   Sony possibly licensing games instead of selling them??
  http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3086&Itemid=2Found on slashdot today.  Sony is considering licensing games rather than selling them.  Essentially this means you won't be able to resell software as you would just own a license to use it rather than own your copy of the software.Thoughts??CheersChris   
  Makes sense from a financial point of view and follows Sony's current business strategy of alienating and treating their customers like shit.   ;  Doctrine of First Sale trumps Legally Unenforcable Licenses.Which is funny, because in 1979, Sony was on the other side of this fence, when the movie studios tried to outlaw VCR's because it allowed people to buy a movie and then resell it to other people, and Sony argued that people should be allowed to resell property that people owned.Apparently "potentially causing loss of sales" is now an acceptable offense to make laws against. But who do the car washs' sue when it rains?   ;Quote:Original post by UmbongoMakes sense from a financial point of view and follows Sony's current business strategy of alienating and treating their customers like shit.how is anybody treated like shit?you are given another offer than you are used to, yes. usually, 'shit' isnt even offered anything, but if it would, i bet it wouldnt come up with such conservative knee-jerk reactions.   ;Quote:Original post by EelcoQuote:Original post by UmbongoMakes sense from a financial point of view and follows Sony's current business strategy of alienating and treating their customers like shit.how is anybody treated like shit?you are given another offer than you are used to, yes. usually, 'shit' isnt even offered anything, but if it would, i bet it wouldnt come up with such conservative knee-jerk reactions.They treat you like shit by taking away your rights.When I buy a shiny plastic disc, I own it and have every right to sell it to whoever the fuck I want. Sony doesn't like this. They think that they should get to tell me what I can or can't do with my own property.Guess what, they don't.   ;Quote:Original post by MithrandirQuote:Original post by EelcoQuote:Original post by UmbongoMakes sense from a financial point of view and follows Sony's current business strategy of alienating and treating their customers like shit.how is anybody treated like shit?you are given another offer than you are used to, yes. usually, 'shit' isnt even offered anything, but if it would, i bet it wouldnt come up with such conservative knee-jerk reactions.They treat you like shit by taking away your rights.When I buy a shiny plastic disc, I own it and have every right to sell it to whoever the fuck I want. Sony doesn't like this. They think that they should get to tell me what I can or can't do with my own property.Guess what, they don't.your property rights eh?property has exactly as much meaning as we wish to give to it. i dont know the specifics of US law, but just because you hold something in your hands doesnt mean you can do with it 'whatever the fuck you want' in most countries. its a little more nuanced.if instead of licencing we called it 'renting without having to return the physical copy', would you then see this as the mutually agreed on practice it is? or do you also have ideological problems with the rental of say, cars for instance?   ;  It isn't really taking anything away from you, much less your "rights". No one is forcing you to buy their product. They have the "right" to charge whatever they want for whatever type of distributation they want. Get over it.   ;  I may be wrong, because I don't think I've ever actually participated in game resale on either end, but by the time you see a significant amount of games being resold, hasn't the price of a new copy usually dropped significantly as well? Of course used copies will always be cheaper than new copies, but I never thought the gap was that big.The biggest blow to the consumer that I can see is the possible inability to make some of the money back when you finish with the game, and I have a hard time defending that as a "right".   ;Quote:Original post by pi_equals_3I may be wrong, because I don't think I've ever actually participated on game resale on either end, but by the time you see a significant amount of games being resold, hasn't the price of a new copy usually dropped significantly as well? I'm sure used copies will always be cheaper than new copies, but I never thought the gap was that big.The biggest blow to the consumer that I can see is the possible inability to make some of the money back when you finish with the game, and I have a hard time defending that as a "right".Yeah, those bastards at microsoft wont let us resell our OEM versions of windows after we're done with them!   ;  I don't know, if this means I get to legitimaly play <insert favorite PS3 game> on a PSP3 some years down the line without paying anything for it because I already own a license to play it, I am all for it.   