Sony says your PlayStation won't check for game licenses every 30 days

Key points

• Rumors that Sony's new digital rights management (DRM) system might check PlayStation game licenses every 30 days appear not to be true.
• Despite screenshots posted on X last week showing an apparent "Valid Period" length, newly-purchased digital games will receive a perpetual license after a single online check after purchase, Sony told Game File.
• "Players can continue to access and play their purchased games as usual," a representative told Game File.
• "A one-time online check is required after purchase to confirm the game's license, after which no further check-ins are needed." News about 30-day license check-ins alarmed PlayStation console owners and preservationists over concerns that games might become unplayable if a system is offline for more than a month.
• Players testing the theory found that setting a PS4 or PS5 to be the "primary" console for a game (a Sony-authorized way to establish digital rights) wasn't overriding the 30-day limit....