Sony Employees Respond to 'PS4 No DRM' Campaign

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Skeeuk said:

Well put it this way, I buy PS+ in 3 month allotments and when the time is up the games stop working even when offline do mabey they can do something similar for specific publishers who want to block used games. Would it not be easier to have to buy a pass? Ie buy a used game as normal but having to pay activation? But only if a minimal activation ie £2.99 with £2 of that going to publisher

 

Hmm that's true. However, they would have to have places like GameStop sell passes or something similar for those who don't connect to the Internet at all. I think a small activation fee (like you stated) wouldn't be too outrageous. And for those of you who bash me and call me anti-consumer, I'll explain why I think a small fee would be ok. A friend of mine's roommate buys used games from GameStop, plays them, and then returns them within 7 days to get a full refund. He did this with Bioshock Infinite for sure (don't know what else). While this isn't the norm, it happens a lot I'm sure. From that exchange neither the publisher nor GameStop got anything out of the purchase. 

So in saying that, I believe that a small fee is ok as long as Internet is not required for it (I don't have Internet half the time at my parents so that would suck). No fee is definitely better for the consumer and is much more attractive, but I understand the point of an activation fee and would be ok with it as long as it is not too outrageous.