New Sony pre-owned block tech patent

peahead · 3 Jan 2013 at 18:49

Not gonna happen i dont think but you never know

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-sony-pre-owned-block-tech-patent-unearthed-bound-for-ps4/0108819

nath247 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:00

Just Sony being.....Sony.

peahead · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:08

nath247 said:
Just Sony being.....Sony.

Yeah but sony need all the help they can get they would be foolish to do this

JDR82 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:13

Does it really matter, once fully digital the second hand and rental markets are gone anyway and unless they really push this to be ready for the PS4 it probably won't be here much all that soon anyway.

T345 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:17

Preowned is dumb anyway. Well for some reason all the preowned games are £1 less than new...

Malevolence · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:17

So effectively what they're saying is that I won't be able to take my games around a mate's house for a night of gaming and beers and neither will mates be able to lend games to each other any more?

nath247 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:21

Another feature removed.

peahead · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:22

Malevolence said:
So effectively what they're saying is that I won't be able to take my games around a mate's house for a night of gaming and beers and neither will mates be able to lend games to each other any more?

pretty much yes

The Running Man · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:29

What happens when the game is no longer for sale new? It is then impossble to play, ever unless it is re released or you buy the game along with someones PS4 and usertag?

antijoke · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:37

Stupid.

peahead · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:42

The Running Man said:
What happens when the game is no longer for sale new? It is then impossble to play, ever unless it is re released or you buy the game along with someones PS4 and usertag?

My guess is they will charge a fee for you to play a preowned game or something along those lines they are gonna want to make money from this

Marky · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:43

How dumb :/

peahead said:
My guess is they will charge a fee for you to play a preowned game or something along those lines they are gonna want to make money from this

Sounds about right to be honest

ThestigGT999 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:51

they patent lots of stuff, doesn't mean it will be implemented

ps3ud0 · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:53

peahead said:
My guess is they will charge a fee for you to play a preowned game or something along those lines they are gonna want to make money from this

More like make it available just as a digital download at launch day prices

Theyll never go ahead with this

ps3ud0 :cool:

Mitzy · 3 Jan 2013 at 19:57

This wouldn't fly in the EU.

welshdapper · 3 Jan 2013 at 23:00

i would not be surprised if Microsoft does the same thing with there new console

Mr Men · 3 Jan 2013 at 23:19

welshdapper said:
i would not be surprised if Microsoft does the same thing with there new console

Be hard if Sony has a patent on it

biron_w · 3 Jan 2013 at 23:43

T345 said:
Preowned is dumb anyway. Well for some reason all the preowned games are £1 less than new...

That's only if you buy recently released games. Pre-owned is good for older games. And it's great if you want to trade in to offset the price of a new game.

Jase · 3 Jan 2013 at 23:47

This doesn't bother me at all, I don't buy used games and I don't trade them in. I'd rather see them come up with something that will stop piracy for good though but if this is what it takes to support the industry and ensure we get future releases then so be it.

MrMarvelous · 4 Jan 2013 at 00:16

Instead of doing what Steam does they've gone full retard mode into this by the looks of things.