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S.T.A.G.E. on 20 June 2013
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mibuokami said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Read this. While Microsoft changed their policies twice now, Sony not once changed their tone.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/It-Official-PS4-Feature-Used-Game-DRM-Like-Xbox-One-56264.html

Exeprts:

1.) The PlayStation 4 can play games offline without having to be online. This was clarified the day of the PS4's reveal back on February 20th.
2.) Sony will not have any mandatory DRM for used games. You can buy, play, trade used games on the PlayStation 4 just as usual. No additional registration fees, pay-walls or internet registration required.
3.) If you so choose, you can play games from disc, download them from the digital store orremote load them. Sony doesn't mandate any method over the other for multi-format titles.
4.) Just for extra clarification the PlayStation 4 does not and will not require a constant always-on internet connection. 

Microsoft changes its tone the first time after backlash in an interview and tones down specific DRM measures:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/It-Official-Xbox-One-Game-Rentals-Possible-Fees-Nixed-24-Hour-Check-Confirmed-56454.html

MS slowly released their grasp on used games because of consumer backlash from one interview to another. They did not want to let go but we forced the to do it and thank god for that because Gamestop would've taken it out on Xbox gamers and as a gamer family none of us want that.


Exellent, thank you for the article, I've never even heard of the website, but their source is Kotaku and I've actually read that article before it got updated. Happy to state that I am wrong and Sony' had a clear picture of their policy going into E3.

But I'm still not gonna trust any corporation as far as I can throw them :P


Dont trust them, If it was Sony doing this I would've switched to Microsoft like I did earlier this gen. Whats the point of being a blind sheep? I mean yes halo is awesome but its one game and Gears isnt guaranteed. The majority of gamers buy multiplats anyway, so subtleties between these two consoles whom are both so similar are what maks or breaks the sales depending on where they are.