I figure it's some sort of biz terminology, but I don't actually know.
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I figure it's some sort of biz terminology, but I don't actually know.
It will probably happen, considering their stubborness with the PSP firmware that's making life harder for one of their biggest consumer groups (Homebrewers and the likes).Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
HURRAY FOR EBAY!
Short of making people sign a contract to not sell any games they bought, how are they going to be able to enforce that?
who knows how they will enforce it?
Some type of DRM I imagine. A license key for the CD, plus online registration of the system. Gets registered in some type of Sony database. You take your CD to your friends, it won't play because it is already registered on another PS3. But for $5.99 you can buy a temporary, 48 hr license.
Course, if it is true, how would one be able to rent games?
On the one hand, I can see why Sony would do it, I just don't see it as feasible though.
Good news: "We have definitely not been communicating that," UK spokesperson Jennie Kong confirmed. "It's false speculation."
^ Well that's good. It stunk of unsubstantiated rumour anyway.
If in the future companies such as Sony do take a genuine interest in scooping up their supposed "lost profits" from the sale of used games, the worst I could see happening would be the collection of a royalty for every current-gen used game resold through EB Games, Gamespot and the like. Even that would be bullshit.
Coming up next: banning libraries, as book publishers are losing their slice of the pie.
Oh, and don't forget used car salesmans. In light of this, their careers are just plain DOOMED.
In other news, Ikea is going to crack down on places like Salvation Army selling used furniture.
Of course we've learned it is false... but if this were true and this is the way it was done; those without internet to register the game are screwed and those who's...Quote:
Originally Posted by taitbb
dare I say it...
PS3 BREAK! are screwed.
Oh and that ytmnd is funny as all hell!
Oh they will break. En masse. It is a Sony product after all. Do you think they honestly know how to build something that lasts? When they do, it is luck. When it breaks, it is planned obsolescence. Time to get a new one and increase Sony's user base.Quote:
Originally Posted by lordofduct
I just can't get over the fact that the Playstation 3 controller is esencially the same as it has been for like, what? 10 years?
Great, more crippled hands...
I truly hope Nintendo realises that they can get to the #1 spot again, if they play there cards right; If not, we can safely assume that Microsoft has already won this generation. :P