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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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You resell that, someone else who was willing to buy a copy of game A at a lower pricepoint, potentially later or in a sale, buys it. Developer X makes no money from this.
Then you buy game B.
So.. say you get back a third of the money you spent. You have paid 1.666*P (the price of one game). Developer X has made 2*P, instead of 3*P. So you pay 0.8333x what you would've, and the developer makes 0.6666x what they would've.
And probably, the second person ends up paying like 0.75x what he would've, and Gamestop keeps the rest.
Three games sales have actually taken place, developer gets 0.66x the money.
So now let's pretend you can't resell games.
You buy game A for 1*P. Person B buys the game at a sale later, pays.. 0.75P let's say, to stick with our guns as last time. Now you can't afford the new games, so you'll have to wait until it costs 0.8333x what it did, to reflect the amount of money you would make back from reselling the first.
So the dev gets 2.58P in this situation. They make 1.29x as much money.
And anyone who pirates, was never guaranteed to buy the game in the first place. Person B WAS.
THAT is what happens when you buy new games with old game sales. See how that works?
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