No Preowned PS3 Games Ever!

According to GamesRadar:

High street games shops have been told by Sony that there will be no PS3 pre-owned sections in their stores as it will be illegal for customers to sell any next-gen PlayStation games that they've bought, retail sources have revealed to GamesRadar.

It seems that Sony is planning to adopt a licensing system that will mean gamers won't own the PS3 titles that they've paid money for. Instead, they will only be purchasing the licence to play the game and that the software itself will still be Sony property - meaning that the disc won't be the customer's to sell.

Does this affect our human-rights,
our gaming-rights...
or just our bank balance?

Is that really true? I thought they secretly liked the second hand market because it left gamers with more money to get newer titles, and freed up shelf space for them without losing the rich PS2/1 back catalogue. This can't do anything but harm to everyone?

As long as it's only Gamesradar... I'll trust it a bit more when it's one of the other sites. They do tend to get it wrong a bit more than most.

Hmm That is very interesting. I suppose Sony is afraid that people will try to burn the cd's and resell them as new to make money.

That's the same reason as PC Games are not offered on Preowned; however you don't need to go out of your way to copy an Xbox Game or a PS2 game.

I thinkthat the thinking behind this move will ultimately be to stop PS3 games being resold several times - which currently snatches potential sales away from Sony - and to counter the impression in consumers' minds that games are only really worth their pre-owned price and are not worth buying new.

It seems that Sony is planning to adopt a licensing system that will mean gamers won't own the PS3 titles that they've paid money for. Instead, they will only be purchasing the licence to play the game and that the software itself will still be Sony property - meaning that the disc won't be the customer's to sell.

Personally, I think that's plain BS. I've been supporting Sony, ever since I found out about them. This is just crossing the line.