Bought a Primary game and can’t wait to play? These steps take under 5 minutes.
Steps
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From the home screen choose your profile icon → "Add User" → "Get Started" and sign in with the email and password you received.
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Go to Settings → Users and Accounts → Other → Console Sharing and Offline Play and press Enable.
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Open the Library from the account user and download the game.
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Switch back to your own user and play — online and offline.
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Add a new user and sign in with the details you received.
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Do NOT enable Console Sharing — leave it as is.
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Download the game from the Library and play from this user only, with the console online.
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At the login screen choose New User → Create a User and sign in.
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Settings → Account Management → Activate as Your Primary PS4 → Activate.
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Download the game from the Library, switch back to your user and play.
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Add a new user and sign in with the details you received.
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Do NOT activate as Primary.
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Download the game and play from this user with the console online.
Never change the email, password or enable 2-step verification on the account — it voids the warranty.
Important tips
- Never change the password or email.
- After activation, play from your own profile.

