Share Play : New great PS4 feature !

[celador]

Burek said:

celador said:

AnthonyW86 said:
I don't think EA is going to be really happy about this. A few multiplayer matches in Fifa or Madden is easily done in an hour, so now only one of you're friends has to buy the game to play online matches.

I'm sure any developers that don't want this featue to work on their games could block it.  I don't think this is something Sony would have spent all this time on if they had not been talking to a lot of third party devs

Any developer, even EA, can see that this feature can only be positive for them. It gives people a chance to test the game and purchase it if they like it.

Surely nobody, except a few individuals who are so damn cheap that they don't mind to inconvenience their friends endlessly, will be content to just play games remotely on their friend's account.

Especially, as you point out sports games, to use their friend's account to play multiplayer games.

If anything, this gives developers a perfect excuse not to spend any money on demos.

I agree.  Some sales might be lost by someone sharing a game and that game not meeting expectations, but that will be some distance behind the amount of people who will try a game they wouldn't have otherwise and then bought it for themselves.  I know I wouldn't want to play a full game on someone elses system, with one hour sign ins and no trophies, and probably less resolution.