Devil's advocate ahoy!Originally Posted by IHatedSega
15 or 20 years? Would love to see the science behind those numbers...
By making this thing a reality Sony would be putting a measure in place to help protect their intellectual property as well as the IP of the authors and publishers that pay licensing fees from those that would exploit the device and software with the intention of stealing from them. Tell me again how protecting investments from theft is a bad thing or rather, I would love to see you explain to a board of directors why protection of investments from theft is a bad thing.
Everyone needs to get it through their heads: it's all about the revenue. Since second-hand sales provide zero revenue to the manufacturer, publisher or author, those who suffer from second-hand sales will take any reasonable measure they can to stifle the concept. Online passes and other types of first-owner DLC do help to recover some of that lost revenue, but the fact of the matter is they are still losing that first sale revenue and they want it back. Whether it's through a measure like this or something else, they will find a way.
Awesome that you're able to buy up all of those PS2 games now that they're cheap and used. Of course, this doesn't benefit the manufacturers, authors or publishers now, but I'm glad it makes you feel better.
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