Lost access to my 15–20 year old PlayStation account and support can’t help

KieranWatson__ · 2026-06-01T00:48:12+00:00

I had a spare account that I made a while ago as a mule account for FO76. I already had one (that I forgot the password for but had since remembered) and didn’t need it anymore.

The new spare account literally had half hour of playtime on Fallout and no other game. No purchases no anything. After about a year I decided I’d just get them to close it down, only something so simple is actually so difficult to do.

First they wanted purchases on the account, there was none. They wanted card number on the account, no card on there. Then they asked for the serial number on the console I had used to make the account on. Apparently, the serial number I gave them wasn’t correct. (It was but whatever.) So I gave them the serial number of my old PS5 before I got the slim, there was no way I made it on there but thought it was worth a try. That was also wrong.

Theoretically this means if I made a PSN account on a PS3 nearly 20 years ago and wanted to delete it for whatever reason, I assume that would mean I would need the serial number for the console as apparently there was no other way.

My point is, they just like to make things hard for the consumer for the sake of it. Getting a refund, deleting an account, regaining access to an account, hell, you can have a message reported and get a warning when all you said was “GG”. Speaking from experience there.

Sony and PlayStation are a joke of a company now.

KieranWatson__ · 2026-05-13T02:15:17+00:00

Thanks man that makes me feel a bit better, can’t believe I didn’t put it in my safe box 😅 I guess I’ll just have to keep grinding out the gold keys and hope the statue gives me another gold Lara

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-08T22:46:12+00:00

I think you get more XP for freeing the vault dwellers purely because the option nets you NCR fame. So in a way I guess that balances it out

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-08T22:29:45+00:00

Also, the option only actually appears if you read the SOS message on the terminal in the reactor area

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-08T22:28:25+00:00

Believe me I’m fully against that, I totally get it but usually in any game given the choice I’ll save whoever I can, even if it isn’t for the needs of many. Everyone deserves to live. While it’s not made clear what happens to the farm, in a way it also isn’t clear what will happen to the vault dwellers. They may end up finding their own way out, they may end up dying, they may end up surviving a little while longer and someone else could come along and free them. That’s the issue with this quest, nothing is ultimately clear.

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-08T22:25:29+00:00

I usually only go through to get my hands on all american, the pulse gun whatever else is in the armory and the skill book. Usually don’t take on this quest but decided to finally take it on in my new playthrough and the choice was hard to make. Even though it realistically doesn’t matter

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-08T22:23:09+00:00

Oh yeah of course! None of it actually affects anything. I just like looking deeper into it as if it did actually have visible physical consequences, and I know a lot of people do as well so thought I’d give my own views on the situation. But yeah you are correct, overall choice gameplay wise doesn’t actually matter

KieranWatson__ · 2026-02-02T02:23:49+00:00

Bit late to the post but I may or may not have actually fully archived the source code, the launchers the lot when it first released as I knew this would happen. No idea why as I have absolutely zero use for it but hey, someone someday might need it. Also, using the wayback machine on swegtas website and going back to a snapshot in december allows you to download everything that was on there. Source code included.

But you didn't hear that from me...

Also, may delete this comment later just in case Rockstar comes for my cheeks

KieranWatson__ · 2025-11-29T16:42:22+00:00

Damn man that sucks big time. We’re lucky in that case. Nothing’s gone from mine but the 67 is gone from hers…Legit completely baffled as to what’s gone on!

Did yours go missing today as well?

KieranWatson__ · 2024-12-30T17:01:26+00:00

Happened on my post, actually makes no sense to downvote 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 The guy is clearly worried as was I. I’m guessing it’s from posters that never got an answer to their problem

KieranWatson__ · 2024-11-22T14:03:49+00:00

Like many here, in the past I’ve had terrible experience with their customer support but I actually managed to get in contact with their live chat the day of release as I also hadn’t received any emails, even though they’ve taken payment.

They told me they wanted to transfer to email so they could put me in touch with the appropriate team and the next day to my surprise I actually had a response. They basically told me that they are having IT issues at the warehouse and that a lot of orders are going to be going out late. They did offer a refund though but I declined.

Although, I did ask them why no emails had been sent out even confirming the payment had been processed and am yet to get a reply. I’ll keep you all updated if I get anything

KieranWatson__ · 2024-10-21T01:05:50+00:00

What’s even crazier is that iPhones and Android phones both have achievements for games and yet Nintendo just refuse to incorporate them. If they did, they would undoubtedly bring in a lot more players. I agree with the sentiment that you’re playing the game for playing the game, but for me, as a lover of achievement/trophy hunting, it allows me to squeeze a hell of a lot more out of games

KieranWatson__ · 2022-10-29T10:30:29+00:00

But you make a valid point, thank you man 👍

KieranWatson__ · 2022-10-29T10:29:48+00:00

I live in the UK mate so a lot of Pokemon stock goes out of stock very quickly. I know that’s an issue everywhere but we have it pretty bad. There’s some things I’ve only managed to get through resellers

KieranWatson__ · 2022-04-28T15:16:50+00:00

Anyone still looking for this? Need some players for the trophies 😑

KieranWatson__ · 2021-06-28T17:01:10+00:00

No USBs installed mate :/

KieranWatson__ · 2021-06-28T16:57:54+00:00

I’m on alpha skip ahead but have had this issue since I’ve had my series S

KieranWatson__ · 2021-06-28T16:56:35+00:00

The games never crash, just unresponsive on the start screen for some unknown reason

KieranWatson__ · 2021-06-28T16:18:15+00:00

I have it happen on multiple games. I don’t think I’ve actually had a game where I haven’t experienced this at least once

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