Playstation removes 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries

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If You bought any of them Discovery watch Since THE PlayStation Store, Sony has a few bad news For You has discover.

THE business recently announcement that all Discovery content bought on THE PlayStation Store will be erased Before 2024. THE Short notice, sign by THE PlayStation Store, says:

As of 31 December 2023, due has OUR content Licence provisions with content suppliers, You will No longer be able has watch any of them of your previously bought Discovery content And THE content will be deleted Since your video library.

We sincerely thank You For your continued support.

PlayStation Network begin sale TV watch And movies with 2008 PlayStation 3, And has THE time You were allowed has transfer content has different Sony devices, Kotaku note. That functionality went far with THE PlayStation 4. With THE growth of streaming TV applications, a lot of which could be accessed through A PlayStation, THE PlayStation Store stopped sale movies And TV watch In 2021.

But there were users WHO had Already bought thing Since THE PlayStation Store And, believe he Or not, to wait for has be able has watch he When they to want, Since they paid money has buy (instead that to rent out) he. I admit that I do not have heard A plot of THE watch be deleted after purchase. Watch get chopped Since user libraries include wives With Knives, A Silly Abroad, Wrong Twins, And Body Weird. And When he came has deadly docuseries, PlayStation Store Free a lot, if You were After Deadly Business, Claims, Dentists, Devotion, Sins, Or, of course, Women.

I am having amusing with a few of THE most weird the titles, of course. But there are Also a lot of more well known securities on THE list of bought content be revoked, including American Chopper, Cake Boss, MythBusters, Shark Week, And Say Yes has THE Dress.

While a few of THE content listed sounds, duty We say, A little niche, there are In total 1,318 seasons of watch listed For erasure. That means There is A GOOD chance many users will be affected by Sony announcement.

"Licence provisions »

Sony announcement doesn't provide a lot explanation For It is move in addition pointing has "content Licence agreements."

It is possible that Sony No longer had interest In paid has Licence content Since Warner Brothers. Discovery (WBD), especially considering that THE PlayStation Store stopped sale such content A couple of years There is. It is value noting that has THE time Sony claims that users would be always be able has "to access movie And TV content they to have bought through PlayStation Store For on demand proofreading on their PS4, PS5 And mobile devices."

It is Also possible that WBD has do he Also Dear For Sony has Licence THE content more. WBD East Currently trying has add the subscribers has It is streaming applications, Max. (which he shape This year by unite THE HBO Max. And Discovery+ streaming services) And Discovery+.

He was initially expected that Warner Brothers. Discovery would be eliminate Discovery+ once Max. came out. However, In FEBRUARY, THE Wall Street Newspaper (WSJ), quoting anonymous sources, reported that WBD decided has keep Discovery+ active In fear of losing the subscribers WHO doesn't to want has pay more For A Max. subscription (Discovery+ monthly subscriptions Currently to start has $4.99. Max. monthly subscriptions Currently to start has $9.99).

from the WSJ FEBRUARY report Also claims that Discovery+ had "weak Operating costs And East profitable." In October, WBD president of international, Gerard Zeiler, said Max....