PlayStation 4 - November 15, 2013

[I OU a Beatn]

The question was basically re: the GT TV interview that some said meant 3rd parties would just institute the same settings as XB1. Yoshida point blank said no. PS4 is the same as PS3. He said now some games are online only and specifically mentioned MMOs being the only exception.

Yes you can play any offline game anytime with or WITHOUT + or being connected to the internet.

Its the whole IOU v. CLW thing. Basically, he was confirming its CLW. A PS4 game will play offline if it has an offline component regardless of how the game was purchased.

So unless EA decides to take away offline play for NCAA/Madden etc... there will be 0% chance they can stop used games on PS4.

You're reading way too much into what Sony is saying about how their system is built. Let me ask you a question, if you're so convinced publishers wont be "allowed" to implement a serial code to lock the whole game and can't require at least an online check at the beginning of the game, why wont EA come right out and say no DRM? Online passes are gone, so why wont they say it?

I don't know how many different ways I can say this. Quit listening to Sony. When they speak about this stuff, they are ONLY talking about how they designed their console (no restrictions but open to publishers to decide) and how they will work with their first party studios (no online passes - but never mentioned anything else).

If publishers want to block offline play, they still can. I think you're putting all your eggs into the PR babble Sony is saying and ignoring the blatantly obvious facts that what they say isn't the entire story.

Absolutely ANYTHING they say about 3rd party publishers is horseshit because they've already said they're not going to dictate how they design their game.