| UltimateUnknown said: We've already come right out and said we're not going to allow online pass. And the word "allow" is key there. Specifically with online, with PS+ requiring a charge to play online, we would not want any publisher [to charge.] His statements are a bit contradictory but I think he means this for 1st party games. They won't have online passes for 1st party games anymore because of the PS+ payment. In general, we're all businesses. Sony or Microsoft is never going to be able to tell EA or Activision exactly what they can do. What we like to say at PlayStation is that we set the precedent. The way we are approaching this is that we want this to be extremely consumer-friendly, extremely retailer-friendly, and extremely publisher-friendly. My personal opinion is that it's hard for me to believe that any major publisher is going to put an extra set of used DRM onto game titles because that wouldn't put them in a good spot, right? This next part of the statement is geared towards 3rd parties. 3rd parties can put online passes for used games if they chose, but he thinks that 3rd parties won't do that in any major way. So I guess 3rd parties can put online passes and Sony won't stop them, but whether they will or not remains to be seen. Ultimately it's the same as PS3. That's the bottom line we all need to get out of this. |
Good Job. It seems that everybody needs to do alittle bit re reading. He is saying SONY wont allow their developers to use any form of paywall when they are already charging for online. 2nd paragraph is pretty much saying do at your own risk 3rd parties.
