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Zeus
05-25-2006, 11:23 AM
Yesterday we reported on how Gamesradar seemed to be dead certain that <a href="http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=7424" target="_blank">Sony will ban the sale of pre-owned PS3 titles</a>, of course this news made its way around to the web as it was very controversial! Gamesindustry have heard from a few Sony reps who have absolutely no idea of such a strategy being implemented, and hint that this rumour could have come from some old murmurings that the games will be locked to one PS3 machine...Sony have also squashed this rumour too!

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A report from website GamesRadar claiming that it will be illegal to sell used software for the PS3 has been officially denied by Sony today, with a spokesperson telling GamesIndustry.biz that it is "false speculation."

GamesRadar yesterday reported that Sony was warning high street retailers that the sale of pre-owned games would be illegal due to the licensing terms of PS3 software, which would mean that discs technically remained the property of Sony.

However, a Sony Computer Entertainment UK spokesperson today outright denied that any such message had been conveyed to retailers - telling GamesIndustry.biz that following conversations with the firm's European parent company, neither division has "any knowledge" of such a strategy.

"We have definitely not been communicating that," UK spokesperson Jennie Kong confirmed. "It's false speculation. We don't have any further knowledge about this topic - either officially or unofficially, to be frank."

It would appear that the report is based on the resurrection of a much earlier rumour in this regard, which surfaced most recently last November with claims that PS3 software would "bind" to the first machine it was played on, and would be unusable on any other system.

At the time, Sony completely debunked the rumour - telling UK newspaper The Guardian in no uncertain terms that: "PlayStation 3 software will not be copy protected to a single machine but will be playable on any PlayStation 3 console."


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whackawookie
05-25-2006, 11:27 AM
im glad sony finally decided to join the party and reply to rumors. Now i dont have to worry about selling the crappy games i might decide to buy at launch
thePANICHIOteam
05-25-2006, 11:36 AM
Nice of Sony to clear that one up!
dreary79
05-25-2006, 11:42 AM
I was really hoping the rumor to be true. I think all goods should become services. So when you buy a mattress and you cut off the tag you would be breaking the user agreement, the bed can be taken away from you and you can go to jail without passing go.

Everything needs to be a service... consoles, games, movies, TVs, furniture, appliances, homes, pets, spouses. It's the direction that the music and movie industry is going why shouldn't everything go that direction?
Retroboy
05-25-2006, 11:47 AM
I was really hoping the rumor to be true. I think all goods should become services. So when you buy a mattress and you cut off the tag you would be breaking the user agreement, the bed can be taken away from you and you can go to jail without passing go.

Everything needs to be a service... consoles, games, movies, TVs, furniture, appliances, homes, pets, spouses. It's the direction that the music and movie industry is going why shouldn't everything go that direction?

but then why??? because the same would have to go with all games.

i think again its a i dont like sony so this bad news should be true.

truth being which i did say in the other post, sony can not make it illegal to sell pre-owned games, reason being they would loose to all the gamers out there will easily over power sony in a simply court debate.
kronikdaddy
05-25-2006, 05:34 PM
i agree everything should be a service, games, movies, sex, beer, weed, ect. and communism is really a good idea, as long as im the furer, all hail Lord Kronik!! MWHA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Sepioth
05-25-2006, 08:01 PM
but then why??? because the same would have to go with all games.

Not really because this is not a law and is written in the EULA that is usually with every piece of software you buy. Unfortunatally Consoles tend not to add them with their games and are usually available online or by calling. But This is mostly because they are not enforced to much. For some reason they seem to be mostly used with PC games. They are those screen that you usually click "OK" ... "OK" ... Scroll Down ... "I AGREE". When Buying games you don't actually "own" then. You get a license to use the software.

truth being which i did say in the other post, sony can not make it illegal to sell pre-owned games, reason being they would loose to all the gamers out there will easily over power sony in a simply court debate.

Truth being YES they can. That EULA is there for a reason .. and as many people fail to read them they do exist. If Sony wanted to be dicks they could enforce this policy (and add them to Console packaging as well). This would never EVER see a court room .. never mind having a lawyer file it. There would be no grounds for a lawsuit.

Look at games like World of Warcraft. They banned player accounts if they where found selling in game items for real money. They own the game and it was written in their EULA that this was prohibited. On the other hand there are ones that encourage this behaivior. It's up to companies to write their policies and to enforce them as they see fit.


:D :D And this is to just bash Sony -- Just because --:D :D

Chances are this was not a rumor and was probably truth. But with all the bad press lately they saw the instant uproar of trying to enforce this policy and the PR peoples thoughts started to finally start up and said ... "Hey ... look here is an opportunity for us to ""LOOK GOOD"" and say ""This is just a rumor."" Then they wiped the sweat from their foreheads and went back to sleep.

They should stay awake more often .. Sony really needs them right now.

Disclaimer:
The Above Sony bash was just S-A-R-C-A-S-M. And joking around. If you need to do any flaming go start a fire somewhere and leave it away from here. :p