PlayStation 5 owners horrified after realising they've been making the same mistake for years

When you've spent hundreds of dollars on the latest game console, chances are you want it to be running as well as it can.

Unfortunately, we're making repeated mistakes, especially when it comes to the PlayStation 5.

Whether it be 'killing' our PS5 by standing it upright or failing to make the most of its 4K HDR settings, it feels like Sony should've probably given us a more comprehensive user manual.

Now, we're being warned that you could get more than just a slap on the wrist from the gaming giant.

In an age where digital media is (sadly) taking over from physical, the days of having a beautiful collection of gaming steelbooks might be a thing of the past.

This raises a debate about the idea of physically owning your games, with Ubisoft Director of Subscriptions at Ubisoft Philippe Tremblay controversially telling us we need to 'get comfortable' with not owning our games.

Gamers are making a costly mistake without even realizing (NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty)

There are some positives, and if you share your account with someone, you no longer have to buy two copies. It also takes away that annoying problem of waiting for someone to finish the game and then lending you their disc.

Over on Reddit, u/ManaByte warned about the dangers of sharing your PlayStation account. While it might seem noble to share with family members or loved ones, the OP reiterates that there's been an increase in people who've had a falling out and someone changing the two-factor authentication (2FA) of the original owner. The idea of sharing your account with a relative stranger can lead to you losing your account, so u/ManaByte says the simple solution is not to share with ANYONE.

Saying that ‘game sharing’ isn't to share games but to have multiple consoles in the same house, they warn: "It's not to share games with your Discord friend from the other side of the country."

They conclude by saying they wouldn't be surprised if Sony removes the feature at some point because it costs money to employ a support worker to tell you that you can't get your account back because you were foolish in sharing your details.

Others in the comments agreed, with someone else adding: "I didn’t know people used gamesharing with people on Discord that they don’t know. I have friends who game share but we know each other in real life.

"Trusting an online stranger with my account with 100s of games would be crazy."

Another said: "I wouldn’t even gameshare with a friend.. even one I know in real life.. because thing is friends don’t necessarily stay friends.

“One day either you or your friend does something that makes you no longer wanting to be friends."

A third concluded: "Depends on the friend and type of friendship, there’s only a couple people outside of family I would trust with it and I’d trust them with a whole lot more than just my PSN account. Outside of that inner circle you’re right, too much of a risk."

We understand sharing your account details with your brother so he can play Elden Ring, but who's to say he won't then share your details with someone else? As for sharing your details with complete strangers on the internet, well, you're just asking for trouble.