Comment by Talis12 on January 3, 2013 at 3:23pm

i expect a hacker to have cracked this within a week..

Comment by Fredrik Pedersen on January 3, 2013 at 3:47pm

Fuck that shit. I love Sony, but sometimes they're dumb as shit.

Comment by Roburt on January 3, 2013 at 3:59pm

Joystiq is wrong. That ID is more like RFID. It's not tied to the user account. Look at Figures 5 and 6 of the actual patent. The ID is Disk ID. It's similar to a MAC address. Just a thing hardwired into the disk to prevent piracy. I'd imagine the "temporary uses" works similarly to Game Sharing. It's to allow users to use and share and sell old copies, but to prevent the user from mass producing the disks. Sensationalist media is sensationalistic

Comment by Roburt on January 3, 2013 at 4:05pm

Also, just reading more on the actual patent, temp usage is reset if the record exist, meaning exactly what I guessed that users can use it as much as they want, just can't mass produce it. Is there actual journalist in video games anymore?

Comment by Gabriel Belmont on January 3, 2013 at 4:53pm

Not really sure why people are complaining anyway, even if it is tagged to your account so is every digital game you download, Value have done this with Steam for years... they might be cheaper but it's still all tied to your account regardless... Wii U have done this but to a dumber extent where your account is actually tied to your system...

If the content is actually tied to your account on the PS4 then hopefully prices of the games either go down or at least stay the same and if this prevent prices from rising then I'm all for it.

Comment by Talis12 on January 3, 2013 at 4:59pm

connected the game to my account i have no problem with.. like gabriel said, its the exact same thing as my steam account. connecting it to my console is totally different though. I wont be dragging my PlayStation everywhere i go just so i can play my games. If it means i can log in to any PlayStation at my friends house and have access to all my games there i am fine with that.

Comment by Fredrik Pedersen on January 3, 2013 at 5:01pm

If I buy the physical disc, it should be my right to sell it off if I feel like it.

Comment by Talis12 on January 3, 2013 at 5:07pm

@fredrik, True, it should be your right to do so. I am wondering how legal it even is to lock it up like this.

I see this as the first step to digital only for consoles. Because if it's tide to your account what difference would it make to buy a physical disc or a digital download? Very thin line of difference you will have then. Before you know it a limited edition will not include a disc but just the statue with the code printed on the bottom.

Comment by Gabriel Belmont on January 3, 2013 at 6:26pm

@Talis12 lol I also agree they will eventually have collector's editions where you end up getting all the extras but no game just a digital code for it xD

The key to all this is price as I don't see how I will be able to pay full whack for digtial games especially if I have no clue how good the game is, I rarely buy games for full as it is but currently on PSN people are already paying for overpriced digital games :/ I don't mind paying for digital games as long as the prices goes down similar to Steam but if prices go up then we have a problem... D:

I would probably end up just buying my most wanted games and getting the rest from  PS+ which I do now anyways and I usually never sell them... so it probably won't even effect me much in the end.

Comment by Amrit Randay on January 3, 2013 at 6:27pm

If this ever sees the light of day and is actually implemented, I will be officially done with consoles.  

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