A huge twitter movement has started with thousands of gamers trying to convince Sony to leave used games alone and have no restrictive DRM for the PS4.
The reason this movement has started is because of the overwhelming negative response that Microsoft has been receiving regarding the Xbox One console. If recent rumors are true, Microsoft’s Xbox One console requires users to log-in to the internet every 24 hours and used games won’t be as cheap. Not to mention it’s likely you won’t be able to share your games with friends as easily and renting games sounds like they’re gone too.
This twitter movement started over at NeoGAF and the goal is to convince Sony not to take the same route as Microsoft with the PS4. The hashtags that are being used are #PS4NoDRM and #PS4USEDGAMES. They also want people to tell Sony that the PS4 should be region free and have free online play.
Here’s the people that NeoGAF suggest you should tweet to:
-Shuhei Yoshida (president of worldwide studios) @yosp
-John Koller (head of hardware marketing) @jpkoller
-Guy Longworth (senior vice president PlayStation Brand Marketing) @luckylongworth
-Scott Rohde (PlayStation Software Product Development Head for Sony Worldwide Studios America) @rohdescott
So spread the word and let your voice be heard!
James
May 27, 2013 at 6:18 AMIf Sony doesn’t put DRM in the PS4, and Microsoft puts in the Xbox One, PS4 Will crush Xbox One in sales. So You make developers mad, so what, if the PS4 is leading in sales, and the Xbox One is far behind in sales, where you think they gonna go to make money from customers? Sony has a huge advantage right now, but if they choose to put DRM in it , well i guess all we have is PC and the Wii U.
chiyin
May 27, 2013 at 9:15 AMI don’t think it’s as simple as that. It would be awesome if the PS4 allowed used games but if the major publishers threaten to withdraw support for the PS4 (as they have done with the WiiU) and make titles like Battlefield 4 exclusive to the X1 then PS4 won’t have much of a chance regardless of how much loyalty they win from their gamers.
Grant Gaines (大将)
May 27, 2013 at 10:58 AM@ Chiyin
This generation we’ve seen a lot of our “rights” and “privileges” die / go away due to a number of different things, which has resulted in people getting angry about it. Now the PS4 lacking big titles would hurt it, but that gamble for more “consumer rights” will probably pay off more in the long run. Like if the Xbox One has all this DRM that the PS4 lacks, then a lot of companies could in theory be very hurt. These include GameStop, Gamefly, and to a lesser degree Red Box, Family Video, BestBuy. Don’t be surprised if those companies start to give the PS4 more attention, since they can’t make / make as much money from the Xbox One. It might sound meaningless here, but if GameStop starts pushing the PS4 every time someone comes in asking for a console choice, the Xbox One will have pathetically low sales. Once the sales hit where or below the Wii U is currently at, big companies CAN NOT afford to put their big name titles like BattleField 4 on the Xbox One exclusively and they will go multi platform or in some cases maybe even become PS4 exclusives. In the end all these companies need to make money and while they rather maximize profits, if the sales aren’t there, then it becomes the lesser of two evils.
Mitchings
May 27, 2013 at 5:52 PMAs much as I hate the idea of this DRM, the annoying thing is that large third party publishers will likely favour Microsoft in various ways if they have heavy used game DRM and Sony don’t.
I think the best thing for Sony to do here would be to have their own used game DRM solution for Third Party titles, but keep it simple and straight-forward, their undoubtedly has to be a simpler solution than the messy complex solution MS have come up with, plus they could undercut them just a tiny bit on fees.
I also think to get the favour of gamers and to take a stand, they should have no used game DRM on their First/Second Party Titles.
So…
— For Third Party Titles: Simple Used Game DRM, Slightly Cheaper Fees.
— For First/Second Party Titles: No Used Game DRM.
I think that is the best and wisest compromise Sony could make in regards to balancing Third Party-favour and Gamer-favour.
Also, an Online Connection should not be absolutely required for anything other than Online Play/Features/Content and re-activating used third-party games.
None of this always-on or every 24hr crap..
Sony could simply come out with a statement saying..
“First-Party & Second-Party titles on PlayStation®4 will not have any form of Used Game DRM, Third Party [physical] titles will have a simplistic and competitively priced form of Used Game DRM. Full details and costs will be revealed with clarity at a later date.”
shawn
May 28, 2013 at 3:26 AMMake ur voice heard as a gamer if the xb1 is successful our hobby as we know it is in trouble, so please take 2 mins to sign the petition ur info is secure god bless .. https://www.change.org/petitions/xboxone-no-always-online-no-forced-kinect-support-used-games?utm_campaign=twitter_link_action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition