Blog # 4
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/393246/sony-exec-on-ps4-pre-owned-games-we-will-do-the-right-thing/
Sony's Vice President of Worldwide studios, Michael Denny says that they will "do the right thing" when it comes to used games on their next gen console. This seems to me that they are just waiting to see what Microsoft is going to say about the matter. The idea that used games will not work on the next gen consoles is not a new thing. We have been talking about it for years now but there are so many debates and it's hard to say whether it will fall through or not.
Being a gamer that does not buy or borrow used games, unless they are for older systems like the N64, I would not care if Sony and Microsoft implemented such a rule. Although I know that I am one of the very few who would say that. Most people buy a game, complete it and then sell it online or back to the store they bought it from. I believe that if used games were to be banned on the future consoles there would be many people who would be far from happy. Not everyone can afford to go out and spend $60 plus on a brand new game two or three times a month. These same people love the used game section where they can find games from $10 - $35. Not only that but stores like EB games will be impacted by not being able to re-sell these games—which gamers sell to them for a fraction of the price might I add. I'm assuming that a good chunk of the money that EB games makes is from used games.
The one thing I hope that Sony and Microsoft do is keep the ability to play your games on another console on your own account. If I am not allowed to play used games on any other console but that of which it was originally played on, that's fine but I better be able to play that game through my account on any other console.
Written by Adam Zacharias
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/393246/sony-exec-on-ps4-pre-owned-games-we-will-do-the-right-thing/
Sony's Vice President of Worldwide studios, Michael Denny says that they will "do the right thing" when it comes to used games on their next gen console. This seems to me that they are just waiting to see what Microsoft is going to say about the matter. The idea that used games will not work on the next gen consoles is not a new thing. We have been talking about it for years now but there are so many debates and it's hard to say whether it will fall through or not.
Being a gamer that does not buy or borrow used games, unless they are for older systems like the N64, I would not care if Sony and Microsoft implemented such a rule. Although I know that I am one of the very few who would say that. Most people buy a game, complete it and then sell it online or back to the store they bought it from. I believe that if used games were to be banned on the future consoles there would be many people who would be far from happy. Not everyone can afford to go out and spend $60 plus on a brand new game two or three times a month. These same people love the used game section where they can find games from $10 - $35. Not only that but stores like EB games will be impacted by not being able to re-sell these games—which gamers sell to them for a fraction of the price might I add. I'm assuming that a good chunk of the money that EB games makes is from used games.
The one thing I hope that Sony and Microsoft do is keep the ability to play your games on another console on your own account. If I am not allowed to play used games on any other console but that of which it was originally played on, that's fine but I better be able to play that game through my account on any other console.
Written by Adam Zacharias
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