Sony Blocks Online Play On Used Copies Of PSP SOCOM Game

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axumblade said:

UncleScrooge said:

axumblade said:

It's about time Sony fight's back against Piracy and Used Games.

Are you serious? It's about time Sony fights back used game sales? 

 

I can understand companies fighting piracy. It's their right and they can do it, I don't mind. But buying games used is our right as customers and we damn well deserve it. The only reason why used games sell in such tremendous amounts is because the values of the games most companies pop out is decreasing rapidly: They're hyped prior to release and sell great during the first two weeks and then drop off the charts. And then people realize the games aren't worth the 60$ or 70$ price tag so they buy the games used. Look at games like Wii Sports Resort or Mario Kart - they are still being sold for full price months and years after their release.

So a company isn't able to develop games people actually want to keep but instead is just developing software people sell after their first playthrough... and gamers have to be punished for it? That doesn't make sense to me.

Used games sales don't give anything at all back to the company's that make the game. If Gamestop maybe offered some of the money from used games sales back to Sony then they wouldn't have a right to be mad about it. If it's a game that's really popular like Modern Warfare or Assassin's Creed, it's not as big of an issue because the production cost is generally covered relatively quick for the game. But when it comes to the PSP (which struggles with software as it is), I can understand why they would take the extra step to prevent the sale of used games (or at least ensuring they get a cut from the game).

They give money back to a game consumer who is part of the gaming economy and the economy as a whole. With Piracy, no money changes hands, and everything is free, which is of no benefit(and considering opportunity costs, a great detriment) to the entire economy and the gaming economy as well.