Sony CEO 'totally opposed to blocking used games'

[Runa216]

sergiodaly said:

Runa216 said:

sergiodaly said:
gamers... LOL... if a company offer a dinner to every costumer they have... gamers still would say... "but i have to get out of my house... assholes, they could offer take out delivered to my house instead." "they are evil because they are harming the micro production of chickens in the south pole" etc, etc, etc...

gamers... always ahead in the bitching business...

maybe that's becuase game companies are at the bleeding edge of nickel-and-diming their customers?  

i don't think so... gaming is a non essential activity, like breathing or eating. its a luxury. i don't feel forced on anything... i know that i don't need to play every piece of software out there. one thing many people should learn... in time everyone will. i know that gamers are, in the majority, young teens that are still in personal development, but we all get the bad rep of whiners.

Movies and Television shows aren't essential, they too are entertainment, yet you don't have companies claiming that we're all vagrants and need to be punished.  we don't have film makers bitching and whining about digital rights management or any of that shit.  I mean yeah, they complain a LOT about piracy, and they make the fines for it pretty severe, but they're not punishing good customers by making us all suffer through intrusive DRM just to avoid it.  same with the Music industry; another entertainment industry suffering from the losses thanks to piracy, but instead of forcing  us ALL to suffer thanks to a vocal minority, they found creative ways to get music out to the masses, and while album sales are down, the music industry is doing just fine thanks to stuff like iTunes and other digital distribution avenues. 

Gamers, on the other hand, are all being punished.  we have to endure horrible, faulty, invasive DRM, you have companies trying their damndest to make selling used copies of games illegal or at least impossible, and are claiming that even if we buy a game, we don't own it. Fuck them!  No wonder pirates are so persistent; it's long since stopped being just about greed and has become a movement about making a point, making a statement, and telling companies they can go fuck themselves. 

And the funniest thing is, I NEVER pirate games, and even berate pirates on a regular basis, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a lot of bullshit.