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    PS3 pre-owned games banned!
    Topic Started: May 24 2006, 07:55 PM (531 Views)
    Vivi
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    "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.

    We assume that the thinking behind this move will ultimately be to stop PS3 games being resold several times - which currently snatches potential sales away from Sony - and to counter the impression in consumers' minds that games are only really worth their pre-owned price and are not worth buying new.

    When we contacted Sony, it issued us with the following statement: "We have made all of the official announcements at E3 and cannot make any further comments at this time. We will be announcing more news running up to PlayStation 3's launch."


    I wouldnt be suprised if Sony doesn't make any money.
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    KatzMotel
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    Fair enough- people will just sell things to eachother privately, or over eBay.
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    KatzMotel
    May 24 2006, 08:03 PM
    Fair enough- people will just sell things to eachother privately, or over eBay.

    u cant say that is fair. i buy used games for gameboy and gamecube all the time. whats with Sony and its money eating?
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    May 24 2006, 08:05 PM
    KatzMotel
    May 24 2006, 08:03 PM
    Fair enough- people will just sell things to eachother privately, or over eBay.

    u cant say that is fair. i buy used games for gameboy and gamecube all the time. whats with Sony and its money eating?

    If they have the licences for the games, they can do what they want.
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    loz
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    Do they seriously think people want to pay Ł40 for a game thats been out for ages when they could buy it second hand? People won't wait till it becomes part of some players choice reduction, they'll just sell between friends. I'm not sure if this is legal in all countries either. Where'd you find this?
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    I heard about this way back as a rumor. We all decided it was impossible because there's no reasonable way to police it. I guess we were wrong.

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    and to counter the impression in consumers' minds that games are only really worth their pre-owned price and are not worth buying new.

    Sadly, most games are only worth pre-owned prices. In fact, a lot of systems are only worth pre-owned prices. I wonder if you're allowed to sell your PS3.
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    May 24 2006, 09:05 PM
    KatzMotel
    May 24 2006, 08:03 PM
    Fair enough- people will just sell things to eachother privately, or over eBay.

    u cant say that is fair. i buy used games for gameboy and gamecube all the time. whats with Sony and its money eating?

    he means that people will retalliate to the situtation by selling the games privately.
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    I think it's ridiculous. And where's the proof it's true/false?
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    well, sony is not trying to win people over very well are they?

    I hope the ps3 bombs... I don't care if the xbox takes first place in the console wars, just as long as nintendo is second and sony is last.
    they'd certainly deserve to be put in their place...seeing as they clearly think they're better than everyone else.
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    May 25 2006, 06:09 PM
    well, sony is not trying to win people over very well are they?

    I hope the ps3 bombs... I don't care if the xbox takes first place in the console wars, just as long as nintendo is second and sony is last.
    they'd certainly deserve to be put in their place...seeing as they clearly think they're better than everyone else.

    What? HOW DARE YOU INSULT SONY! BURN HIM!!!!!!! HRAAAAA!!!
    Anyways, I hope they do well enough to make a PS4 because the PS3 is bombing and I love my metal gear.
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    May 25 2006, 07:21 PM
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    May 25 2006, 06:09 PM
    well, sony is not trying to win people over very well are they?

    I hope the ps3 bombs... I don't care if the xbox takes first place in the console wars, just as long as nintendo is second and sony is last.
    they'd certainly deserve to be put in their place...seeing as they clearly think they're better than everyone else.

    What? HOW DARE YOU INSULT SONY! BURN HIM!!!!!!! HRAAAAA!!!
    Anyways, I hope they do well enough to make a PS4 because the PS3 is bombing and I love my metal gear.

    I really doubt the entire company will die from one bad system...
    they do make lots of other electronic crap too...

    But really looking at your post....I didn't insult sony at all. I mean I think you're joking about it...but I said:
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    I hope the ps3 bombs


    and you said right in your post:

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    because the PS3 is bombing


    anyways....I just thought I'd share that.
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    May 25 2006, 06:33 PM
    JJRamone2
    May 25 2006, 07:21 PM
    Nintendo_Golfer
    May 25 2006, 06:09 PM
    well, sony is not trying to win people over very well are they?

    I hope the ps3 bombs... I don't care if the xbox takes first place in the console wars, just as long as nintendo is second and sony is last.
    they'd certainly deserve to be put in their place...seeing as they clearly think they're better than everyone else.

    What? HOW DARE YOU INSULT SONY! BURN HIM!!!!!!! HRAAAAA!!!
    Anyways, I hope they do well enough to make a PS4 because the PS3 is bombing and I love my metal gear.

    I really doubt the entire company will die from one bad system...
    they do make lots of other electronic crap too...

    But really looking at your post....I didn't insult sony at all. I mean I think you're joking about it...but I said:
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    I hope the ps3 bombs


    and you said right in your post:

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    because the PS3 is bombing


    anyways....I just thought I'd share that.

    oh yeah, your right about the electronic stuff. But, yes, sony is bombing, but I dont hope they do
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    Well they'll probably switch MGS over to Nintendo. The creator loves it.

    Sony's using those new discs. You know, the ones where you play it on one PS3 and ONLY that PS3. No borrowing and no renting from Blockbuster.
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    Why in the world is Sony doing this? This is clearly a bad move for Sony in so many ways. *__* are you kidding or can you really not rent any games from BlockBuster then play them on your own PS3. I wasnt sure about PS3 bombing but now they are really going to go down if this is true. Its kind of sad because PlayStation has some really great games.
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    May 25 2006, 08:28 PM
    Sony's using those new discs. You know, the ones where you play it on one PS3 and ONLY that PS3. No borrowing and no renting from Blockbuster.

    No... Sony never mentioned that. The new disks that sony is using is called Blueray disks and just allows the disks to hold a much higher capacity than the standard disk that was used in the ps2. all sony said was that it is illegal to sell pre-owned ps3 games.
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