Buying a banned PS4 console

[baelog]

I read on the Sony website that if you buy a second hand PS4 that is banned you cannot get it unbanned. You need to contact seller for help. I guess the new account, new IP and location could be the banned owner moving house not selling it. Is there anything that can be done?

I'd take it it's just from playing stuff that would require online play. Say, Fallout 4 would be open to me, Fallout 76 wouldn't.

Would using a banned PS4 put my account in bad standing? I don't have an account yet, Say I buy a banned PS4, make an account, play for however long then buy a PS5, for argument sake brand new. I'd take it my account wouldn't be banned and get the new PS5 banned because it was associated with an account on a banned PS4. Or get the PS5 onto PSN but in bad standing, not banned but thought to be a trouble maker.

Also should I ask WHY it was banned before buying?Some activity it could be banned for could be worse than others.

[Joe_Dohn]

As far as I know, there's a difference between a banned console and a banned account, banned consoles are basically restricted from accessing Sony's services and the console will not connect to PSN regardless of the account used (not sure if using a non-banned account on a banned console would get the account banned, you'd have to check with Sony for that).

I'm pretty sure account bans are mostly temporary, like cheat bans for example, permanent bans are usually reserved as a more extreme measure.

Asking might not really be worth it, since the reason could very well be hidden from you anyways.

So, you were correct, a banned console is basically for single player games. I'd recommend against a banned console if you care about multiplayer even remotely, especially since couch co-op is almost non-existent nowadays, which is an incredible bummer as I used to love playing with/against my family on PS3 back in the day (and still do).

Pretty sure all rules will be the same for the PS5 in the future, but more detailed questions should be directed at Sony.

- J.D.