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Report says Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass added over $8,700 worth of new games in 2023 (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

No, PSN once you claim a "free" game you can't buy them even if they are on sale. You have to cancel sub, wait until sale, buy the game.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Epic games says I own a game but it’s the same where I don’t actually own it, I just own a license to download the game from their servers. Pretty sure it’s the same on PSN, too

    Maybe I misunderstood the original question

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    It's quite different though.

    PSN:

    • you get access to the "claimed" monthly free games as long as you have subscription
    • you can't download or keep playing the "claimed" games if your subscription expired.
    • those claimed game will shown as "in library" and can't be purchased even if there is a on-going sale.
    • if you paid for a plus member extra bonus discount game, it's still yours if your sub expired.

    Epic:

    • you can download the game and keep them somewhere, as long as the auth token can verify you own the game and not expired. (similar to Steam I think the token is valid for a week if your internet goes out. it will ask you to go into offline mode as well. )
    • this works for both free game they gave out and the one you paid for with money.

    I don't know how the higher tier of PSN and GamePass works regarding the access of game you "played".

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