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enditall727 on 26 May 2013
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disolitude said:
kitler53 said:
disolitude said:
First of all I don't buy this as Sony really doesn't have much choice here. If 3rd parties and publishers want DRM(and they do) they will get DRM...If Sony doesn't provide it, they will get spanked.

Secondly, this "DRM" is just software and not something that is set in stone, meaning it can be adjusted at any time. Both Sony and Microsoft are going to try things in the next 6 months and find the best possible solution for gamers and publishers alike.

Lastly, this whole thing is getting blown out of proportion. When its all said and done, people will most likely be able to trade in and sell their hard copies of the game. The moment the game is installed on another machine, it will get disabled on the original account. Hence why a 24 hour internet check-in makes sense.


if third parties and publishers also want to sell games (and they do) they will learn to love not letting this DRM go to market.

always online doesn't make sense in today's market.

Yeah but Xbox 360 and PS3 didn't make sense in 2005-2006. People were saying "we don't have HDTV's. How are we supposed to enjoy these HD consoles to the full extent?". Same goes for always on now...

Lots of benefits come with always on including seamles game patches, cloud computing, instant game save load and game library access regardless of console and location. Many more... DRM is something that if done right, may cause an incovinience or two when internet is down, but in the long run it should protect the game developers and publishers, and allow gamers to fully enoy their retail bought games and sell/trade them when they are done.


Whats the definition of drm?

 

That always online check thing seems to be an Xbox exclusive along with instslling each game.

 

Sony only seems to have a used game system that lets devs disable the game until you buy some type of pass for it(which would be wack)

 

I dont think Sony will be doing all that extra sh!t. Sony is known to have stuff leaked the most right? well this was the only thing ever leaked on it while xbox had leaks about being somehow aways online, used games not working and Kinect somehow being built in the system.

 

I know you want Sony to do it all but i dont think they will