Apparently Sony have been telling high street games shops that they are not allowed to have any pre-owned PS3 games for sale. More info here: http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/game/news/article.jsp?articleId=20060524153157765035§ionId=1006
LOL.
R.I.P Sony.
Youve had a good run in the games market, but now your taking the piss.
/queue batch saying why its a good idea.......mmmm sony tat...
Although just found this...
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1689109,00.html
QuoteBut can publishers stem this market? As a disc is physical property, theres nothing in law to prevent a person reselling one they have bought legitimately. The publisher might try to alter the licensing agreement (the "I agree" box most people tick without fully reading) or even try to discourage retailers from dealing in full-price and pre-sold titles. However, such measures would be tricky to enforce, says Paul Carlisle, head of media and technology at lawyers Shepherd & Wedderburn.
"Once an item is put on the sale in the EC, youre deemed to have exhausted your intellectual property rights in it, which may prevent a publisher seeking to restrict the resale of the game. On the other hand, telling a retailer I will not sell you any more copies if you sell them secondhand runs into the dangerous territory of anti-competitive conduct by artificially maintaining the price of a product."
lol i love watching sony dig its own grave. Surely it knows its going to struggle to catch up anyawy with all the ther dodgy things its annouced.. why make it harder on yourself?!
GamesRadar are also the people claiming the bottom end PS3 has non-upgradable HD and wired controllers. "Pinch of salt" and "see it when I believe it". And I remember that patent that came out which was exactly this and Sony had to deny it.