| scat398 said: Oh I know, I just didn't understand why he was saying that the used game policy is different, Sony's Answers or I guess you could say non answer suggest both Sony and ms will have the same policy on used games. i don't understand why ms is going with the whole loan it once thing or all that crap. I say if you loan the game the publisher can either allow it or charge a fee, the whole one time loaner thing just seems silly. |
It is not the same, AT ALL. Sony is leaving it up to the publishers, which to them means that 3rd parties HAVE to come up with their own infrastructure to enforce it. This would only be used for online, though, as the PS4 DOES NOT require an internet connection to play. MS, on the other hand, has created the DRM infrastucture for the publishers. It's embedded into their system. They have even gone so far as to create a used games program that retailers who wish to sell used Xbox One games HAVE TO sign up for. My guess is that means they will either have to pay to join and/or give MS a part of the profit. This means goodbye to smaller retailers who sell used games, as well as personally selling on eBay.
In the simplest terms, the PS4 will be like how the PS3 and 360 were this gen. With the Xbox One, MS has made creating and enforcing DRM as easy as possible for themselves and the publishers.
