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Old 01-03-2013, 05:19 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by tangytangerine View Post
Sony must want to get out of the video game industry. Because all this is going to do is cause retailers like Gamestop that sell used games to not carry a console blocking their main profit maker. Because they make so little money from new items.

Not only that, it would also kill chances of the game rental businesses like Gamefly & Redbox carrying games for a console using that. Because after the first use, no one else would be able to use the game.

Or there could come a day when studios united and collectively said they wouldn't make games for a system that didn't have this technology.

It's kind of a silly argument anyways because I don't believe this will be in the next Sony console.
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