PS3 Will Play Second Hand Games
Date Posted: 19 Hours ago
Following speculation among online gaming communities that the PS3 would use licensing to keep people from using, selling and owning second hand, or pre-owned games, Sony UK has issued an official response debunking the notion.
"We have definitely not been communicating that," UK spokesperson Jennie Kong confirmed. "It's false speculation. We don't have any further knowledge about this topic - either officially or unofficially, to be frank."
The rumor, restarted by GamesRadar, has spread around the internet through means of various bulletin boards and gaming sites/blogs. Speculation, fueled by the still recent "rootkit" fiasco Sony Pictures Entertainment faced last year, swirled around the used game trade and whether or not the ends or the means of such measures were good or bad. While only marignally different than rumors that surfaced last November, this particular rumor took a different approach to the same claim: that Sony was attempting to kill used game sales. While Sony would like customers to buy new games over used games undoubtably, they have officially and unofficially denied any forcible measures used to ensure this.
Author: Jordan Reuel LeDoux
