I'm not sure what part of "We won't force customers to use Xbox One like authentication, and used sales fees, we're leaving that up to the publishers" is supposed to be particularly comforting.
I mean, we're assuming MOST publishers love those features right? That they won't want to be losing money via used sales sale on Playstation when they could be getting paid for uses sales on 360.
Nothing in what they said actually doesn't suggest that the PS3 won't have an Xbox one like authentication system. Just that sony won't force it on you. The individual publishers will. Instead of your PS4 not playing any games after 24 hours. Maybe just nearly every game except Sony games don't play after 24 hours. Maybe games come with good old CD Keys.
Logic dictates that the publishers are going to do SOMETHING to make up for that extra profit. Either by some sort of similiar system for PS4 games... or by making Xbone games more appealing. (Tons of exclusive content, unpaid timed exclusives.)
Microsoft is essentially using a "trickledown" approach here. Favor the publishers at the expense of the consumers, and your competitors have to match, or face issues with the publishers.
Since games are what move consoles... in the end, it could help via exclusive content more then negative backlash for being jerks.
It cuases a "race to the bottom."
Sony can not play, but then they might lose anyway. Will it work? Who knows. Pretty diabolical though. (Assuming MS and Sony were in on this from the start and sony is just playing dumb.)
