Sony Patent Kills Used Game Sales: Feature Creep 38 By Tarmack
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Sony filed for a new patent. The premise is an RFID chip embedded in the media disc itself that will activate with a piece of hardware, thus rendering used sales a thing of the past. The patent doesn't exclusively specify video games however Sony doesn't have sufficient control to enforce this in relation to movies. Now, it's clear that they would want to implement such an authentication method very soon. If you were in control of a significant portion of the game industry, you would too. Whether it will be in time for the next Sony console remains to be seen but this kind of tech isn't something that can be added later. It's launch ready, or it waits until the next generation.
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