No pre-owned games to be allowed for Playstation 3

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:42 pm

The Inquirer wrote:That's the speculation, anyroadmap

By Marc McEntegart: Wednesday 09 November 2005, 11:11
A PATENT may allow Sony to ensure that no game would be playable from any console other than the one in which it was first read.

Joystiq is reporting that this patent is the source of the many rumours that will mean as much to gamers as DRM is for music fans.

The technology would allow an authentication code to be read and then rendered unreadable, making the software unplayable on any machine but the one which first read it.

But this has caused considerable backlash from the gaming community. While many are aware of the double profit companies make on pre-owned games, this would ensure the death of trading games between friends and even going to a friend's house to play a little multiplayer.

No less than Ken Kataguri himself is listed among the inventors, which makes it look like this is a move that came from very high up. It has already been pointed out that many Playstation users have had to replace their console, surely this would leave us high and dry in that event.

While the PS3 hasn't been expressly mentioned in the patent in English or Japanese it would be the obvious place to employ this new technology, regardless of how little gamers will appreciate it. Between this and the DRM scandal, Sony could be looking at a serious drop in interest in the PS3. You can be sure you'll see more on this as it develops. As gamers, we can only hope that modern technology won't undermine the tried and tested barter system. ï¿½

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sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:01 pm

these people are idiots. pure greed. except they are cutting the tree-branch under themselfes: eighter there will be less interest in buying that crap in the first place or/and it will result in more people cracking the ps3 and then copying games that have no protection in the first place. this is allready the second scam sony is doing. they should be boycotted.

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:12 pm

First no managed copy, then BD+ and ROM-Mark, then it gets pushed back to "Holiday '06", then the rootkits, and now this.

I think I'm going to just get myself a Revolution.

Nobahar · Post by **Nobahar** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:41 pm

Sony is the one in lawsuit over its spyware-esque copyright protection in the music industry.

Greedy, greedy, greedy- -puts on his robin hood outfit-

Actually, if they do implement this- guess who is going to convert to Xbox. We all hate Microsoft but you have to be pretty shitty to consumers to convert people away from a PS3 and Sony is making all the wrong movies.

Trollhunter · Post by **Trollhunter** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:35 pm

sony has lost it

Post by **Illuminati** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:06 pm

ahhh... the clanking of pitchforks and torches. Let me just remind everyone that money speaks louder than words. If you as a consumer do not like the direction your favorite console manufacturer is heading, politely let them know by purchasing from their competitor!

I have never been in the console market and don't see myself getting one anytime soon... I'm a full-blooded PC Gamer. However, I must mention I did enjoy my night-after-night of thumb-blistering Mortal Combat on the Sega Genesis I had as a kid.

Tim Burton · Post by **Tim Burton** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:47 pm

Honestly, how long till you can soider a fix for this. I bet there'll be blackmarket chips on the market within 3 months.