Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
Using quotes from back in February versus using quotes from last night. Hmmm which one is more likely to be true....

I personally think Sony decided after they saw the blow back against MS to change course and to use the issue to their advantage.

Will EA just go with everything online and re-institute the online pass (going against its word)? Possibly but they better be prepared for the severe blow back.

I'll tell you right now if/when they do that I'm done with them period. They are trying to create a false market instead of competing for profits in a free and open one. I'll play adventure games and other titles and just take my $ and spend it elsewhere.
What? They're exactly the same. The quote in February said "Sony itself will not block used games but we're leaving it up to publishers." During the conference, he said "we will not restrict used games or trading games in." Unless he said we are not allowing publishers to do so (and he most certainly didn't), then those quotes are the same.

They didn't change their course, either. Back in February, they were not blocking used games but were instead leaving it up to the publisher. Here we are in June and they're still not blocking used games but are instead leaving it up to the publisher. It's the same policy was set back in February.

There wont be an online pass. Those did NOT work how the publisher wanted. They also said they were eliminating those. They're either bringing something way more restrictive like a code that needs to be entered into PSN to register the game and if you don't have the code, you don't just lose access to online, you lose access to the whole game, or they could just as easily require the game to be constantly connected and if you're not registered or connected, you don't play. There's unlimited number of ways for them to block used games.

They would most certainly receive lots of backlash. However, just like all the backlash over the online pass, I'm confident people would just forget about it and move on.