There are a series of reports that PS3 and PS Vita download version games suddenly become 'expired' and cannot be played.

Game Archives is a service that downloads and sells titles such as the original PlayStation for PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation Portable (PSP), and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita). Users have reported that some titles downloaded from this Game Archives have become 'expired' and unplayable.

PS3, Vita Games Mysteriously Expiring, Making Them Unplayable
https://kotaku.com/playstation-3-ps3-vita-sony-digital-license-expire-chro-1848770979

Digital games on PS3 and Vita are reportedly 'expiring' and becoming unplayable | Eurogamer.net
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Since April 2022, some PlayStation users have reported that 'games downloaded from Game Archives can no longer be played.'

Twitter user Christopher Foose said, 'Does PlayStation expire the game archives version of Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger by setting the download date to December 31, 1969? Chrono Cross purchased by 1969 can no longer be played on PS Vita and PS3. ' In the image posted by Foose with the tweet, Chrono Cross's 'Remaining Time' is 'Expired' and 'Epires' is '12/31/1969'. It has been.

So did @PlayStation expire the PSOne Classics versions of #ChronoCross and #ChronoTrigger by setting the date on new downloads to 12/31/1969? This is preventing me from playing my purchased copies on Vita and PS3. @ModernVintageG @ dark1x pic.twitter .com / wxRebNIZWh

— Christopher Foose (@FooseTV) April 8, 2022

According to Edmond Tran, the editor of the game media Games Hub , the game archives version of Chrono Cross is not available for sale on the PS Vita PlayStation Store. However, if you purchased it in the past, it will be displayed in the download list and it seems that it will work normally. On the other hand, if you reinstall the PS3 version of Chrono Cross and try to play it, it will be displayed as 'expired' and you will not be able to play.

Here's something shitty:

--The PSOne Classics version of Chrono Cross can't be found on the PS Vita store anymore, only on your download list if you bought before. Runs fine though.

--It's on the PS3 store, but trying to install and run it tells me it expired? In 1970 ?? wtf pic.twitter.com/o0xz96izmF

— Edmond Tran (@EdmondTran) April 4, 2022

Another user said, 'I also tried and I was able to play Chrono Cross, but not Chrono Trigger. I reinstalled and tested other games and it worked. It worked, 'and you can see that the titles that expire will vary from user to user. Looking at the image this user attached to the tweet, Chrono Trigger has an expiration date of January 1, 1970, but Chrono Cross has no expiration date.

I did some testing of this issue with #ChronoCross & #ChronoTrigger having broken expiration on licenses.

Chrono Cross still worked for me.
Chrono Trigger did not.

I tested reinstalling some other games (Suikoden & Wild Arm) and they worked fine. @ModernVintageG @chronogame https://t.co/xkbqnkX3eL pic.twitter.com/MaOhB4ZYrF

— Words (@NoWordCount) April 8, 2022

Yet another user tweeted, 'What's happening? The game I bought many years ago has an expiration date of 1969. How can I fix this?' We are reporting that FINAL FANTASY VI has expired and is no longer playable.

@AskPlayStation what happened here? A game I bought years ago is expired 1969 really? How can I fix this. Should I re download and install again it is under Purchased downloads pic.twitter.com/kIDRDXl5Sf

— Steve J (@ Crono96) April 5, 2022

Gyrocop, a Reddit user, reported that when he tried to play ' Rune Factory Oceans ' purchased from Game Archives on PS3, he could not play it because it expired and he could not play it even if he changed the game machine. In addition, another Reddit user has reported multiple similar issues .

Kotaku, an overseas game media, said, 'At first, I thought this was an attempt to encourage the purchase of the remastered version of'Chrono Cross: Radical Dreamers Edition ', but the same problem occurred in various titles. I noticed that 'I noticed that', and explained that titles other than Chrono Cross are also in a situation where they can not be played due to 'expired'.

Regarding the current situation where titles purchased from Game Archives are randomly expired and can no longer be played, Kotaku said, 'Due to some bug or bug in the backend, the PlayStation game license expires in' UNIX Epoch '(1970 1). It may have been set by default at 0:00:00 (UTC) on the 1st of the month. '

Kotaku has contacted Sony about these issues, but hasn't received a response at the time of writing.