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[Odin1199]

Well they say they've patented some new tech that somehow does that. Who knows?

Here's the article:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games...ler-specs-news

Sony filed a patent late last year that could mean the PS4 won't play used or second hand games. The patent, US Patent Application 20130007892, describes "a game playing system including a use permission tag provided for use in a game disk for a user of a game, a disk drive, and a reproduction device for reproducing the game." Essentially, this means that a device similar to an RFID or or near-field communication (NFC) tag built into the game disc would tie it to a particular console or console user.

[Rowan]

Well they say they've patented some new tech that somehow does that. Who knows?

Here's the article:

PS4 DRM, price, release date, controller & specs news | Expert Reviews

Sony filed a patent late last year that could mean the PS4 won't play used or second hand games. The patent, US Patent Application 20130007892, describes "a game playing system including a use permission tag provided for use in a game disk for a user of a game, a disk drive, and a reproduction device for reproducing the game." Essentially, this means that a device similar to an RFID or or near-field communication (NFC) tag built into the game disc would tie it to a particular console or console user.

Its an interesting article, although it was written prior to the E3 sony press conference. This means the article was written before any official information was disclosed from sony about DMR. At E3 they put our minds to ease about DMR by telling us that it would not be an issue. I didnt see anything in the article about third party developers.