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Forums - Sony Discussion - RUMOR ON PS4 DRM - if true - how will you react?

 

If true, PS4's 180 means

A Sony has no shame ! 105 30.97%
 
B Gamers are gullible ! 52 15.34%
 
A&B - Both are to blame 99 29.20%
 
C - None, common practice 82 24.19%
 
Total:338
HigHurtenflurst on 28 October 2013
BaldrSkies said:
When asked if it was possible to play games on PS4 without ever connecting it to the internet (which means no day one patch), Shu gave a pretty straight answer.

"Yes."

Well it is possible for both to be true.

If you never connect it to the internet, yes you can play games on the PS4 offline. Once you connect it to the internet it downloads a DRM-like patch that means you need to be connected from then on.

I doubt that will happen tbh, but it is physically possible.



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FATALITY on 28 October 2013
HigHurtenflurst said:
BaldrSkies said:
When asked if it was possible to play games on PS4 without ever connecting it to the internet (which means no day one patch), Shu gave a pretty straight answer.

"Yes."

Well it is possible for both to be true.

If you never connect it to the internet, yes you can play games on the PS4 offline. Once you connect it to the internet it downloads a DRM-like patch that means you need to be connected from then on.

I doubt that will happen tbh, but it is physically possible.




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fps_d0minat0r on 28 October 2013

"C - None, common practice"
it is common practise for a large organisation to evaluate all their options. what matters is the option they ultimately chose.



fighter on 28 October 2013
FATALITY said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
BaldrSkies said:
When asked if it was possible to play games on PS4 without ever connecting it to the internet (which means no day one patch), Shu gave a pretty straight answer.

"Yes."

Well it is possible for both to be true.

If you never connect it to the internet, yes you can play games on the PS4 offline. Once you connect it to the internet it downloads a DRM-like patch that means you need to be connected from then on.

I doubt that will happen tbh, but it is physically possible.



The confirmation will happen anyway 

What is interesting is that the question, even hypothetical, is so hard for some to answer.



fighter on 28 October 2013
fps_d0minat0r said:
"C - None, common practice"
it is common practise for a large organisation to evaluate all their options. what matters is the option they ultimately chose.


thanks for the answer - hopefully more like you and kowenicki can provide one as well



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FATALITY on 28 October 2013
fighter said:
FATALITY said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
BaldrSkies said:
When asked if it was possible to play games on PS4 without ever connecting it to the internet (which means no day one patch), Shu gave a pretty straight answer.

"Yes."

Well it is possible for both to be true.

If you never connect it to the internet, yes you can play games on the PS4 offline. Once you connect it to the internet it downloads a DRM-like patch that means you need to be connected from then on.

I doubt that will happen tbh, but it is physically possible.



The confirmation will happen anyway 

What is interesting is that the question, even hypothetical, is so hard for some to answer.

if that happen 

fuck sony

its simple



”The environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry” (Jack Tretton, 2009)

fps_d0minat0r on 28 October 2013
kowenicki said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
"C - None, common practice"
it is common practise for a large organisation to evaluate all their options. what matters is the option they ultimately chose.


which also applies to MS of course...


not really, because sony left it on the drawing board (and no-one knew until now, assuming ofcourse it is true). MS went ahead with it and tried to push it for many months before accepting defeat. MS didnt just evaluate DRM, they went ahead with it.



OdinHades on 28 October 2013
bananaking21 said:

OP how silly do you feel now?

 

  1. 25 Oct

    will i be able to take my PS4 home and play games offline without ever connecting to the internet and doing a day 1 update? thankyou!

    Details

yes


/thread



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fighter on 28 October 2013
fps_d0minat0r said:
kowenicki said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
"C - None, common practice"
it is common practise for a large organisation to evaluate all their options. what matters is the option they ultimately chose.


which also applies to MS of course...


not really, because sony left it on the drawing board (and no-one knew until now, assuming ofcourse it is true). MS went ahead with it and tried to push it for many months before accepting defeat. MS didnt just evaluate DRM, they went ahead with it.


If the rumor is true it s not an evaluation of DRM that happened but a full fledged implementation.

And if you say common practice you consider that the entire process, including the denied 180, is a standard practice of the entire industry.



OdinHades on 28 October 2013

kowenicki said:

[...]

yeah there is only one kind of DRM

the thread is an hypothesis anyway.  I think the repsonses so far are telling actually.


There is indeed only one kind of always online DRM.



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