So which companies are going to do this on the Sony side? Activison and EA are a given. Wonder who else.

Ubisoft wouldn't do that. They aren't soooo evil.

Oh, I totally understand.  It's gonna be reality it seems.  Not fully in this upcoming gen, but probably after.

On the one hand I don't think MS would go it alone with the install fee. On the other hand I see EA and Acti giving exclusive content to XB1, and exclusive content will go where the money is, so either it's direct moneyhatting or Sony hasn't come to the party on used game fees. Well could be other reasons, but businesses make decisions based on what will maximise profits, and there's only profit for MS in getting FIFA content.

I object to fleecing people for offline used game play on principle, so if Sony takes this route it'll probably be either Wii U or nothing for me this generation. I have a big enough PS3 wishlist to last me until the 9th generation.

I just have a gut feeling that Sony won't do this....or atleast to an extent....
the rumors of MS blocking used games/ always online were pretty rampant way before it was semi-comfirmed today..while it was pretty quiet on the Sony side...most of the used game rumors died after their reveal

What Sony is proposing is still wrong but I guess it "sounds better" than MS's "mandatory fee" way... but it does leave the door open for actually used games to be traded/borrowed without no consequences. I really believe that Western devs will take full approach to semi-blocking used games while Eastern Devs will make their games able to be played without any hinderance.(though maybe Capcom might...and maybe NB)

I think Sony is big enough to say "No fee on used game"(though online passes are okay) it's not like EA is gonna say "Fine we'll take are business somewhere else" do they really think that they can make up that 6 mil in sales(using BF3 & Fifa numbers) elsewhere.

The only thing that makes me think that Sony won't require a fee for most of it's games is because of the Vita; Sony seems to have a lot of connectivity planned between the two and their has been no fee for playing used games other than an online pass. and I think the PS4 will mirror the Vita concepts.

and surprisingly I don't think Activision will charge a fee for CoD, if they want it to be as big as it's 7th gen brethrens, then there's noway they'd enable a used game charge

Given the reception the Xbox one is having, Sony would be insane to allow anything of the sort. This is their chance to strike big.

i personally dont really care eitherway as I didnt buy a single used game this year. I just waited for price drops on amazo0n for games I didn't want to pay $60 for. The part that's unfortunate is that I have lent my games to friends but to be fair, they just play them without buying afterwards.

With that said, there's a good chance that like any DRM, someone will bypass is soon enough rendering it pointless. Same with the connected stuff and other shenanigans.

I think Sony will play the waiting game. If (for some odd reason) MS does benefit from this, then Sony will follow suit. Or like I mentioned in another thread, Sony will be forced by 3rd parties to do the same thing.