Its just a "rumor" It probably won't happen

Let's hope it DOES, then Sony will fall flat on their asses because of their greed.

Keep in mind that this is the same Sony that installs spyware on your computer if you try to play any recently released CD from their label...

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Man, if this goes through, this has Anti-trust lawsuit written all over it. I doubt it'd even be LEGAL to do that. Besides, if this were to pass, even bringing a game to a friend's house wouldn't work.

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My List. Remember, everything can be bought, for a price.

MS may be money hungry, but all companies want to make as much money as possible.

Anyway, if it is true, it would stink. But I don't think i'll ever get one, so :P

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LOLCATZ

They don't have to be online. You'd just need a valid registration code, similar to how PC games have been for the last 10 years. of course you could always "crack" the game, but the average person doesn't know how to do that sort of thing.

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that is the dumbest thing i've ever heard! first of all, what 3rd party company would want to make a game for a system like that!? sales would be horrible. noone will be able to rent games to try them out before buying. you can't share games with friends unless they're at your house playing your system. people will have to pay too much money to get a game. $60 as you won't be able to buy used ones. used video game stores won't carry ps3 games. why the hell would a company want to do something like that? that's pretty much asking to go bankrupt :roll:

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yeah good point. they're a bunch of brainiacs :roll:

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Sony won't be so stupid to forbid gamers rentals and used software.

As far as I heard, they have a technology that could do something like that, but that doesn't mean they have to use it.
They could use that for promo or presentation discs which they don't want to be played somewhere else than presentations or stores.

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May 16th...

Sony has added its voice to a growing number of publishers and developers who are questioning the harm caused to the industry by the pre-owned games market.

Speaking to respected trade publication MCV, SCE UK's commercial director Kevin Jowett
said that the pre-owned games are damaging full priced titles: "The blame for heavy discounting of current releases can be laid at the door of the pre-owned market."

Jowett believes that the thriving second hand market, which has become an increasingly important component of retail, has forced prices down. "When consumers see pre-owned titles for 10 or 15, this fosters the perception that this is the realistic price for all games, and the new release roster looks unrealistically priced," he said.

However, the Sony boss went on to add that, although this was damaging, it wouldn't affect Sony's budget Platinum range: "Platinum offers gamers a cheaper way to buy games with a proven heritage. A Platinum release is an assured-quality title, whereas a discounted release may not meet these same exacting standards."

Jowett's comments certainly echo some developers' legitimate concerns. Epic's very own Mark Rein undertook a massive and highly entertaining rant at last year's Edinburgh Games Festival in which he blamed developers' financial woes on the second hand market.

This latest fusillade from one of the industry giants is particularly interesting in light of recent speculation that the PlayStation 3 won't play second hand games and that any title you buy, will have to be an original and fully licensed copy.

Does the industry have a valid point? On the one hand, it's easy to see why publishers and devs despise the second hand market - they only get to sell their game once, don't see any profit from subsequent second-hand sales and are expected to continue to offer support on second hand products. Jowett may have also a valid point when he says the second hand market is driving price expectations - but we're less convinced of that as an argument.

Few would argue that the majority of games are too expensive, no-one minds paying top dollar for a Half-Life, Halo or GTA, but is Mediocre FPS 8, Average Racer II or By The Numbers RTS 4 really worth 45 GBP? There's also the question of ownership. Once you buy game code you might think of it as your own personal property, which you're able to re-sell or dispose of as you see fit. However, it may surprise you to learn that most of the time you actually just buy a license to use the code, rather than really owning it in your own right.

source computerandvideogames.com

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LOLCATZ

Those were my thoughts exactly.

It stinks for those who will buy one.
Also, if I get a game 2nd hand that I enjoy, i'm more likely to buy the sequel, at full price, more than I would have if I hadn't picked up the prequel cheap.

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LOLCATZ