Steve Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 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.http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/game/news...§ionId=1006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Couldn't really have come at a worse time either. I guess this will mean eBay will be forced to adhere to such rules as well? It's not looking good for Sony at all. It's gone from the ridiculous to the sublime, if you'll pardon the rather hackneyed phrase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 so they've bought the rope, created the noose, put their head in it, how are they going to jump off the chair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 Shit isn't it? One of the good things about consoles is the fact that when you're bored of a game you can trade it in for another one. I bet the games won't be cheap either. What do you reckon? £40-£50 a throw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 at least, they are currently around that anyway, you can't see sony doing them for 20 quid a pop, can you?! money grabbing bastards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisive Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm sure I read somewhere that their triple A 'true next gen' games will be £80 to warrant development costs, and their A grade games will be £40. I still think they'll piss on Microsoft and Nintendo, they must have something up their sleeve to think they can pull this off. Add that to the fact I bet they get most of their sales (bet you can look this up actually) from businessmen wanting the cool one, and the price turns it into a luxury product thus more desirable for said market... maybe..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 If they're gonna do this, they should do their own trade in service via the web. At least people won't be so pissed off then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm sure I read somewhere that their triple A 'true next gen' games will be £80 to warrant development costs, and their A grade games will be £40. I still think they'll piss on Microsoft and Nintendo, they must have something up their sleeve to think they can pull this off. Add that to the fact I bet they get most of their sales (bet you can look this up actually) from businessmen wanting the cool one, and the price turns it into a luxury product thus more desirable for said market... maybe..?People only have so much disposable income, especially if they're kids nagging their parents for a PS3 at Xmas. If the console alone is £425, then you need games and stuff, it's gonna put it out of reach for a lot of people. The PS3 being a blu-ray player is cool and all, but I really don't give a shit. DVD is good enough quality for me and it's cheap as chips to burn your own DVDRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 the thing that made the ps and ps2 good was the fact that there was so many good availible from trade ins. i think sony has completely gone off the rails here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorn Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Fuck this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chee Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Oh man, it looks like this generation is up for grabs by either Nintendo or Microsoft. Sony have lost the plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Oh man, it looks like this generation is up for grabs by either Nintendo or Microsoft. Sony have lost the plot.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> And we all know who, considering the 360 has been something of a dismal failure in Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Looks like the original story was just another rumour: - http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives...es_updated.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 hmm wonder if the stuff about the ps3 being like 400-500 quid are rumours too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freezealicious Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 bring on the Nintendo revolution! cheap and fun!(wii is a gay name, they should've kept revolution) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 It's far too early to be making decisions,Neither are out yet and everybody knows how fast technology moves in this day and age..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 hmm wonder if the stuff about the ps3 being like 400-500 quid are rumours tooNah, Sony announced the price as £425. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 is that fopr the 60gig version or the 20 gig version that isnt gonna be released here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 wii is a gay name, they should've kept revolution<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The name Revolution is hardly easy on the far eastern tongue... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 hmm wonder if the stuff about the ps3 being like 400-500 quid are rumours too<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nah, Sony announced the price as £425.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Obviously aiming at people with money. Premium product positioning and all that. Maybe they're trying to distance themselves from Microsoft and Nintendo and make the PS3 a brand apart - like Bang and Olufson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freezealicious Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 wii is a gay name, they should've kept revolution<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The name Revolution is hardly easy on the far eastern tongue... lol<{POST_SNAPBACK}> haha, very true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 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.http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/game/news...§ionId=1006<{POST_SNAPBACK}> lol, that wont work. If Nintendo or Microsoft offers gamers to buy a game including the right to resell it, Sony cant sustain that policy without loosing some massive market share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 hmm wonder if the stuff about the ps3 being like 400-500 quid are rumours too<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nah, Sony announced the price as £425.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Obviously aiming at people with money. Premium product positioning and all that. Maybe they're trying to distance themselves from Microsoft and Nintendo and make the PS3 a brand apart - like Bang and Olufson.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> They'd be silly to do so.... Sony's always been associated with pretty decent-quality products at a reasonable price.... They'd be shooting themselves in the foot trying to appeal to just a niche market.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Sony's always been associated with pretty decent-quality products at a reasonable price.... They'd be shooting themselves in the foot trying to appeal to just a niche market....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The PS2 was consistently the most expensive current-gen console AND the least powerful. Yet it constantly outsold the Xbox. It's all about advertising innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Sony's always been associated with pretty decent-quality products at a reasonable price.... They'd be shooting themselves in the foot trying to appeal to just a niche market....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The PS2 was consistently the most expensive current-gen console AND the least powerful. Yet it constantly outsold the Xbox. It's all about advertising innit<{POST_SNAPBACK}> True....it was marketed though as a product for most age and social groups, not for a certain group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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