Sony introduces PSN Pass in september, with the release of Resistance 3. The pass is required for the game to play online and is linked to the PSN account of the purchaser. Who the game buy second hand, must be a new only buy.
According to Sony, the new PSN Pass “full online access” to the participating games. That is to say that who a game buy in the store, a code is supplied that must be entered in order to play online. The code is linked to the PlayStation Network account of the buyer. If the game is then resold, the new owner of the game and not play online, because the code is linked to only one account attached to it. The new owner must so when Sony buy a new code in order to play online. How much a code is going to cost, is not yet known.
After the introduction of the pass will Sony per game or under the PSN Pass program or not. Which games still make more use of the pas is not clear. In a note allows the Japanese company to the premium online services wants to offer its own games and that the PSN Pass an important step is. Sony is not the first publisher that uses such a system. Electronic Arts, THQ, Codemasters and Warner have a similar system, which the publishers are trying to make money on the sale of tweedehandsgames.
