Max King of the Wild on 08 June 2013
| papamudd said: tuscaniman99 6 minutes ago First party games will have an online pass built into the system. When it comes to third party such as EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc. you will have to connect online to play the game. If you don't have the internet you will not be able to play COD, Battlefield, etc. ------------------------------------------------- I think that is a distinct possibility, but unlikely because the issue these people have with used games is they don't make money off of the game. So just blocking it with that method wouldn't serve as a way to monetize the used game market in their favor. So they would have to create some sort of database much like the one MS has built in the x1 for DRM. So for example EA has said they aren't doing online passes anymore, but on the x1 they can easily monetize used game sales because MS is doing all of the grunt work for them on the management side of the digital rights. However, on the PS3 it would actually cost them money to develop and manage a similar system that could be utilized to monetize used game sales for them. Now unless the Sony official mouth pieces have been lying about their part in the new coming wave of DRM, and actually did put a similar system built into the ps4, (what x1 has), then Sony would be doing the grunt work and they could monetize it easily. However, Sony has made every indication thus far otherwise and MS probably would sue them if they did. prediction 3: E3 will not reveal the full details on these issues for either console, and it will not be known for sure until the products are actually released. |
Exactly this
