P.T. Can No Longer Be Downloaded, Even From Your Library

[Azaan60]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/p-t-can-no-longer-be-downloaded-even-from-your-ps4/1100-6427124/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=hub_platform

 

 

P.T., the playable teaser for Silent Hills, has been taken off the PlayStation servers and now no longer downloadable on the PS4; even for players who have added the teaser to your library before the game was removed from the PlayStation Store. Players who have P.T. in their PlayStation library and try to download the game will be met with an error message that reads "Cannot download."

We've tested the process on PS4, and the game is no longer downloadable even if you have downloaded it before. If the game is deleted from the library it is now gone for good.

Publisher Konami announced in April that the teaser would be removed from the PSN store. The announcement was made at a time when developer Kojima Productions was in some upheaval, as GameSpot has been told that Hideo Kojima would be leaving the company following the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

P.T. was removed from the PlayStation Store in late April. However, at the time, the playable teaser could still be re-downloaded if it was deleted, so long as it was added to a user's library. That is no longer the case.

 

Given that the teaser cannot be downloaded at all anymore, perhaps the number of eBay listings for PlayStation 4's with P.T. installed on their hard drives will increase.

 

Edited May 6, 2015 by Azaan60

[Lucas]

Lol, it would be even funnier if it wasn't playable at all anymore. Those guys who bought a PS4 + P.T. for a thousand bucks would finally get to see how stupid they are...

[Redgrave]

I thought that was the whole point of downloading it before they took it off the Store, since it wouldn't download even if it was from your library. So I'm not sure why it seems unexpected.

[imakillerwomble]

I won't worry can see this game getting made even if someone buys the rights to do this. Would not be surpised if next years E3 this will rise its head once again

[StrickenBiged]

It's still available in EU. (For once SCEE being slow seems to be an advantage!)

 

I'd still make sure it's on your console if you ever want to play it again (or man up enough to play through it just once in the first place, as in my case). SCEE may be removing it shortly...

[Morsey3d]

will most likely be when the store updates around midday, so i started mine downloading earlier this morning

[Omar]

I downloaded it this morning and it all went fine, yay SCEE (just this once ) 

Edited May 6, 2015 by Omar

[Vivinho333]

Well, I guess I'll play P.T once every week so that he never goes to the library then, I may sell my Ps4 for millions in a few years

[FluffyAssassin64]

[Aranea Highwind]

Another sign that digital only future is a bad idea.

[Maniadh417]

any 1 want a ps4 wit pt legit I swer only £2500.99 ill even trow in th controlr cmon m8s

[GenoStarrz]

Shit, and I thought I was safe.

[ShadowGandalf]

Well, I downloaded PT day one and have never deleted it. Never will either. I enjoy it too much.

[ScutumMagister]

Another sign that digital only future is a bad idea.

 

Except it was a free demo so that would seem to make the whole "digital is bad and/or evil" argument rather irrelevant since all that was removed was something that nobody spent money on in the first place. Now if it was a demo that had people actually had to buy then the there would actually be validity to this argument. 

Edited May 6, 2015 by ScutumMagister

[Condemned09]

Im so glad i dint delete P.T

[Aranea Highwind]

Except it was a free demo so that would seem to make the whole "digital is bad and/or evil" argument rather irrelevant since all that was removed was something that nobody spent money on in the first place. Now if it was a demo that had people actually had to buy then the there would actually be validity to this argument. 

True that, however digital content is something you actually don't own forever and this is just small of examples of the dark side when it comes to digital content. Take the virtual world PlayStation Home for example, while it was and i also consider it a failure, Sony shut down the service and well people spend real money in there, only to see it all go away. PSN, Xbox Live Steam etc. are not reliable. If Sony decides to remove certain games from your library paid or not they can do it  and there is nothing the users can do about it. Digital future yeah right....

[ScutumMagister]

True that, however digital content is something you actually don't own forever and this is just small of examples of the dark side when it comes to digital content. Take the virtual world PlayStation Home for example, while it was and i also consider it a failure, Sony shut down the service and well people spend real money in there, only to see it all go away. PSN, Xbox Live Steam etc. are not reliable. If Sony decides to remove certain games from your library paid or not they can do it  and there is nothing the users can do about it. Digital future yeah right....

 

PS Home is actually still different though, it was essentially an MMO hub and MMOs always shut down yet people keep playing them.

[Aranea Highwind]

PS Home is actually still different though, it was essentially an MMO hub and MMOs always shut down yet people keep playing them.

Um no, it was like a Second Life thing. Don't be surprised if you can't download your PS3 games in 5 years or so. Plus  2 months ago if i remember correctly, Sony bought a digital streaming service only to shut it down, same thing can happen to them you never know.

 

Edit: 

 

P.T. has an expiration date of 12/31/2015 after that you won't be able to play the game even if you never deleted it.

 

Edit 2:

 

P.T. expiration date is only shown if you downloaded the demo from the Germany region as PS+ was required in order to download it. People from that region can re-download the demo as long they continue being a PS+ subscriber.

Edited May 6, 2015 by Paige

[IrishNexus]

Another sign that digital only future is a bad idea.

Unfortunately you are correct; when you buy a digital game, you don't actually buy the game, you're only buying a license to play that game, similar to buying a license to use certain software on your laptop. And, of course, that license can be revoked at any time.

 

With physical games, that copy is yours and yours alone.

 

I have games both physical and digital, and incidents like this involving digital stuff are worrying. I know this is only a demo so it hasn't gone straight to removing people's full games yet, but still.

[Superbuu3]

Um no, it was like a Second Life thing. Don't be surprised if you can't download your PS3 games in 5 years or so. Plus  2 months ago if i remember correctly, Sony bought a digital streaming service only to shut it down, same thing can happen to them you never know.

 

With the discontinuation of P.T. i see the PS4  installed with this demo selling now. 

A streaming service is very different to a digital download as you require access 24/7 to use it. Digital content is very different and as yet there hasn't been any examples I can think of where people actually lost the digital games they had. There is usually warning if servers close down anyway.

 

So I can download the game locally and still play it. If I wreck my computer/console its the same consequence as if i wrecked a physical disc. On the converse side if someones house is robbed they lose those games to so digital was better in that context.

[30 Year Old Boomer]

Well that sucks. Thankfully i didnt delete it off my hard drive. The demo was pretty fun 

[DrBloodmoney]

I just downloaded it successfully....... So i guess its still available in the EU store