Shuhei Yoshida, the director of Sony Worldwide Studios, has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 used games can run. This was previously unclear. Moreover, it is possible to play games without a permanent internet connection.
In an interview with Eurogamer, the head of Sony Worldwide Studios, the PlayStation 4 used games can run. The site raised the question of whether the executive agrees with the statement that the expectation among consumers is that once a purchased game can be used unlimitedly. He answered evasive, but he confirmed that the PS4 games does that already used earlier.
Yoshida was also able to confirm that the PS4 can be played without constantly connected to the internet. Games with a such always on-security in the past considerable criticism to endure a lot. Eight of the studio-head, we recommend to the PS4 in the future connected with internet, because the subsystem the games and the operating system can update while the rest of the console is turned off. In addition, Sony has very high odds on the social aspect of gaming. Shuhei Yoshida said to understand that there are also “anti-social people’ who prefer to completely go offline.
The rumors around the block of games that is already on a different PlayStation console, played laaiden on, after a patent application from Sony at the beginning of January came in the news. From the patent application could be made that Sony was thinking about games with a unique tag, which is on the PSN account of the first owner is linked. The same game would be denied on another user account. According to the editor of Eurogamer, who have a different spokesperson from Sony said, had the patent application, nothing to do with the PlayStation 4.
Questions about Sony’s policy with respect to the resale of PlayStation games are not new. In 2011, the company introduced all of the PSN Pass system, in which the publisher has a code provide that via the internet should be linked with a user account. Who the game buy second hand, can Sony buy a new code. 