[PS3] Sony makes moves to stamp out lucrative second-hand market

CeS · 05-24-2006, 06:27 PM

Wednesday 24 May 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.

We assume that the thinking behind this move will ultimately be to stop PS3 games being resold several times - which currently snatches potential sales away from Sony - and to counter the impression in consumers' minds that games are only really worth their pre-owned price and are not worth buying new.

When we contacted Sony, it issued us with the following statement: "We have made all of the official announcements at E3 and cannot make any further comments at this time. We will be announcing more news running up to PlayStation 3's launch."

man i hope this isnt the case man cause i be damed if i pay 60-70 on a game which systems is 600 and then have them tell me it isnt mine to sell or trade later down the road.

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Gunstar Chaos · 05-25-2006, 09:46 AM

I don't understand this move at all, I'm wondering how Gamefly will work with their "Keep It" option where you get to keep your rented game at a pre-played price. I honestly don't see how this is going to work out.

sNooVa · 05-25-2006, 04:43 PM

Completely and utterly bogus, this makes gamers more warry about what we buy. I've never bought a game I didn't know completely about unless I was sure I could sell it back to make a little money so now we have to be even more careful and it's not worth buying unless we know it's a great game.

So now the only games that will sell good are grand theft autos and crash bandicoots basically. Wow this is such a bad move.

05-25-2006, 07:12 PM

Wow, now you can buy ps3 games from your dealer
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cool

Stranger · 05-25-2006, 08:01 PM

I've never sold a PS2 game back anymore because i didn't like it, anyway. Only returns I did were on messed up games. Doesn't bother me. Although the not being able to buy pre-owned games will, as they were cheaper.
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05-25-2006, 09:48 PM

I think I will skip the PS3 and spring for a Wii, just have to save the beer money for a while.

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