Sony is trying something new and this time it might actualy work out. In this artical here http://psp.ign.com/articles/106/1069716p1.html , Sony is going to try and give a surprise punch to ppl that want to pirate the new SOCOM FTB3 game and anyone that wants to buy the game used. For Sony to do this they have the game in 2 parts, the first part which is the stand alone part of the game, and the second part which is the online funfest to team up with others to pwn the noobs that cross their path. BUT, yes there is a but, the second part is only available if you register online with a special code that comes with the game. This means to enjoy the online portion of the game you will need to register the voucher code to access the servers to have fun, if you don't have the code you don't get the goodies.
Now for Sony and developers they get to have fun bringing in the profits that they been trying to get for a long time. Some pirates might try to get through the code to activate the online goods but might not make it because the server to play on will shut them out. And even if pirates some how get the game itself or ppl buying the game used will end up paying Sony and the developers $20 to access the online content. So it ends up that Sony and the developers will be happy if this works out.
Now if this does work out things might get interesting from this point on. If this works out we might see more and more games using a 2 tier function with the games we play. Like for long RPG games we might start off with a small simple game to get us started for a small simple price, but when we want to play further in the game we might have to buy the next chapter in the story, Kinda like a pay as you go gaming. Or more games will have more of a online deal where like SOCOM FTB3 where we see more grp games through a server that will monitor and keep out pirates.
We will see what comes of this, Sony is keeping quiet on most of the details, but if things work out, it might mean developers will come up with other ways to make the pirates and used game buyers pay for the content they want.
Message Edited by Naquiel on 02-17-2010 04:45 PM
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