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Official: Playstation 4 Will Play Used Games

Posted by samzenpus on from the gently-used-gamer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Quenching some rumors 'Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that PlayStation 4 will not block the use of second-hand games, contrary to various reports, speculation and even a Sony patent unearthed last month.'"

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  1. Re:Sony removes features by thoper · · Score: 5, Informative

    well, it have been confirmed that the ps4 will not need internet connectivity at all, so games cannot require key registration. source

  2. Re:They say that now... by Hardhead_7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, according to this article in Wired the PS4 will be able to do it both ways. Publishers have the option of "registering" their games. Guess which they'll do? This is just a marketing ploy for Sony to be able to say "We aren't disabling used games, the publishers are!