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Xenostar on 16 October 2013
selnor1983 said:
DerNebel said:
selnor1983 said:
DerNebel said:
selnor1983 said:
Xenostar said:
 

They say they will bring it back at some point, but i believe to start with its the same as 360 for now. 

Yeah I just looked. It seems it should be with us in Spring 2014 for The One. 

Sucks that Sony are taking stuff away while adding charging. 

Source?


"Despite the changes not being very different to how things are today with the Xbox 360, Microsoft says it still wants to bring the improved digital sharing features, that it has retreated from, to the Xbox One in time. "We are completely committed to the digital vision we laid out, and we plan and intend to deliver all the things we said before," Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi tells us. Mehdi explains that Microsoft wants to and "can do it," but it's seeking feedback before any future changes are made. "You're going to see more of the things that we talked about with digital," he confirms, including a Family Sharing feature that Microsoft previously revealed as an option to share digital content with family members regardless of console or location. Mehdi says Microsoft still has "creative pricing models" for games, and trial games on their list for post-launch. For now, Microsoft is clearly approaching any potential changes with caution to avoid a backlash over policy changes that have left consumers confused by its Xbox One launch so far."

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/9/4604890/xbox-live-home-gold-xbox-one-game-sharing

No actual time frame on this article, but Microsoft interview said around spring at EB Expo 2013.

Sorry but I have not seen that interview and I feel that if Microsoft had announced such a specific timeframe for this I would have read it somewhere around here, so until you provide a source for that interview I'll have to assume that you're just making things up.

Also I'm pretty sure if Sony sees the need for a plan like that it should not be a big problem to implement it some way.

Ill have a look for the interview. I dont actually remember what Part of EB Expo I was watching. Its not really important to me anyway whether you believe a vague timeframe or not. The fact that Microsoft are still implementing Family sharing is great.

Anyways. Thats enough MS in this thread. Its about PS.

So yeah. Anyways The PS3 model has gone.

Yeah its now the MS Model



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ethomaz on 16 October 2013

Old new like from July

"You can visit your friend's house, you can log into your account and play any game from your digital library," - http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/07/10/ps4s-digital-library-lets-you-play-your-games-anywhere-on-anyones-console/

And I guess you can install and play with other account... just that the master account have to be registed in the other PS4 and online (you know the PS4 can have 4 accounts online at the same time).

So it is how I guess it works...

1. You buy a game with Account1
2. Donwload and install in PS4A
3. Play it with the master account in PS4A
4. Download and install in PS4B using the Account1
5. Use the Account2 to play in PS4B but the Account1 was logged on background

The PS4B will automatictly to log in in background with the Account1 to see if you can play the game... and the numbers os PS4 you can have the game installed is infinite.

The big question is... if I'm online in PS4A with Account1 then I can be online in background in PS4B to play the game? I can have the same account logged on two PS4 at the same time?

If not then you will can play the game in other PS4 just when the Account1 is not online in any other PS4.

I guess you can't play the game while it is running in another PS4... so you only can play the game in one PS4 at time.

Seems fine to me while the PS4 Master Account can be offline to play the game



Talal on 16 October 2013

That sucks. I liked the old system.



papamudd on 16 October 2013

This is not new this is what was revealed months ago still good to see the verbiage though, but i tug if it was your main console you could use any content... Just like you only need one ps+accnt on your ps4 to play online on any account



Talal said:
I will permaban myself if the game releases in 2014.

in reference to KH3 release date

kitler53 on 16 October 2013
binary solo said:
A little bit of a pooh this, I prefer having activated consoles. OTOH my nephew's PS3 got stolen and it was one on which my account was activated. Stupid thing was I couldn't unactivate the PS3 remotely, it has to be done on the console itself, which of course was impossible since it was stolen. Stupidly thought out policy that one Sony.


you know they fixed that right? 

http://www.shacknews.com/article/71160/psn-drm-change-in-effect-now-remote-deactivation-detailed



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Mmmfishtacos on 16 October 2013
binary solo said:
A little bit of a pooh this, I prefer having activated consoles. OTOH my nephew's PS3 got stolen and it was one on which my account was activated. Stupid thing was I couldn't unactivate the PS3 remotely, it has to be done on the console itself, which of course was impossible since it was stolen. Stupidly thought out policy that one Sony.


Not true. You have to go on the sony web site and you can deactivate all your consoles. You can do this once every 6 months. 



ethomaz on 16 October 2013
binary solo said:
A little bit of a pooh this, I prefer having activated consoles. OTOH my nephew's PS3 got stolen and it was one on which my account was activated. Stupid thing was I couldn't unactivate the PS3 remotely, it has to be done on the console itself, which of course was impossible since it was stolen. Stupidly thought out policy that one Sony.

You can desactive any system via Sony website... easy and fast.

The only limitation is that you just can desactive one system each six months I guess... so you can desactived/actived a system today and other tomorrow... you need to wait some time.



Mmmfishtacos on 16 October 2013

I don't see whats changed. You can have two active consoles. Anyone account on that active console can play that game. You can download the game to every person you know, but you have to be logged into psn if its not your active console.

unless im missing something. Anyone want to check the fine print for a ps3 game and post it here?



Anfebious on 16 October 2013

I knew that one-time license would give trouble. Oh well not that I buy digital that much.



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ethomaz on 16 October 2013
Anfebious said:
I knew that one-time license would give trouble. Oh well not that I buy digital that much.

PS3 is one-time license too... it means one account have the license.