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DietSoap on 02 June 2013
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Otakumegane said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Otakumegane said:


In a way it still is, 3rd parties are allowed to do this.

And we all know EA and Activision will.

That means to a degree, Sony are supporting the used games DRM, which makes Nintendo the only console manufacturer this gen not to restrict used games to any degree.

Honestly I'm a bit bummed that Sony "kinda" is going this route. And will still require you to go online for certain games. So it looks like I'll be getting a PS3 and sticking with it. This sealed the deal on my PS4 purchase in the future.


Sony said back in Februrary they hadn't even thought of DRM in the console. If EA and Activision put a paywall on their games, then thats only two publishers it is in no way as bad as what the Xboxone will be forcing upon people

 

It's not like they suddenly decided to let the publishers do this, they had this in works for a time. This is an outright lie.

And before the Xbone conference mind you. Now theycan annouce that they have DRM in some form because the goalposts have been moved. "Oh at least it's not system-wide" Sony fans say.

Imagine the crap they would have gotten if they annouced this before Xbone reveal. Now it's suddenly acceptable?

Same stuff. This is Sony supporting publisher's decisions to go this route and I ain't havingno part in it. I'll enjoy my PS3, but I'm staying the hell away from this.

You realize this is the same policy as it was on PS2, right? The means have been there ever since consoles went online, the only difference was it was generally only MMOs that did it then, but they were still fully capable and could've just as easily done it for single player games. They can do it just as easily on the Wii U through the same methods as always, and if western 3rd party support doesn't completely die out there, that's realisticaly what you're going to start seeing, perhaps starting with Watch Dogs.