PlayStation 3 Won’t Play Used Games?

November 9th 2005 | Games Consoles

The latest rumor, generated from several patent sites, claims that Sony has secured a patent for a disk technology that prevents the use of used, as well as pirated, software.

Does Sony plan to employ this technology in the PlayStation 3? Not likely. If so, PS3 owners would not be able to rent (used) games or borrow their friends’ games—or even purchase used games! Sure, the technology could be used for Blu-Ray movies, but for games? It just won’t go down like that… right?

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PlayStation 3 Won’t Play Used Games?
Published in: Games Consoles on 2005-11-09