No pre-owned games to be allowed for Playstation 3 ?

Capt'n Midnight · 13-11-2005 6:32pm #1

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27568

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.

Mutant_Fruit · 13-11-2005 6:35pm

Whoops, i accidently dropped a hammer on my PS3 and broke it. Luckily i only have to replace the console, my nice collection of 20 games are safe and sound...

NOT!

Seriously, if you break your PS3 are Sony going to send you replacement games if you buy a new PS3? I think not! Therefore i can't see this taking off. If it does, i think people would be switching to Xbox360's in their droves. No-one can afford to replace an entire games collection if they break their PS3.

okidoki987 · 13-11-2005 7:27pm

It will never work, Sony couldn't be that stupid?
People will just not buy the PS3 if they can't swop their games.
It would also kill the 2nd hand market and the shops would turn against SONY.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-11-2005 8:17pm

No doubt the only reason they patented the technology is to prevent anyone else inflicting it on the public. Or they will have new range of cheaper games. :rolleyes:

Laguna · 13-11-2005 8:54pm

Sounds like good ole' Sony to me. Yet another reason not to buy a PS3, that coupled with the $$$$$Price$$$$$ factor.

Ri_Nollaig · 13-11-2005 9:30pm

sony arnt stupid there is no way they would do that!

melekalikimaka · 13-11-2005 9:32pm

no no not stupid at all...oh wait didnt they fu*k up with root kits a few days ago

art · 13-11-2005 9:34pm

It sounds like a totally unworkable proposition, though Sony have stubbornly tried the unworkable before - but isn't the "inquirer.net" a load of ****e anyhow? Thought they were a fairly undependable site?

BadCharlie · 13-11-2005 10:30pm

No more renting games either.

jesus_thats_gre · 13-11-2005 10:53pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27568

I read about this last week.. The articles I read suggested that it woudn't be used in the PS3..

Syth · 14-11-2005 12:51pm

Game shops won't like this. They get a nice profit on second hand games. If that money stream is gone, they might not promote the PS3 much.... let's hope...