Sony Plans to Blocks Used Games Completely

[Del Murder]

Sony's actually made a pretty decent push into digital distribution with the PSN store. I could see them feasibly trying to take on Steam-esque levels of deals with digital titles to offset this.

Used games is kind of a crappy market, to be honest.

Maybe so, but wouldn't this also prevent people from swapping and borrowing games? I do that with my brothers all the time.

[Mirage]

Misleading title is misleading.

[Bolivar]

This is actually kinda cool - the 'perfect' CD key. Plus, Sony understands that people use their account when they go over a friend's house, which is why they already have PSN game sharing. They've lessened the amount of machines you can share with, but it's still pretty cool and one of the ways PlayStation's online digital service is better even than Steam.

I've never been much of a used game buyer, so this stuff never really bothers me.

Right, because we all know PC games never run into DRM issues.

Yeah, but you can deal with it a little better when they're practically giving away AAA games on PC for free.

[Futan]

Also there's the option to bypass the DRM with most games on PC if it's making the game unplayable for whatever reason. Will probably do that when SimCity comes out since it won't save your game unless you're online(wtf?).

[Polnareff]

Agreed with Bolivar, and you know what? I'm gonna play devil's advocate and say that this might actually be a smart idea. Imagine how many developers would develop for Sony if this was the case; it'd pretty be much free extra money for some of them because they wouldn't be getting gypped by way of used game sales. (what I mean is, people would have no choice but to buy games new, and even if the prices dropped, developers would still get the money)

Of course, there is the fact that DRM can be easily bypassed for the most part. There's also that the online services for the next systems will be most robust so they'd probably have a bigger selection of titles you could buy from them as well.

[Franjopz]

thqats a great news it would surely reduce much of the overcrowding .............

[Mirage]

How would it?

[Shattered Dreamer]

I honestly don't see Sony putting any kind of technology into the PS4 that locks individual games to a single console. A lock out on used games would have to be across all consoles but if one simply did by themselves consumers would avoid it.

What Sony probably will do with PS4 however is lock games to your PSN and make it so that you must log into the PSN to play your games.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Didn't we have a thread similar to this before?

Anyway, I think that any company that decided to do this would only be smurfing themselves. I borrow plenty of games and buy used games semi-frequently, so actual implementation of this would just cause me to not buy that console. Secondly, it basically goes against the principle that the game is yours once you buy it and can do what you like with it as long as that isn't preventing others from enjoying the game.

[Bolivar]

I believe just about all modern video games are only giving you a license to play the game once you buy it, not ownership of a copy of the content on the disc.

[Quindiana Jones]

Like FFXII?

[Bolivar]

Haha yeah it's exactly like the license board, quin

[black orb]

I believe just about all modern video games are only giving you a license to play the game once you buy it, not ownership of a copy of the content on the disc.

>>> What next? gotta buy special coins to play my games like in the arcade machines? lol..

smurf sony..

[Quindiana Jones]

The PS4 actually comes with a coin slot.

[Laddy]

PC gamers 4 lyfe, yo.