Η Sony σxεδιαζει να απαγορεψει την πωληση μεταχειρισμενων παχνιδιων για το PS3!!

firegarden · 25 Μαΐου 2006

It looks like the days of buying second hand games will become a thing of the past for the PlayStation 3 if Sony has its way. According to Games Radar, high street shops have been notified by Sony that it will be illegal for consumers to sell any games they buy for the upcoming PlayStation 3.

Sony appears to be planning to introduce a licensing model that consumers would have to agree with in order to play these upcoming games. The licensing plan would be that when a consumer purchases a PS3 game, they will be paying only for the right to play the game, but will not be entitled to sell it on as it will remain property of Sony.

While Sony has not confirmed this, if this plan goes ahead, it will be bad news for consumers who try to cut costs by buying games second hand or selling off games they no longer use. While this would give Sony extra sales by forcing consumers to buy their games new, retailers will also lose out as a good bulk of their profit comes from the sales of used games. However, despite worries about Sony may also lock games to a given console, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has clarified that their PS3 games will be playable on any PlayStation 3 games console. Thanks to both shimman and punan for letting us know about the following news:

High street games shops have been told by Sony that there will be no PS3 pre-owned sections in their stores as it will be illegal for customers to sell any next-gen PlayStation games that they've bought, retail sources have revealed to GamesRadar.

It seems that Sony is planning to adopt a licensing system that will mean gamers won't own the PS3 titles that they've paid money for. Instead, they will only be purchasing the licence to play the game and that the software itself will still be Sony property - meaning that the disc won't be the customer's to sell.

Some further info can be read on 1up and Next Gen.

With how much Sony is subsidising the coming PlayStation 3, it seems like they are really trying to make sure that they recover the costs of the console. For example, the last thing they want to see is someone buying a PS3 only to ever play second hand games on it. However, the plan of banning used PS3 games is going overboard, as consumers may actually be put off buying certain games they are unsure about and cannot sell off later on.

On the other hand, if Sony is worried about losing out on consumers potentially buying 2nd hand games for their subsidised console, it looks like they have not taken into account consumers who will likely buy a PS3 as a budget Blu-ray player with no intention of ever playing any games on it, considering the cheaper PS3 model will be going for half the cheapest dedicated Blu-ray player.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13471

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