ALSO may cause game install data corruption pt1 /ltCmh6M6rH The result, no physical or digital games work offline without connecting to Sony's server. I took out the battery and put the ps4 back together. If you want proof of the #cmos issue with ps4's then heres video. error CE-30391-6 appears /KzWPF9a2Nqĭown below we’ve included some tweets of Forest showing the PS4 CMOS issue with digital and physical titles. I took out the battery to see if I could replicate the issue and well, It does not play any physical or digital games without connecting online. When trying to play games, users are presented with error code just as mentioned in his video with the CMOS battery. Sony is Reportedly Looking Into The Reported PS5 & PS4 CMOS Issues That Prevents Users From Playing Games OfflineĪs it turns out, removing the battery inside Sony’s console prevents people from playing any physical or digital games without an active internet connection (or with PSN being down). By replicating the issue, we hope to have some record of it.” “This test is to determine what will happen if the CMOS battery goes bad and pretending the PSN servers are offline. “I went out and picked up this #PS4 slim in order to take it apart and remove the battery inside of it, Forest writes. Twitter user Forest decided to purchase a PS4 Slim model to test whether PS4 games will no longer work due to a bad or missing CMOS battery without an internet connection.

Fast forward a few weeks and a Twitter user has now posted proof that this is indeed the case.

Last month, well-known hacker and modder Lance McDonald suggested that(you know him from the unofficial Bloodborne 60FPS patch), in a few years, PS4 players might not be able to play PS4 games offline when the CMOS battery inside the console dies.

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