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by Steve Watts, Feb 21, 2013 12:15pm PSTSince the PlayStation 4 cat is officially out of the bag, Sony is seeing fit to squash some persistent rumors about its new console. The system won't require an always-on Internet connection, and Sony has also now confirmed that it won't be blocking you from playing used games.
Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer very plainly that "used games can play on PS4." He said the "general expectation by consumers" is that when they "purchase physical form, they want to use it everywhere."
Another source at the event reportedly said that the patent that seemed aimed at blocking used games wasn't ever meant for the PS4 at all. That still leaves the question of what the patent was intended for, but at least it won't stop you from borrowing a friend's game.
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Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 can play used games, and a patent discovered last month that seemed to imply otherwise wasn't meant for PS4 at all.
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 can play used games, and a patent discovered last month that seemed to imply otherwise wasn't meant for PS4 at all. : Shacknews
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If you buy a book it's worth ten bucks to you. Once you've read it, maybe it's worth $1. So now you're in a position where you can sell something that has $10 of value without losing anywhere near that amount of value. The point is that the bulk of the value *to you* isn't in the physical manifestation of the book, it's in the IP that you've already consumed.
For some things the value of the physical object is immediately useless (like the secret recipe to coca cola on a piece of paper), and for some things the value isn't immediately diminished just because you've consumed it once (like a painting).
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