Chiyo
Save Me Konata-Chan
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join:2003-02-20
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | Whats next for Sony?
Hell if it keeps up Sony's PS3 will be so heavly locked down hat you can't evne play the games without giving up a pint o blood and your social security # everytime you want to play. |
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gwaltrip
join:2001-12-30
Ogden, UT | Sony already has a patent for a disk that can be altered when put in a game console thereby locking it to that console
Once installed on one console it will be unplayable on any other. |
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mlundin
join:2001-03-27
Lawrence, KS | They wouldn't dare. If they muff the kick on the PS3 MS is going to destroy them with the X-Box 360. I'm all about the PS3, but if they do something like that I would have to change my mind. |
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gball
Master Yoda
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join:2000-11-28
South Bend, IN
clubs: 
1 edit | reply to gwaltrip
The day I can't bring my purchased game to my friends house to play is the day I stop buying anything Sony.. |
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD
 ·Comcast
| reply to gwaltrip
said by gwaltrip  :Sony already has a patent for a disk that can be altered when put in a game console thereby locking it to that console Once installed on one console it will be unplayable on any other. And I can't wait to hear how a $0.50 marker (or some other el-cheapo method) defeats it.... LOL.
I don't really see the point in such a technology. Rental stores would require an alternative disc that allowed it to be used in any console and inevitably, people would copy those discs; unless of course Sony intends for its games to no longer be rent-able.
Also, what really would be the point??? All this really does is prevent a user from copying a disc AFTER it's been used on a console. Somebody, somewhere, somehow, will provide a pre-used ISO/etc of a game that everyone could then use. Furthermore, it will stifle the... "I've got this cool new game... you should borrow it, and if you like it, buy it."
If Sony (or any other game maker) implemented this... they'd just be shooting themselves in the foot... ummm.... AGAIN. |
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Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| reply to gball
said by gball :The day I can't bring my purchased game to my friends house to play is the day I stop buying anything Sony.. Wouldn't this also essentially, destroy places like Blockbuster & other video game rentals?
Maybe it's just me, but the ability to swap games with people is what pushed console ownership to begin with, no? If they start "tying" console games to console ownership...then why exactly are we paying for the console to begin with? |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
| reply to gball
said by gball :The day I can't bring my purchased game to my friends house to play is the day I stop buying anything Sony.. Greed kills.
Hey qball want to see this new game ?
sure.
Hey i think i will buy my own...
Sony senario.
Hey qball want to see this game ?
sure.
Well you have to come over, it locked to mine.
Oh well i cant come over.
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to Thaler
That makes me think...
What happens when my console goes bad; and has to be replaced? Let's say it's under warranty... should the manufacturer be responsible for buying me ALL new games so I can play them again? So, if I am an avid gamer... have 20 games @ $35 average per game a game... $750. Something tells me the manufacturer won't want to hand me a new/refurbished console AND $700 (nearly twice the retail price of the CONSOLE ALONE) because they just HAD to have some nifty copy copy protection.
Or... maybe they will have some way of re-writing the console identifier? Then of course... we all know someone, somehow, somewhere, at some time will figure out how to use it to their advantage. |
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Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| said by phantom6294 :So, if I am an avid gamer... have 20 games @ $35 average per game a game... $750. Bump up your estimated costs there, as your newer console games in the next gen consoles will be costing $60+. I'd personally expect that price to go up as they note that customers will still be buying/playing games with that price hike. |
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD | Eh... I figured it best to underestimate so as not be accused of hyping my point. I was initially going to assume $50 per game (most popular new games start at $50). |
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el-pikachupacabra
@172.20.x.x | reply to mlundin
Exactly. I'm no brand fanboy, I OWN all major-name consoles, but if they start pulling these stunts, I am SOOO not buying. |
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el-pikachupacabra
@172.20.x.x | reply to phantom6294
Screw the feet, at this point I'd say they're gunning for the HEAD now. |
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