More than 4,000 PlayStation 4 games have been published worldwide, according to a post on the PlayStation blog in March, but there are significantly fewer games available in the China market. Photo: Reuters
More than 4,000 PlayStation 4 games have been published worldwide, according to a post on the PlayStation blog in March, but there are significantly fewer games available in the China market. Photo: Reuters
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Sony disables PlayStation 4 back door that allowed Chinese users to download overseas games

  • A back door in the Chinese PlayStation 4 allowed gamers to log onto foreign servers and download games from overseas versions of the PlayStation Store
  • This secret feature appears to have been disabled in the latest system update, although some users say those who had activated it previously are not affected

Josh Ye
Josh Ye

Updated: 10:32pm, 29 May, 2020

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More than 4,000 PlayStation 4 games have been published worldwide, according to a post on the PlayStation blog in March, but there are significantly fewer games available in the China market. Photo: Reuters
More than 4,000 PlayStation 4 games have been published worldwide, according to a post on the PlayStation blog in March, but there are significantly fewer games available in the China market. Photo: Reuters
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