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PS3 pre-owned games banned? |
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Buying pre-owned games have been a common practice among most gamers because, hey, you get the same game for a cheaper price right? Well, those days may soon be over if this proves to be true. Apparently, major game shops have been told by Sony that there will be no pre-owned PS3 games sections in their stores since it will be illegal for customers to sell any next-gen PS game that they've bought. This tidbit came from various retail sources.With this, it seems that Sony is planning on adopting a licensing system that will mean that the gamers won't own the PS3 titles they've paid for, but instead, they are only buying the license to play that particular game and that the software itself will still be a property of Sony. Ergo, the consumer has no right to sell the disc because it is not his to begin with.
This licensing system most likely aims to bring in more money for Sony since re-selling PS3 games snatches potential profits from the company. Sony has not issued any statement with regards to the issue, they were only saying that they have said everything they need to say about the PS3 during the E3 and that they would be announcing more news up to the PS3's launch.
Thanks for the heads up, Mike!
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Meh.
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**IF** this is true, and not Microsoft spin, then it would be a serious issue for me buying the system as I can say I dont currently own a game I bought when I first got a PS2. Everyone swaps them and Sony are not loosing money because it is the same game I bought (and paid Sony). I have all the money ready to buy the console in November, but if this is true then I will not be buying it and I will also be saddened.
However I remember hearing last year on this site something about licencing the games so no pre-owns etc.
On a side not, it is illegal in some countries to gain a contract before you have seen the product (I think the Netherlands is one such country) making EULA or whatever invalid there. Also what about children? They legally cannot sign/enter contracts so how would it effect them?
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It won't stop people ebaying (better than stores for pre-owned)...
This does however, sound like bogus. Sony lose nothing if games are pre-owned and purchased so this article seems like crap ... but it does make sense.
Number 10: Yes, here in australia it's also illegal for people under 16 to enter into a contract.. unless it's to the benefit of the child... Assuming that these games have EULA one would think that there would be someone living with them that is 18+ and therefore can legally allow the minor to use the software.
The EULA is indeed a contract to use the Software/Game as stated in the Licence and the 'i agree' option is therefore acknowledging everything in there... So playing a game or watching a dvd makes you the consumer enter into that user agreement. Why do you think it's illegal to copy games, movies and software? Because legally, we don't own it - we have the right to use it. You can argue until your blue in the face, but go to court and tell them that they are wrong and you are right...
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Sad.
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Also you never owned the game to begin with even on the PS2 or Xbox. the User Agreement at the end of each game manual states that the you have a license to use the game but you really dont ever own it. So you cant sell it.
But we do anyways right? When your selling used games your selling your license, not the game itself. This article isnt pointing out anything new. its just restating what already in existance, but in a way that makes it look bad.
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Ignorance of the law doesn't uphold in court... Pitty :(
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And this also doesn't make sense.. because even though you ARE infact buying a license to use the game... you are able to sell the game legally as that existing license is sold with it to the new user... (assuming you didn't copy it or sell a copy). So my final verdict on this whole article?
BOGUS.
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GamesRadar is still a horrible resource though (see poster #12). And I'm fairly certain they just dug this story up from a few months back when it was an actual topic worth being discussed. It's not now, there's no official word or any reason to believe that this is true, it's merely speculation by websites who have not been given any kind of hint as to this being a possibility except for a Sony patent a few months/years back for their music industry.
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If this is true then it would only be on sony's side, in the end its up to the publishers of the game to put in that kind of 'protection'.
Also remember by buying resell games, your giving gamestop, ebay, bestbuy, all the money, none of it goes to the developers. The only money that goes to the developers is the money from new games being bought. So another way this can be taken is that preowned games can be still bought and sold but some of the resell will be sent to the developer as well because of the way its liscened. This would mean that we would get less back from the games we trade in because the companies that do preownd games wont be getting all the cash from tradeins anymore.
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but i dont think they would do something that stupid.
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