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PlayStation 4 plays used games, says Sony
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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For that matter, if I buy some tchotchke that amuses me at the time but quickly grow tired of, it no longer has the value to me it once did. Say, a plush My Little Pony character but I get tired of My Little Pony. Isn't its value reduced to me in precisely the same way that a My Little Pony dvd is?
I kind of get the sense that you feel like certain things should be treated differently so are inventing reasons they should be treated differently, instead of arguing from first principles and going forward with that. Are there any exceptions to not reselling? Dante has been dead many a century, should it be illegal to resell a copy of Dante's Inferno? It's not like he could get any money from a sale of a new copy instead of someone buying my used copy. So is lifetime the limitation on this restriction you would enact? Or the length of copyright?
(note: I do not and have not watched My Little Pony)
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