Ladies and gentlemen the shit has hit the fan.
 

Look what the super geniuses at Sony might do,This has to be the most retarded idea ever.

Any thoughts people?

EDIT: Sony has denied this as "false speculation" to me I just think that the pr reps at sony though "aww hell" and droped that idea like a fucking bomb.

Shit, should have known, I went and got me hopes up for nothing, not that I want to see sony fuck it self up, I just like to see a train wreck in the making.

Dont trust news that come from just ONE source people...

Either way, sony makes more profitys on games then with consoles... even if they want to stop second hand games to circle around or even piracy, they arent stupid enough to risk MORE at this point

Well, although I don't think it'll happen, there WERE rumors about this about 3 months ago. From multiple sources. I suppose this site was just bringing them back, while Sony took the chance to deny it. But then, only Sony of Europe denied it so....you never know what Crazy Ken will decide to do in the end.
Ken: "I'm too lazy to go to a store and buy games." THIS JUST IN! ALL PS3 GAMES NOW HAVE TO BE DOWNLOADED!

Well, he would be just ordering what a lot of people already do >_>

Here's the thing of this is, I'm pretty sure - and if we have anyone who knows better then by all means correct me - but even if Sony adopted a licensing model, you still have the right of resale. I mean this is how just about all computer software works, word processors, photo editors, games, whatever, all you actually 'own' is a license to use the software in ways defined by the vendor. But I can still go and sell my copy of World of Warcraft or whatever, it just means that what I'm selling is my license to use that product.

I'm not saying Sony wouldn't love to have some way of keeping people from reselling, but if they were going to go that route it would just be on the order of throwing up technological roadblocks to playing a given game on multiple PS3s, or something of that nature.

My friend attempted to explain that Sony's PS3 was implimenting a system of, well, when you buy the game, and use it in your PS3, it cannot be used in any other PS3.

I easily explained that that was bullshit, since the sheer idea of Sony trying to put a DVD burner into their already bells-and-whistles platform simply to prevent resale or 'loaning' was utterly ridiculous.

But, yeah, on topic.

What has me concerned is that this sounds like a Sony backpedal.
"We're going to be implimenting a system to prevent loaning of PS3 games and resale for lower prices."
"...What!?"
"...By that we mean, that we love resalers!"

I'm not sure what happened, but I think the conversation went something like that.

The only "Way" i see for anything similar to be done would be on playing online games on the PS3... something like, every copy of the game having a "Serial number" that the PS3 would read and "assimilate" to the players account when he plays it for the first time online...

Thus... blocking people who would like to use that copy of the game to play with their own accounts...

that... i can see as "possible"... but still is kinda stupid...

Phantasy Star Online I+II forthe GameCube actually did this. All I can tell you is 1) It made perchasers of thegame unhappy 2) It made people who sell used games unhappy and 3) Led to a way to play burned DVD disks on the GameCube.

So LOL to Sony if they try to do it!