PlayStation's library wiping bug is becoming more prevalent, we're afraid

Being a gamer is hard, and don’t let anyone tell you differently. This devastating PlayStation bug is proof of that; leaving players faced with seeing their digital games library wiped out.

There’s already trepidation surrounding games becoming digital only, with this current issue only exacerbating the worries gamers already have. As a PlayStation owner, I can’t stress how much I keep looking at my library, praying for it not to be hit with this once-rare bug.

It isn’t a universal problem by any stretch of the imagination (yet), however, users suffering from this nightmare PS bug are growing. To make matters worse, Sony isn’t exactly in a rush to address the issue, which is understandably causing backlash.

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“For the last few months, there has been a bug impacting a relatively small amount of PSN users in which all digital licenses (including purchased games & titles added to one's library via PS+) become decoupled from your transaction history which shows you purchased those things,” shared the OP on Reddit.

The same poster tries to offer a way to mitigate the issue, though, as many other gamers have pointed out, this isn’t their job. It’s Sony’s.

As this library wiping bug becomes more prevalent, once dedicated PlayStation fans are claiming that Sony is “very anti consumer”. The stories of Sony demanding that players repurchase games they’ve already bought only further fuel the discontent. It comes at a time when Sony is already in the firing line after eight percent of its workforce was let go, as the layoffs continue.

Dissatisfaction is rife for both employees and gamers as large companies fail to tackle problems head on, leaving them to run rampant before anything is done. Currently, it’s reported that there’s “50 + confirmed cases” of this bug. Maybe that doesn’t seem significant enough to Sony, however, the longer it remains “tight-lipped”, the more the anger will swell.