Gamers rage over rumors of Sony patent!
I was just checking my e-mail when an alert from IGN popped up, a rumor has surfaced that Sony has a patent on technology that will block second hand games. On December 9th Sony filed for a patent for new tech that will link game disks to a users account. Their will be contactless tag, the system will read when the disk is first played. In order to play the game, the code that the game has saved and the one stored in the system will have to match or the game wont play.
So what does this mean? Well for companies like Gamestop where a large portion of their profits came from used games, they will in effect be going out of business. As for companies that rent games, they're going to have a horrible time doing any business as well. If they can do any at all.
But what about the everyday gamer? I know I've let my brother test out games that I've bought to see if he liked them before he went out and bought them, and he's done the same for me. Demo disks and downloadable demos used to be all over the place but most games don't do that much anymore. What do we do if our systems break? Is the game going to be tied to an account or the system?
Of course this has all set ablaze the message boards with nothing but rage. It's amazing how many people have responded with one simple statement, good buy Playstation.
Before we all through out your systems and hold a memorial to remember all the happiness that the Playstations have given us over the years we should remember that nothing is official yet. Earlier this year Sony did release a statement saying that they wouldn't support trying to get rid of the used game market, earlier this year.
I would say I wont buy the new playstation if this happens, but the odds are if they do it then so will microsoft. So in the ends everybody saying they are done will give in or we are going to see a major growth in PC gaming again. Also a lot of the games are going to be just downloadable now and you can't really share a download.
So what does this mean? Well for companies like Gamestop where a large portion of their profits came from used games, they will in effect be going out of business. As for companies that rent games, they're going to have a horrible time doing any business as well. If they can do any at all.
But what about the everyday gamer? I know I've let my brother test out games that I've bought to see if he liked them before he went out and bought them, and he's done the same for me. Demo disks and downloadable demos used to be all over the place but most games don't do that much anymore. What do we do if our systems break? Is the game going to be tied to an account or the system?
Of course this has all set ablaze the message boards with nothing but rage. It's amazing how many people have responded with one simple statement, good buy Playstation.
Before we all through out your systems and hold a memorial to remember all the happiness that the Playstations have given us over the years we should remember that nothing is official yet. Earlier this year Sony did release a statement saying that they wouldn't support trying to get rid of the used game market, earlier this year.
I would say I wont buy the new playstation if this happens, but the odds are if they do it then so will microsoft. So in the ends everybody saying they are done will give in or we are going to see a major growth in PC gaming again. Also a lot of the games are going to be just downloadable now and you can't really share a download.
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