Sony Patents Pre-Owned Game Blocking Technology

Wouldn't really affect me as I don't buy pre-owned games but I can see that this could be a deterring factor for people that doyourmate

But what do you plan to do with your games once you're thru with them? :?

If Sony implements this into the PS4, I will not be buying it regardless of what other features may exist. To me, this is a HUGE strike against the PS4. I play co-op games with my nephew (LittleBigPlanet, Modnation Racers, Playstation All Stars, etc...). So if I got a PS4 lets say and I buy LBP3, only one of us can play it even though we both share our accounts on one playstation? What if I invite a friend over to play the new Madden game or what not? He can't play it cause it'll lock him out. Or he would be stuck with as a guest. What if my friend wants to lend me a copy of the next final fantasy game? I cannot play it or try it out even? I just feel like there have to be better alternatives than this. If this practice is in full effect on PS4, I simply will not buy or support them. Sony is punishing their consumer with this move. The way to stop piracy is to cater to your customers and not bend them over the rail. I grunt about games wanting you to buy online passes if buy used, but I can sort of understand where they are coming from. I can deal with it. This act though is unacceptable. Find a different alternativegr8scott

I do not know what people are getting bent out of shape about. I am sure sony will sell keys to unlock a game that has been used before. We do not even know if the lockout is immediate, or if the games will be locked after the first hour of play. Does not multiplayer games that have online passes allow the user free access for 24 hours before the code is required? I am pretty sure a similar structure will be implemented if this is true. This used game crap has been running around the Internet for a year. I doubt that this used game lockout is real. What about rental services like Gamefly and so forth? No console maker is going to eliminate retailers from carrying its games.

[QUOTE="thedarklinglord"]Also, once games have clearly outlived their lifespan, it's time to mark them down. It's insane that the PSN store sells digital copies of older games - like the Ratchet and Clank, Jak & Daxter, and Metal Gear Solid games - for the same price, if not more than, physical copies. There's zero incentive to purchase those, when I can buy the physical copies for the same price or less and then still recoop some of that money by trading/selling them. If a physical copy would cost me $15-$20, then they need to sell the digital versions for $5-$10. MonkeySpot

NEVER gonna happen, not on any APPRECIABLE timeline, anyway... Look, gamers let the vampires into the house already, there's no stuffing this genie back in the bottle... Too many folks have paid into the current price structures, too many people are USED to paying $60 for a new game no matter the format, too many people are content to be lazy and not go out and SHOP for what they buy when it can be delivered right to their HDD (thank you iTunes, for ruining audio quality of the average collection whilst increasing prices & sloathful behaviors exponentially, now that the hook has been set!) so Sony (and M$), and their various licensee companies, will continue to ask for top-dollar/euro/shekel/etc., - Thinking it will ever change now that they've got a certain cross-section accustomed to the bleeding, is patently absurd.

They're getting away with it ALREADY. Why change ANYTHING??? Don't be silly...

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Just because you and I don't buy, that doesn't stop the sheeple out there from doing it, and praising them all the while.

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I remember paying $50 for Nintendo games 25 years ago. Considering inflation $60 for a new game now is not unreasonable. Also, back in the day games didn't go down in price for ages, if ever. Most games these days see significant price drops within months.

And calling others "sheeple" doesn't help your argument.

Really pleased to hear they aren't blocking used games!