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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-21-sony-tells-eurogamer-playstation-4-will-not-block-used-games

Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that PlayStation 4 will not block the use of second-hand games, contrary to various reports, speculation and even a Sony patent unearthed last month.

I sat down with Yoshida a few hours after the PS4 reveal tonight and one of the first things I asked was whether used games would be blocked.

"Do you want us to do that?" he asked.

No, I said. I think, if you buy something on a disc, that you have a kind of moral contract with the person you've bought it from that you retain some of that value and you can pass it on.

Do you agree, I asked?

"Yes. That's the general expectation by consumers," said Yoshida. "They purchase physical form, they want to use it everywhere, right? So that's my expectation."

So if someone buys a PlayStation 4 game, I asked, you're not going to stop them reselling it?

"Aaaah," was Yoshida's initial answer, but seemingly only because he'd forgotten his line. "So what was our official answer to our internal question?" he asked his Japanese PR advisor. The advisor stepped in but didn't seem to answer clearly, at least to my ears. Yoshida then took control again firmly:

"So, used games can play on PS4. How is that?"

I said I thought that was fine.

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Edit: so then I read the actual article. Yoshida is great. 

sweet i can still rent games from gamefly

This makes me VERY happy

Did anyone think otherwise?

haha you guys say this but plenty did actually say they might do the same. The main argument was if the rumors are true and nextbox does in fact block used games...no way sony wouldn't do that as well.

Thats some good pro consumer news.

Good news, this will quell some of the panic amongst gamers.

oh man..if I could I would love to find you some of those comments..looking back now they are really hilarious :D Now it has turned, now it's if Sony isn't doing it no way MS will. (which I hope it's true). The reasoning they had was IF MS do it, they will do so with publisher backing and sony will get stranded if they don't do the same etc etc

Yoshida is fabulous... it just make the interviews fantastic.

Of course... he knows the answer but he makes the things funny and obvious...

"So as a consumer do you want to block used games? No. So Sony will not block used games."

EPIC and GREAT NEWS.