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You thought DRM was bad? PS3 nightmare.

Nov 18, 2005 12:55AM PST

not sure if anyone knows about this. i found this news from a site called firstadopter. it seems sony will try to make the PS3 another victim of their insane DRM invasion.

"Sony is really racking up the goodwill points lately. A new patent has been filed that registers Playstation 3 software to only one machine. Which means you can't sell or loan a game you bought for your PS3 once you register it. Ouch. Xbox 360 is looking more and more palatable now, even if it's from the evil empire. Sony is trying to be worse. Gasp.

By means of the present invention as described above, the following effects are obtained. Since only titles for which legitimate software has actually been purchased and which have been initially registered in the machine table can be used, resale (so-called used software purchase) after purchase by an end-user becomes practically impossible."

this means that you can only use that game you bought for that one system! say goodbye to used PS3 games and taking your games to your friends' house to play...

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Not so fast
Nov 18, 2005 5:08AM PST
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When do you know Sony is lieing?
Nov 18, 2005 10:10AM PST

Sony has issued many statements. Today, I don't believe any of their responses.

-> They said there was no Mac version of the DRM software, but there it was.

Bob

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yea
Nov 19, 2005 5:27AM PST

i agree with Bob, sony hasn't been honest. i mean, look at the current DRM fiasco

btw Mike, the site i mentioned had a link to the actual patent they submitted. i didn't bother linking that here. scary

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register vs lock
Nov 23, 2005 5:27AM PST

the new nintendo ds wifi games (such as mario kart) also 'link' the game and the machine, but mainly to store and track highscore and profiles

so, even if you "mathced" up your ps3 odds are it would still be playable but possibly without certain community type offerings (SPECULATION)

resale is one thing - it would totaly kill rental offerings, and with prices probably taking a new jump, that seems like a seriously unwise step

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Hats off
Nov 23, 2005 7:54AM PST

Nice work with the bugmenot login!