Playstation 4 Blocking Used Games: "Up to the Publisher"

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superchunk on 22 February 2013

Basically what they are saying is that SONY is NOT blocking used games on the PS4. However, they have no control over 3rd party publishers and they can put in measures to make a game unusable. This would have to be one-time codes and registration techniques.

This is not the same as the rumored MS solution where the system will require online and will register individual discs automatically as it installs the full game on the HDD.

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Tatewaki75 on 22 February 2013

superchunk said:
Basically what they are saying is that SONY is NOT blocking used games on the PS4. However, they have no control over 3rd party publishers and they can put in measures to make a game unusable. This would have to be one-time codes and registration techniques.

This is not the same as the rumored MS solution where the system will require online and will register individual discs automatically as it installs the full game on the HDD.

I could see MS following the PC model of requiring key codes with hard copy purchases. It's not really gonna stop Xbox fans from buying the system, but it will put a large dent in their userbase for the more informed consumer. I'm glad Sony isn't adding game registration as a requirement, and I hope publishers follow this example instead of possibly alienating their consumers.

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Zkuq on 22 February 2013

J_Allard said:

pezus said:
How would they block used games? The publishers that is. Sell an online pass, sure, that is expected but what else can they do?

PS3 has the ability to tell if a disc has been played on another console or not. They could potentially include the same technology and publishers could do that check each time you boot the disc up.

Or other possibilities. I'm gonna call BS on this though, none of these companies are dumb enough to block used games.

Do you have any source for this? This is the first time I hear about this ability, and I don't understand how it could work on normal read-only Blu-ray discs.