStation decided to bin the game off their subscription. It doesn't matter if you're halfway through or splashed out on in-game stuff; this all feels like a ploy to pressure folks into buying the games again.This is a far cry from other gaming companies that prioritise you owning the games. They let you keep playing installed games even after they're removed from the store or subscription service, like with Game Pass. Unfortunately, I learnt this the hard way. After years of loyalty and paying what feels like extortionate prices for tech and games, I feel utterly mugged off and frankly, scammed.
