Just got a PS5, having trouble buying games due to PS Plus

[soulafein82]

Hello all. I was on Xbox for the last couple generations. I gave my Series S to my daughter and I got myself a PS5. Over time I had built up a good collection on Xbox of digital games I bought so I figured for PS5 I would just buy a select few I really liked. I haven't had any PlayStation digital games before, as I did not have a PS4. I was glad to see that Sony had made their PS Plus pretty cool to compete with GamePass. Here's an example of my problem, though: I have Bloodborne on my account from my PS Plus membership but I want to buy the Fancy Shiny Edition with the expansion included. Sony won't let me. Sony thinks I own the game even though I don't own the game, its just on my PS Plus membership. On Xbox, it clearly shows which games you own and which games you are just playing for the month with GamePass and it never ever gives you a hard time trying to give Microsoft money. You can easily buy your new favorite GamePass game. Why can't I do this on PlayStation? It seems unfathomably stupid to me to not let people spend money. I just want to buy this version of the game. Why can't I? I don't own the game, Sony just thinks I do.

 

[Bastet]

I’ve noticed the same.
On occasion if you go to the game’s page on the store there’s an option to purchase but this seems to be hit or miss.

 

[NoUseMercenary]

Hello all. I was on Xbox for the last couple generations. I gave my Series S to my daughter and I got myself a PS5. Over time I had built up a good collection on Xbox of digital games I bought so I figured for PS5 I would just buy a select few I really liked. I haven't had any PlayStation digital games before, as I did not have a PS4. I was glad to see that Sony had made their PS Plus pretty cool to compete with GamePass. Here's an example of my problem, though: I have Bloodborne on my account from my PS Plus membership but I want to buy the Fancy Shiny Edition with the expansion included. Sony won't let me. Sony thinks I own the game even though I don't own the game, its just on my PS Plus membership. On Xbox, it clearly shows which games you own and which games you are just playing for the month with GamePass and it never ever gives you a hard time trying to give Microsoft money. You can easily buy your new favorite GamePass game. Why can't I do this on PlayStation? It seems unfathomably stupid to me to not let people spend money. I just want to buy this version of the game. Why can't I? I don't own the game, Sony just thinks I do.

This is why I buy physical copies of most of my games. First off, I like seeing / showing off the boxes / steelbooks. Secondly, it has resale value. I can let my friends borrow the games. And you don't run into issues like you stated in the OP.

 

[soulafein82]

This is why I buy physical copies of most of my games. First off, I like seeing / showing off the boxes / steelbooks. Secondly, it has resale value. I can let my friends borrow the games. And you don't run into issues like you stated in the OP.

Fair. I dont like disc copies of things though. What if the disc gets damaged or your friend loses it? I like having digital collections of things tied to my account forever that I can download whenever I need to. Also, my PS5 is the digital version cause I didnt want to pay a hundred bucks for a disc drive I wasnt gonna use. To each their own. What I have found by googling this issue is that Ill have to call Sony support to get them to untether Bloodborne from my account so I can buy the Complete Edition. Thats stupid but at least its a solution. I do think this is a very weird way for Sony to do business and its backwards and stupid.

 

[AsterPhoenix]

This is why I buy physical copies of most of my games. First off, I like seeing / showing off the boxes / steelbooks. Secondly, it has resale value. I can let my friends borrow the games. And you don't run into issues like you stated in the OP.

I too am starting to buy more things physical these days which I got Star Ocean 6&Trails From Zero recently and looking at buying Tactics Ogre and likely God of War Ragnarök too . Supporting local outlets in my home country rather than buying from the big corps.

 

[CabooseMJ]

My PS5 is on order but I've always bought my games through the PS website. I've heard horror stories of how bad the app and through the console when buying games.