* now now lets not 'slam' SONY for yet another stupid desicision *


bah, idiots. stupid, stupid, stupid. It's all about the benjamins.

 

That's just ghey tbh.

 

Yeah they really should make an official statement regarding this rather than just brushing it off till sometime later this year.

It could be a complete non issue or Sony could really be being major idiots.

 

Looks like they're trying to nail the coffin themselves.

"How to lose customers the Sony way"

If they follow through with that they've certainly lost me as a potential buyer of the PS3, no doubt the games will be stupidly expensive still, I very much doubt they're going to make them cheaper just because you can't sell them on.

 

I seem to remember reading a while ago that it's been techincally 'illegal' for shops to sell 2nd hand games in Japan for a while (instigated by Sony), but it's just not enforced.

I guess if Sony refuse to sell equipment/games to anyone that sells 2nd hand then that could be an issue, but woudln't stop people selling them privately.

 

I remember reading that the PS3 games would have some sort of key and once its been played on one PS3 it cant be played on another, thus stopping trade-ins and selling games on.

Sony are just becoming really stupid for no apparent reason.

 

How would the game know? I presume you'd have to have your ps3 online or something?

 

..benjamins. Im guessing they would see it as 'less traded between the public = more sold and more money for us'

maybe a writable area on the disc? i dunno

 

doh

 

I thought that rumour had gone away? That the disc would be serialised to your own ps3 and wouldnt work on another PS3. So to stop rentals and resales???

If they choose to go down the path that is suggested in the OP then it doesnt matter how good the ps3 is I wont be buying one. Ive gone through loads of 360 games and currently still own only two. Whats the use in keeping a shelf full of games you will never play again.

 

I did read it months back so It could be BS but It wouldnt surprise me if they did sneak it in.

 

I wish I had a better, more elequant way of phrasing this, but it's just stupid.

The disc will remain property of Sony? I can see that being enforceable. What if you want to take a game to a friends house to play? Or you have more than one PS3 in the house? Or it gets replaced? No more rentals either then? Or swapping titles? How will a returns policy work for somewhere like Game if the disc has been used?

It'll never happen. Tbh I don't even think consumer law would allow Sony to stipulate such a licence.

 

Hah..


So if your ps3 breaks, which 1st gens enevitably will, you have to get all games returned?


What's the betting people get around this though? Will be like a keygen. Or maybe a special burner that removes the writing part?

 

I cant see this happening tbh. They made such a big deal over being able to play all your PS1 and PS2 games, yet this idea seems to go against the concept of being able to play any Playstation game on your PS3. Just seems a bit ironic...

 

Bad Bad Bad move, if it is true.
I am not personally worried about the resale issue, but more the Rental side of things, especially with web sites offering games for unlimited time etc.
But i think this will be hard and costly to implement, but what they are trying to do is what software companies are doing at the moment.
Also how will it work with loaning to your friends etc?
I just dont see how it is feasable, but then again, knowing the way Sony are going about with DRM etc it wouldnt surprise me.

Also how would this affect games 8 day return policy!
In fact every return policy for every store in the world would have to be altered just for the PS3.
I can see alot of places in the states just saying to Sony, ok then we wont stock anything of Sony's inc, SCEA, Sony Motion Pictures and Sony BMG. see how quick they backtrack

 

There is no way this is going to happen.

 

Can't see it happening to be honest.

And if it does, after the amount of lemons I've bought for the 360 in its short lifespan there is no way I'd go for one as each game would be a real financial gamble!