Next Generation Consoles and DRM - Page 2

PahMan · 5th July 2012, 7:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Zerstorer

Every console manufacturer has come out and explicitly said the rumour about no used games is total bullshit.

I thought the issue here was reselling digital versions of games?

Carcin0Genic · 5th July 2012, 9:06 PM

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...nloaded-games/

I haven't read all of it as i don't quite have time til this weekend(holidays) but hopefully this will fix the problem.

ddk · 5th July 2012, 10:52 PM

Hmph. I bought a digital version of something awhile ago and tried to sell the license for it 'cause I no longer used it or wanted to use it and everyone, not only the developer, ragged on me for it.

PahMan · 5th July 2012, 10:59 PM

In one of the articles they mentioned that the developers could potentially charge to transfer the license. I guess this is their only recourse?

I can't imagine too many steam sales in the future (or indie bundles which let you pay as little as you want) as people could soon potentially stock up on hundreds of games and resell them once the steam prices are jacked up again.

Carcin0Genic · 5th July 2012, 11:24 PM

Well with developers charging for transfer of license, i thought they already do that with consoles. Once a games has been played online, if you sell it doesn't the new owner have to buy an online key? I play on comp so just going of what my mate told me.

PRiME2007 · 12th July 2012, 6:13 AM

I think this move to online only purchasing in a FORCED manner will just increase piracy. Most people I talk to don't want to play online anyway and I sell gaming consoles/.

ThunderbirdMoz · 23rd July 2012, 9:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ddk

So, I just noticed an advertisement for a Skyrim add-on and thought I'd check out how much it would be to download the full game through Xbox. $110 AUD. Yeah... not happening.

This, however, made me think about the next generation of consoles and how I've read that they will be moving to a model that will prevent people from selling their games and buying pre-owned as well as locking games to particular regions. This in turn made me think that there is no way in Hell that I'm paying $110 for any goddamn game if the model moves entirely in this direction, meaning I'll probably not be buying an Xbox 720 or PS4.

If this is the future of console gaming, will you be welcoming it or moving back to your computer?

In a way this is not so bad so long as sony/ms/nintendo/sega/whoever keep backwards compatibility in their new consoles so you can keep playing your old games. For example on psn if you buy a psone game it will work on the ps3, psp and vita (when the next firmware is released). So now you have a game that can't be lost, damaged and is playable on any of those consoles of your choosing. I definitely wont pay $110 for a game, I have in the past but they have always been bundles. What I do is I pretty much never play new releases, I always stay one or two releases behind when the games are much cheaper and the online community is still quite active.

AthlonMan · 23rd July 2012, 9:56 PM

Onto project Ouya.

IMtech · 23rd July 2012, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AthlonMan

Onto project Ouya.

I think this may be the platform to go for... no DRM and full android support afaik can only be a good thing... Time will tell I guess!!!

AMD64 · 14th September 2012, 1:01 PM

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Originally Posted by IMtech

I think this may be the platform to go for... no DRM and full android support afaik can only be a good thing... Time will tell I guess!!!

Good stuff I guess but it wont work for everyone. For the people who want the fancy pants graphics and next gen stuff project Ouya will dissapoint pretty badly but it does have its good points.

gregpolk · 14th September 2012, 4:31 PM

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Originally Posted by underskore

why will it be different on a pc?

PC has competing stores driving the prices. On consoles you'd have XBL and PSN and no competition, hence $110 for skyrim.

All this console DRM stuff is just rumours anyway. I'm fine with the idea of having all digital games on a console so long as the pricing is reasonable. At the moment it isn't. I've heard PS Vita games are reasonably priced though.

23rd July 2012, 9:56 PM	#23
AthlonMan Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: QLD. Posts: 9,449	Onto project Ouya. __________________ Pentium III 600Mhz \| 128mb RAM \| 18gb HDD \| TNT2 32mb \| 19" Sony Trinitron

5th July 2012, 9:06 PM	#17
Carcin0Genic Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 1,146	http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...nloaded-games/ I haven't read all of it as i don't quite have time til this weekend(holidays) but hopefully this will fix the problem.

5th July 2012, 10:52 PM	#18
ddk (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,577	Hmph. I bought a digital version of something awhile ago and tried to sell the license for it 'cause I no longer used it or wanted to use it and everyone, not only the developer, ragged on me for it.

5th July 2012, 10:59 PM	#19
PahMan Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: 3082 Posts: 37	In one of the articles they mentioned that the developers could potentially charge to transfer the license. I guess this is their only recourse? I can't imagine too many steam sales in the future (or indie bundles which let you pay as little as you want) as people could soon potentially stock up on hundreds of games and resell them once the steam prices are jacked up again.

5th July 2012, 11:24 PM	#20
Carcin0Genic Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 1,146	Well with developers charging for transfer of license, i thought they already do that with consoles. Once a games has been played online, if you sell it doesn't the new owner have to buy an online key? I play on comp so just going of what my mate told me.

12th July 2012, 6:13 AM	#21
PRiME2007 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 119	I think this move to online only purchasing in a FORCED manner will just increase piracy. Most people I talk to don't want to play online anyway and I sell gaming consoles/.